A 42-year-old woman is facing 11 charges in Miami-Dade County after police accused her of targeting men in separate incidents and stealing luxury watches, credit cards and other property worth hundreds of thousands of dollars.
According to police reports obtained by Local 10, Ayzha Flenoury was arrested Tuesday at Miami Police Department headquarters and is now facing charges connected to three separate cases dating back to April.
One of the alleged victims was a man from New Jersey who was visiting Miami. Police say Flenoury met the man at a bar in Brickell and quickly showed interest in the luxury watch he was wearing.
The watch was reportedly a Bell & Ross BR Minuteur Tourbillon, a high-end titanium mechanical timepiece valued at approximately $170,000.
According to the arrest report, Flenoury asked the man if she could hold the watch. The two later left Blackbird Ordinary, stopped at a liquor store and eventually went to the man’s room at the Fortune House Hotel.
The man told police he remembered drinking alcohol inside the hotel room but later blacked out and could not remember much of what happened afterward.
When he regained his memory, police say he discovered that his watch and credit cards were missing.
That incident allegedly occurred on April 16.
Investigators say Flenoury was later connected to two additional alleged luxury-watch thefts in Miami.
In the July 17 case, police say a man met Flenoury and another woman at Casa Neos before inviting the two women to his apartment. According to investigators, a Rolex valued at approximately $15,000 was stolen.
Flenoury is facing charges of burglary of an occupied dwelling and third-degree grand theft in connection with that case.
The third alleged incident happened August 23 and involved another $15,000 Rolex.
Police say the victim met Flenoury and another woman outside Club Space in downtown Miami. The man allegedly accepted a ride in their BMW and was given a drink.
According to the police report, the man later lost his Rolex Submariner Date.
The alleged victim told Local 10 that he believes something may have been placed in the drink because he does not remember a struggle that investigators say occurred inside the vehicle.
He was eventually dropped off at a motel, and Miami Fire Rescue personnel transported him to a hospital, where police later spoke with him.
“I am lucky that I am alive,” the alleged victim said, according to Local 10.
Police say surveillance cameras captured Flenoury during the investigations, and detectives used facial-recognition technology to help identify her.
Flenoury was arrested around 2:30 p.m. Tuesday at Miami Police Department headquarters. During her court appearance, she reportedly told a judge that she had been detained while shopping with her daughter.
The charges against Flenoury include burglary, grand theft and multiple counts involving the alleged fraudulent use of credit cards.
The April case carries the largest number of charges, with eight counts. Prosecutors allege Flenoury committed burglary of an occupied dwelling, first-degree grand theft and multiple fraudulent credit-card transactions.
Her bond in that case was set at $21,501.
She faces another $2,500 bond in the July case and an additional $2,500 bond in the August case, bringing her total bond across the three cases to $26,501.
A judge also ordered Flenoury to stay away from the alleged victims and questioned whether any money used for bail could have come from the proceeds of the alleged crimes.
The case remains pending in Miami-Dade County.
Flenoury has been accused of the crimes but has not been convicted. The allegations will ultimately have to be proven in court.
For investigators, the three cases have raised questions about how the alleged victims were approached and what happened after they met Flenoury in Miami’s nightlife scene.
The alleged victims’ accounts also serve as a warning to people wearing expensive jewelry or meeting strangers while out at bars and clubs.
One of the men involved in the August case told Local 10 that he believes the situation could have happened to anyone and urged people to remain aware of their surroundings and avoid being alone with strangers.
With three separate cases now tied to the investigation and 11 charges filed against Flenoury, the allegations have turned an alleged string of Miami nightlife encounters into a major criminal case involving tens of thousands of dollars in luxury watches — including one reportedly worth around $170,000.
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