A TikTok influencer was arrested Wednesday for stealing round $500 from a Florida Goal final month, police mentioned.
The Cape Coral Police Division mentioned officers responded to the shop at 1890 NE Pine Island Street in Cape Coral.
Workers advised officers {that a} girl entered the shop on Oct. 30, 2024 and grabbed a number of gadgets that have been on sale.
On the self-checkout register, the lady didn’t scan the gadgets’ barcodes however as a substitute scanned a false barcode with cheaper costs, police mentioned in a press launch.
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Police tracked down the Goal theft suspect due to an nameless tip. (Cape Coral Police Division; Lee County Sheriff’s Workplace)
There have been 16 gadgets of miscellaneous family items and clothes that have been stolen, valued at simply over $500.
The Cape Coral Police Division posted the suspect’s picture on its Fb and Instagram web page to help with identification.
Police mentioned the suspect posted a video sporting the identical outfit as seen in safety footage. (Cape Coral Police Division)
An nameless caller noticed the submit and gave the suspect’s doable identification as 22-year-old Marlena Velez, a TikTok influencer with practically 300,000 followers.
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Officers discovered Velez’s account, which included a video of her sporting the identical outfit and glasses because the suspect seen on Goal’s video cameras. The video confirmed her selecting out gadgets inside Goal and putting them in her automobile after exiting the shop on the identical day because the reported theft.
The suspect posted a TikTok video exhibiting her placing away the stolen gadgets from Goal. (Cape Coral Police Division)
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Cape Coral Police concluded that Velez was the identical suspect Goal accused of stealing gadgets on Oct. 30. Officers positioned Velez and took her to the Lee County Jail on one depend of petit theft.
