A 27-year-old man appeared in Miami-Dade County court on Friday after being accused of stealing a $12,000 14-K gold chain three months ago in Miami’s Wynwood neighborhood.
On Feb. 21, a visitor from New York stated that a thief approached him as he strolled down Northwest 24th Street, near Second Avenue, offered to play a game, and escaped with his chain in an Acura ADX, according to records.
The tourist was able to provide the Acura’s license plate, and following a lineup, a Miami investigator recognized the thief as Charlie Sanchez, according to a police arrest record.
At 2:10 p.m. on Thursday, police apprehended Sanchez of Doral in Miami’s Liberty City area, and he was questioned by a detective.
Sanchez “stated he recalled the incident where he held the chain but denied stealing it… mentioned he was not the one operating the game of chance… he did not know who the one operating the game was,” a detective wrote in the arrest report.
According to inmate records, Miami-Dade County corrections booked him at the Turner Guilford Knight Correctional Center at 6:40 p.m. on Thursday and kept him there until Friday afternoon.
Sanchez was charged with third-degree grand theft and obtaining property by gaming. His bond totaled $2,650.
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