FORT LAUDERDALE, FLA. (WSVN) – A person is talking out after he says he had his chain ripped proper off his neck, however thanks to social media, police have been in a position to monitor down the suspected thief.
Friday morning he confronted a choose.
“Good morning, sir. You’re charged with a robbery by sudden snatch,” mentioned the choose.
Ilie Calin is locked within the Broward County jail and faces theft fees.
According to Hollywood Police, he’s a part of a small group concentrating on individuals exterior their properties and stealing jewelry.
Mario Rodriguez was certainly one of his victims.
“I see the car make a U-turn here,” Rodriguez mentioned.
The incident occurred again in September.
Rodriguez had simply completed mowing and was blowing grass when he mentioned Calin and two ladies pulled over to ask for instructions to church.
That’s when, he mentioned, one of many ladies put a toy necklace round his neck and rapidly eliminated his actual one.
“At the same time they’re taking mine off,” Rodriguez mentioned. “I didn’t even know they do that.”
The necklace that after belonged to Rodriguez’s mom was gone in a flash.
“I would say about not even a minute,” he mentioned and laughed.
And police mentioned an analogous crime occurred the day earlier than, in Dania Beach.
“Mr. Calin is involved with a small group where this type of scam is ongoing in the community,” mentioned a prosecutor.
The group could have gotten away with it, however police mentioned they have been confronted about their crimes on TikTok, which led to Calin’s arrest, after a neighbor of Rodriguez shared the video.
“At least they got the guy out of the streets,” Rodriguez mentioned.
Now he hopes that it leads to the return of his mom’s necklace.
“If I can get it back, that would be good, because it belonged to my mom,” he mentioned.
Calin, in the meantime, is coping with some immigration points, which is able to preserve him from bailing out of jail.
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