MIAMI, Fla. (WFLA) — After sun shades began going lacking from shops throughout the nation, investigators mentioned they uncovered a sunglass theft ring that led again to 3 main suspects, all from Miami.
Alexander Trujillo Gomez, 48; Xavier Perez, 52; and Lazaro Salazar Hechavarria, 28, are believed to have stolen multiple million {dollars}’ price of designer sun shades from Sunglass Hut shops in Tennessee and South Carolina, in keeping with Miami police.
All three males had been arrested final month in Tennessee on expenses of housebreaking, theft of property valued at $250,000 and over, and vandalism, NBC 6 South Florida reported.
Authorities in Hendersonville, Tennessee, the place one of many thefts occurred, informed WFLA’s sister station WKRN the lads entered a Sunglass Hut retailer by way of an unlocked upkeep hall. They then disabled the safety alarm and lower a gap within the wall to steal near $400,000 in merchandise.
The over 3,500 pairs of stolen eyewear had been intercepted in Miami the place police mentioned they had been shipped by way of UPS to a house close to Flagami. Authorities confirmed off the seized sun shades Tuesday, with rows of shades in all sizes and shapes lined up and down a big desk.
“What our investigators found was that three males had been taking a rental car, driving to South Carolina and Tennessee, subsequently breaking into the Sunglass Hut and delivery the stolen merchandise,” Miami Police Chief Manuel Morales informed NBC 6 Tuesday.
Police mentioned there may very well be further folks within the Miami space related to the scheme, thus creating the potential for extra arrests.
“Folks would possibly assume this simply impacts Sunglass Hut. It doesn’t,” Morales mentioned. “This impacts each single client that goes out attempting to purchase this stuff on the market.”
As of Tuesday, officers mentioned the three suspects had been being held in a Tennessee jail, every with a $1 million bond.
