{"id":261688,"date":"2026-05-07T07:36:09","date_gmt":"2026-05-07T07:36:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/261688\/"},"modified":"2026-05-07T07:36:09","modified_gmt":"2026-05-07T07:36:09","slug":"florida-woman-nicole-cano-allegedly-lured-man-to-luxury-miami-condo-to-rob-him","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/261688\/","title":{"rendered":"Florida woman Nicole Cano allegedly lured man to luxury Miami condo to rob him"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A blonde\u00a0Florida\u00a0woman was arrested after allegedly messaging a man on social media and inviting him to her Miami apartment, only to rob him blind, police say.<\/p>\n<p>Nicole Cano, 30, faces charges of false imprisonment and strong-arm robbery after allegedly inviting the victim to her luxury Biscayne Bay condo on April 11 around 8 p.m., according to an arrest affidavit cited by\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.local10.com\/news\/local\/2026\/05\/05\/miami-woman-accused-of-robbing-man-inside-condo-after-meeting-him-on-instagram\/?utm_source=twitter&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=snd&amp;utm_content=wplg10\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Local 10<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Cano allegedly asked the man over on\u00a0Instagram\u00a0to \u201chave drinks,\u201d but the meet-up quickly took a turn.<\/p>\n<p>While the victim was on her balcony, two other women emerged from a bedroom and joined Cano in confronting him, police said.<\/p>\n<p>The trio\u00a0demanded money, but the man told them he didn\u2019t have any cash, according to the report.<\/p>\n<p>When he tried to leave, a struggle broke out and the women told him he was \u201cgoing to pay,\u201d authorities said.<\/p>\n<p>During the scuffle, the victim\u2019s\u00a0gold chain was yanked\u00a0from his neck.<\/p>\n<p>He managed to keep the chain, but a $300 gold cross pendant was taken before he broke free, fled the apartment and screamed for help, the affidavit states.<\/p>\n<p>He later called\u00a0police.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" style=\"aspect-ratio:0.8;display:block\" decoding=\"async\" data-modal-image=\"39306085\" width=\"472\" height=\"590\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/nicole-cano-30-arrested-monday-127173464.jpg\" alt=\"Nicole Cano is charged with false imprisonment and strong-arm robbery after allegedly inviting the victim to her luxury Biscayne Bay condo on April 11, 2026.\" class=\"wp-image-39306085\"  \/>Nicole Cano is charged with false imprisonment and strong-arm robbery after allegedly inviting the victim to her luxury Biscayne Bay condo on April 11, 2026. Miami-Dade Corrections &amp; Rehabilitation<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" style=\"aspect-ratio:1.39699864;display:block\" decoding=\"async\" data-modal-image=\"39306084\" width=\"824\" height=\"590\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/miami-woman-arrested-monday-weeks-127173284.jpg\" alt=\"Cano allegedly invited the man over to the Paraiso Bayviews condos, where the suspected robbery took place.\" class=\"wp-image-39306084\"  \/>Cano allegedly invited the man over to the Paraiso Bayviews condos, where the suspected robbery took place. Google St View<\/p>\n<p>On May 1, the victim identified Cano in a six-photo lineup, according to the charging document.<\/p>\n<p>Cano was arrested and booked into the Turner Guilford Knight Correctional Center.<\/p>\n<p>She pleaded not guilty Tuesday and was assigned a public defender,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www2.miamidadeclerk.gov\/cjis\/viewDocument?qs=DVXrhbN2J%252FhCldLhJj9C8fSNq7BtGlp%252B6w3D6arlyDiLgm0qlylYv2yvN0M8MmEQc4I1jIFjyttSzvdP2dEqO%252F2jhFsMo%252B3yT8rMjkvaQsctl%252BtEdLBYM7CoLlsTq9ocqoQrxQnpE9qX23ZrLV8DawUdE7fwZlGgvyh94GiMZ4F8%252FhgSSWV8%252FYFivurav27%252Fe5iJv3ecoAgx9XOVQAt5wJm0FzUQv4iBPNE5HrQJs74NrkYHrg1XvO%252FoE1FYF5lHSkndZ%252BYY30HpTJIZ7Z4xVQ%253D%253D\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">court records show<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A blonde\u00a0Florida\u00a0woman was arrested after allegedly messaging a man on social media and inviting him to her Miami&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":261689,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[4864,28,26950,123,125,124,52526,4278],"class_list":["post-261688","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-miami","tag-arrests","tag-florida","tag-instagram","tag-miami","tag-miami-headlines","tag-miami-news","tag-robberies","tag-us-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/261688","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=261688"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/261688\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/261689"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=261688"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=261688"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=261688"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}