Esther Torres from Florida has been arrested for luring rich men to hotel rooms, pepper-spraying them and swiping their fancy watches! Yes, she was out there living her best life, playing a real-life version of Ocean’s Eleven or something.
But, of course, crime doesn’t pay, and now she’s facing the consequences.
Esther Torres, 20, avoided jail time and was sentenced to five years’ probation on Wednesday following two incidents in which she isolated the men and sprayed them, robbing one of an expensive Hugo Boss watch and another of a luxurious $22,000 Rolex watch in late March, Law & Crime reported.
The first incident took place at the Breakwater Hotel in Miami Beach, with the 20-year-old thief pepper-spraying the victim, then taking his Hugo Boss watch off his wrist.
She also then robbed him of more than $200 in cash and euros, and made off with several of his credit cards.
During the second incident, Torres pepper-sprayed another man at the Fontainebleau Hotel in Miami, snatching a $22,000 Rolex Submariner from the victim.
The victim told police that the mace attack left him temporarily blind.
Surveillance footage also captured Torres leaving both hotels after stealing the watches, according to Law & Crime.
“We have a predator, and she’s preying on male victims,” Mitch Novick, owner of the Sherbrooke Hotel — located minutes away from the Breakwater Hotel — told WSVN.
Novick said he also handed over surveillance footage from his hotel to help police ID Torres.
Police were hot on Torres’ trail in April when she arrived at the scene of another person’s traffic stop after the man driving had been arrested.
She was later identified as the suspect in the two robberies by her driver’s license, which she provided to police at the scene.
Torres was finally brought to justice in May and was arrested by police during a traffic stop.
Police released body-worn camera footage of Torres’ arrest, which shows her dressed in a strapless white top and hair bonnet, being asked by police if she has any weapons on her, according to Law & Crime.
“You have no weapons on you, none of that stuff, right?” an officer asked in the clip.
“No, no,” Torres replied.
Police said Torres had a child in her car when she was taken in. The child was picked up before Torres was taken to jail.
You’ve got to hand it to her for the sheer audacity. But seriously, folks, stealing is never the answer. So, let this be a lesson to all of us – maybe stick to earning an honest living instead of trying to pull off some crazy heist.
