An increase in thefts of luxury cars in Miami has generated alarm among residents and concern among authorities, since thieves are using Technological tools that eliminate any digital trace from vehicles in a few seconds.
The most recent case was Theft on January 29 of a Toyota Supra valued at more than $60,000which was apparently stolen by a single person from the entrance of a home in northwest Miami-Dade.
Images from a surveillance camera – released by America Camel– show how a hooded subject approached the vehicle and In a matter of seconds he managed to get into the white car and drive away from the place without further complications.
Just 48 hours before, on the night of Saturday, January 27, a luxurious Rolls Royce Cullinam – a limited edition and valued at up to $500,000 – was stolen from the VIP area of the restaurant parking lot Komodoin Brickell.
The Cuban businesswoman Yillian Iglesias offers a $10,000 reward to anyone who provides information about the theft of his vehicle. A video posted on social networks showed the minutes of confusion that followed to find out that the vehicle had been stolen from the parking lot of the Komodo restaurant, in the Brickell area, in the financial center of Miami, while she and her husband, also Cuban Darien Rodríguez, were having dinner with some friends.
In another video published on Instagram this Monday, the businesswoman, known in the world of real estate, explained how the robbery occurred. Yillian explained that two people approached the restaurant’s parking service and, while one of them was talking and distracting the employee, another stole the keys kept in a box, got into the car and fled the scene.
Iglesias explained that The car had three tracking devices, but all of them were deactivated in a matter of minutes.
Cuban Darién Rodríguez, Yillian’s husband and co-owner of the car, tried to locate it a few minutes after the theft using a mobile application, but it was impossible.
Rodríguez said that after the video went viral showing the moments of confusion after learning about the robbery, they were contacted by a woman who had also had her car stolen in that same valet parking lot, two months before.
In the case of the Rolls Royce, the investigation into the whereabouts of the car is carried out in two ways: the police and the insurance company, and so far it has not been located. The owners of the stolen Rolls Royce are offering a reward of up to $10,000 to anyone who provides a reliable clue to the car’s whereabouts.
Anyone with any information related to the aforementioned cases can immediately contact the Miami-Dade Crime Stoppers number at (305) 471-8477.
In the last few hours, the Cuban businesswoman has offered statements to several local media outlets with a view to drawing attention to the theft of her vehicle, but she says that also as way to raise people’s awareness about the complicated times we are experiencing with crime in Miami.
