Marlena Velez, a TikTok influencer that made headings last month after showing off goods that she had actually presumably swiped from a Target place, has actually been jailed once again for one more affirmed burglary at the very same shop.
Velez, 22, was apprehended Saturday– her 2nd apprehension in much less than 2 weeks– after stealing $225 well worth of goods from the Target shop in Cape Coral, Florida, police there claimed Monday.
This followed her Nov. 21 arrest for taking $500 well worth of goods by checking an incorrect barcode at a self-checkout counter, that made her things show up less costly, police said.
Velez, that flaunts around 420,000 fans on TikTok, did not right away react to HuffPost’s ask for remark Tuesday.
Her apprehensions adhered to authorities at first connecting to the general public for aid determining a thief with an image from security video that they claimed was taken throughout Velez’s very first theft spree, which was claimed to have actually happenedOct 30.
She was promptly determined by a person that additionally flagged her visibility on social networks, with a TikTok web page showcasing Velez’s very own video of her mosting likely to the shop on the day of the October burglary, authorities claimed.
The video clip presumably revealed her choose different things in the shop that were not inevitably spent for. Police kept in mind that she was putting on the very same off-white clothing and glasses that were seen in the shop’s security video.
“Everything was documented, even the outfit that she wore,” Mercedes Phillips, a speaker for the division, claimed in a social media video that included some claimed clips from Velez’s TikTok web page, which has actually given that been made personal.
It had not been till weeks after the very first claimed burglary that the case was reported to authorities by the shop’s loss avoidance policemans. By the moment Velez was apprehended onNov 21, she had actually currently executed the 2nd burglary onNov 20, according to authorities.
An authorities speaker decreased to claim in an e-mail to HuffPost whether Velez is being examined for any type of extra burglaries at the shop or somewhere else.
Velez encounters an overall of 2 matters of minor burglary for both occurrences. Online documents reveal that she was launched from a Lee County prison Sunday after uploading $500 bond.
