Woman arrested for pepper-spraying tourists and stealing luxury watches at Miami Beach hotels, police say

A -year-old Miami woman was arrested and charged with two counts of first-degree robbery after she allegedly pepper-sprayed two tourists and stole their luxury watches and wallets at separate Miami Beach hotels in March executives stated Esther Torres reportedly targeted an international tourist early March at the Breakwater Hotel on Ocean Drive Police announced Torres entered the victim s hotel room sprayed him with pepper spray and forcibly removed a Hugo Boss watch along with his wallet containing euros and multiple credit cards Just days later on March Torres allegedly used the same tactic on another victim at the Fontainebleau Hotel on Collins Avenue Police stated she followed the man from a nightclub to his hotel room sprayed him with an unknown liquid that temporarily blinded him and stole his Rolex Submariner watch valued at approximately Surveillance footage from both hotels reportedly captured Torres fleeing the scenes Detectives connected Torres to the crimes after finding her Florida driver s license inside a automobile stopped by police in Miami Beach on April The carriage s driver who had an open warrant contacted Torres to retrieve the car leading to her identification Torres was arrested on Thursday at Northeast th Street and Northeast th Avenue