{"id":388661,"date":"2026-09-02T21:48:18","date_gmt":"2026-09-02T21:48:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/388661\/"},"modified":"2026-09-02T21:48:18","modified_gmt":"2026-09-02T21:48:18","slug":"woman-accused-of-stealing-over-268000-in-jewels-while-working-as-a-housekeeper-in-west-miami","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/388661\/","title":{"rendered":"Woman accused of stealing over $268,000 in jewels while working as a housekeeper in West Miami"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"c-paragraph\">WEST MIAMI, Fla.  \u2014 A family had trusted Arays Izquierdo so much that they gave her a key to their home in West Miami, and she betrayed them by stealing more than $268,000 in jewels, according to police.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.local10.com\/espanol\/2026\/08\/27\/acusan-a-mujer-de-robar-mas-de-268000-usd-en-joyas-mientras-trabajaba-como-empleada-domestica-en-west-miami\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.local10.com\/espanol\/2026\/08\/27\/acusan-a-mujer-de-robar-mas-de-268000-usd-en-joyas-mientras-trabajaba-como-empleada-domestica-en-west-miami\/\">Leer en espa\u00f1ol<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">A Van Cleef &amp; Arpels necklace, two Louis Vuitton bracelets valued at nearly $150,000, and a gold bracelet valued at $95,650, were among the pieces that Izquierdo stole while working as the family\u2019s housekeeper, according to a police officer\u2019s arrest report. <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">\u201cShe had pawned multiple items consistent with property reported missing by the victim,\u201d a West Miami police officer wrote, according to the report. <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Police officers recently searched Izquierdo\u2019s apartment in Hialeah and found \u201cmultiple items that had previously been reported missing from the victim\u2019s residence,\u201d according to police. <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">The property was in Izquierdo\u2019s \u201cbedroom and closet and was recovered as part of the investigation,\u201d a police officer wrote, according to the arrest report. <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">The victims reported that Izquierdo also took a 24-karat gold knot chain, Cartier bracelets, two Cuban link chains, a custom-made bracelet with a diamond, according to the police report. <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">The list also included a nail necklace by Cartier, a Capricorn pendant, a pair of white gold diamond earrings, and a gold diamond necklace.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Court records show Miami police officers arrested Izquierdo on Nov. 21 and accused her of first-degree misdemeanor petit theft at a Target in the Flagami neighborhood. Miami-Dade prosecutors dropped the case. <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Shortly before 9 a.m. on Aug. 20, Hialeah and West Miami police officers detained Izquierdo at her apartment, according to a police report. <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Corrections booked Izquierdo shortly after 12:40 a.m. on Thursday at the Turner Guilford Knight Correctional Center, according to Miami-Dade inmate records. <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Izquierdo faced charges of burglary of an occupied dwelling and first-degree grand theft, according to Miami-Dade court records. A judge ordered her to stay away from the family in West Miami. Her bond was $20,000. <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Miami-Dade County Circuit Judge Tanya Brinkley was set to preside over the case. <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Local 10 News Assignment Editor Mercedes Cevallos contributed to this report. <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph b-article-body__copyright\">Copyright 2026 by WPLG Local10.com &#8211; All rights reserved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"WEST MIAMI, Fla. \u2014 A family had trusted Arays Izquierdo so much that they gave her a key&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":388662,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[225,227,226],"class_list":["post-388661","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-hialeah","tag-hialeah","tag-hialeah-headlines","tag-hialeah-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/388661","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=388661"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/388661\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/388662"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=388661"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=388661"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=388661"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}