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New York Post
21-07-2025
- New York Post
Florida ‘predator' given probation for pepper-spraying rich men and stealing luxury watches off their wrists
A Florida 'predator' was given a slap on the wrist after pleading guilty to luring rich men to hotels, pepper-spraying them, and robbing them of their luxury watches. Esther Torres, 20, avoided jail time and was sentenced to five years' probation on Wednesday following two incidents where 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. 3 Esther Torres pleaded guilty to luring rich men to hotels, pepper-spraying them, and robbing them of their luxury watches. Turner Guilford Knight Correctional Center 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 macing and stealing the watches, according to Law & Crime. 'We have a predator, and she's preying on male victims,' the owner of the Sherbrooke Hotel — located minutes away from the Breakwater Hotel — Mitch Novick, told WSVN. Novick said he also handed over surveillance footage from his hotel to help police ID the Torres. 3 The Breakwater Hotel in Miami Beach, Florida. Fotoluminate LLC – Police got 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 of 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. Cops confirmed her identity based on an image from a 'need to identify' flyer issued by law enforcement. 3 The Fontainebleau Hotel on Miami Beach. Monteleone – 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 in the vehicle was picked up before she was taken to jail. She was initially charged with two counts of robbery in the first degree and was ordered to be detained without bond, Law & Crime reported. Torres was granted a recognizance bond in June and is no longer in the jail system following her sentencing to probation.
Daily Mail
20-07-2025
- Daily Mail
Smiling Miami 'predator' avoids jail for pepper-spraying rich men and stealing luxury watches off their wrists
A smirking female 'predator' has avoided jail after she was caught attacking rich men with pepper-spray and stealing their luxury watches in Florida. Esther Torres, 20, was let off with probation after being arrested on May 15 in Miami over two incidents where she stole a $22,000 Rolex watch off a man's wrist and a Hugo Boss watch off another after shooting the painful spray into their eyes. On Wednesday, Torres was sentenced to five years probation after she accepted a plea agreement on charges of armed robbery, burglary, and grand theft in the third degree. She was initially arrested on two counts of robbery in the first degree, the Miami Police Department said. The first incident took place at the Breakwater Hotel in Miami Beach in March, when a male victim was pepper-sprayed then robbed of his Hugo Boss watch, more than $200 in cash and Euros and several of his credit cards, police said. The second instance occurred at the Fontainebleau Hotel - about a 16 minute drive from the first. There, a male was pepper-sprayed before his $22,000 Rolex watch was snatched off his wrist, authorities detailed. During that encounter, the man said he was left temporarily blind from the mace. Torres was captured on camera leaving the hotels as she strolled out of the building nonchalantly. Mitch Novick, the owner of the Sherbrooke Hotel - just a three minute walk from the first hotel - told WSVN: 'We have a predator, and she's preying on male victims,' of Torres. Novick gladly handed over footage he had of the suspect, which helped lead her arrest. Once officers pieced all of the footage together, they determined Torres went missing around Novick's hotel - prompting them to ask him for his assistance in locating her. 'I'm investigating a case I believe was a prostitute related theft / robbery. I believe the subject goes westbound from the alley on Ninth and Ocean Court,' a cop messaged Novick about Torres. 'If you get a chance, can you review your cameras? I lose her around that area. Your help would be greatly appreciated.' Novick replied: 'Good morning: Is this your subject? If so, it looks like she made her way to Washington Avenue.' Unfortunately, he soon realized she ended up making a turn onto another street instead. In April, she was identified through surveillance footage taken during a traffic stop when police pulled a vehicle over that was tied to one of the robberies, WPLG reported. The man was arrested while Torres showed up at the scene. The serial thief was finally arrested in May after police positively confirmed her identity based on a photo of her on a 'need to identify' flyer. Bodycam footage captured the moment she was detained as cops asked if she had any weapons on her Bodycam footage captured the moment she was detained as cops asked if she had any weapons on her. 'You have no weapons on you, none of that stuff, right?,' an officer asked her. Torres, dressed in a strapless white top and hair bonnet, told officers: 'No, no.' She was picked up with the child in the vehicle before she was taken to jail. Torres was granted a recognizance bond in June and is no longer in the jail system.
