One Miami man thought his Tinder date ended on a perfect note — with a goodbye kiss. However, minutes later, it turned into a nightmare as police say he returned to his bedroom and found two of his expensive watches missing.
NBC Miami reported on Thursday, September 24, that Alexia Jocelyn Flores was arrested Wednesday and charged with grand theft after the man accused her of taking the watches from his Brickell apartment.
Flores, 24, met the man on Tinder before they went to dinner and later returned to his apartment at Panorama Tower on Sunday, September 20, police told the outlet.
Law&Crime reported that authorities said they spent several hours drinking before the man asked Flores to leave around 2:30 a.m.
While Flores got dressed in the bedroom and bathroom, he remained on the couch.
Surveillance footage later showed him walking Flores to the elevator, where the pair “kissed goodbye,” according to the arrest report obtained by NBC Miami.
After Flores left in an Uber, the man returned to his apartment and discovered two watches missing from the nightstand beside his bed. One was a Rolex he valued at $37,000.
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Police said the man then tried to reach Flores and learned she had blocked him. He later identified her from a six-person photo lineup.
Officers located Flores in Miami’s Wynwood neighborhood on Wednesday and brought her in for questioning.
Flores acknowledged meeting the man on Tinder and returning to his apartment but denied taking the watches, authorities said. According to Law&Crime, she also told investigators she believed she had been drugged and “could not recall what happened afterward.”
Police said they could not locate a separate report documenting that allegation.
WPLG reported that Flores was booked on a grand theft charge, with her bond set at $7,500 as of Thursday morning.