A tourist’s night at the Fontainebleau Hotel ended with the theft of his $35,000 Rolex watch after he paid a woman $1,000 for companionship and sexual services, Miami Beach police said via Local 10.
Deonasia Walker, 21, of Austin, Texas, faces a theft charge in the case that occurred in late January, authorities said. Walker, described by police as a dancer, has a neck tattoo that reads “Dream Girl.”
According to police, the man met Walker inside the hotel. After dinner at a hotel restaurant, he invited her to his room. Walker told the tourist he would need to send her $1,000 via Zelle, which he did before falling asleep, investigators said.
When the man woke, his Rolex was missing from the dresser. Surveillance video showed Walker leaving the room just after midnight, police said.
Later that same day, Walker sold the watch for $13,000 at a jewelry store in downtown Miami, records show. Investigators identified her through pawn shop records, a thumbprint left during the sale and identification she provided, police said.
Walker was arrested Tuesday at Miami International Airport. She was being held Wednesday at the Turner Guilford Knight Correctional Center on $15,000 bond.
The victim was not identified.
Police and news reports treat it as a known criminal trend rather than isolated incidents:
- Las Vegas: “Trick rolling” (a prostitute or escort robbing a client) has been happening for years. In just the first nine months of 2009, victims reported more than $1.4 million in cash, jewelry and goods stolen in these cases; police projected the full-year total would top $2 million—and that was only what was reported. Recent coverage calls Rolex thefts by trick rollers an “epidemic,” with multiple arrests each year involving women who meet men at Strip hotels, bars or clubs, then steal watches and cash once the victim passes out.
- Miami / Miami Beach: Police have noted a rise in “bad date” thefts, where women approach or are hired by men wearing expensive jewelry, gain access to hotel rooms, and steal Rolexes and cash—sometimes after drugging the victim. The 2025 case you referenced is one of several publicized that year alone, including a Las Vegas woman arrested in Miami for an $18,000 Rolex theft in a similar scheme. Miami Beach and downtown Miami see repeated incidents tied to the nightlife scene.
