MIAMI, Fla. (WFLA) – After sunglasses began to disappear from stores nationwide, investigators say they found a stolen ring of sunglasses that has returned to three main suspects from Miami.
Alexander Trujiro Gomez, 48; Xavier Perez, 52; Miami police say 28-year-old Lazaro Salazar Hechavalia stole more than $1 million in designer sunglasses from sunglasses and hat stores in Tennessee and South Carolina. It is thought to be.
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All three men were arrested last month on robbery charges in Tennessee, with theft of more than $250,000 in property and vandalism, NBC 6 South Florida reported.
Authorities in Hendersonville, Tennessee, where one of the thefts occurred, told WFLA sister station WKRN that the man entered the sunglasses hat store through an unlocked maintenance corridor. He then disabled the security alarm, cut a hole in the wall and stole nearly $400,000 with items.
More than 3,500 pairs of stolen eyewear were intercepted in Miami and police said it was shipped via UPS to a home near Fragami. Authorities showed off the sunglasses that were seized on Tuesday, with large tables up and down, rows of shades of all shapes and sizes.
“What our investigators discovered was that three men were taking a car rental, driving to South Carolina and Tennessee, then breaking into a sunglass shed and shipping stolen items. “Miami Police Chief Manuel Morales told NBC on Tuesday.
Police said there could be additional people in the Miami area associated with the scheme, creating more arrests.
“People might think this just affects the sunglasses shed. That’s not the case,” Morales said. “This will affect all consumers who go out trying to buy these items.”
As of Tuesday, officials said three suspects were in custody at Tennessee prison, each with $1 million in bonds.
