FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. – Three suspects in the Tortuga Music Festival thefts appeared in court on Monday in Fort Lauderdale.
Officers arrested Wilson Garson, 23, Piter Japol, 27, and Yesica Castellanos, 28, on Saturday night, accusing them of pickpocketing at the festival in Fort Lauderdale Beach.
Police officers recovered 24 mobile phones from a backpack and had returned 18 by Sunday morning.
Garson, Japol, and Castellanos are facing grand theft charges and all of them had records of immigration violations. Their bonds are set at $22,000.