AVENTURA, Fla. – Police officers released surveillance videos in the case of a retail theft suspect in Miami-Dade County who police officers recently arrested in Broward County — after a chase ended in a crash.
Surveillance video, with a date tag of Dec. 29, 2022, shows crossdressers at Macy’s in Aventura Mall and a thief at the fragrance department grabbing a box from a counter and hiding it in a bag, police said.
Another surveillance video recorded at the store’s exit to a parking lot shows one of them using pepper spray on a Macy’s employee before getting away in a Lexus with dark-tinted windows, police said.
Months later, police officers in Broward attempted to stop the driver of the Lexus, identified as Armani Antwan Greene, a suspect in a retail theft and a robbery in Miami-Dade.
There was a police pursuit on April 5 in Lauderhill, and Greene, a woman who was born in Hollywood and lives in North Lauderdale, crashed the Lexus before officers arrested her near the intersection of Orange Drive and Davie Road, according to police.
Police officers also arrested a juvenile who was in the Lexus with Greene, who turned 21 years old in January, but they did not arrest a man who was with them when she crashed, police said. She is facing charges in Broward and Miami-Dade counties.
Broward prosecutors filed a case against Greene on April 6. She is facing charges of fleeing with disregard for safety, a second-degree felony, and resisting or obstructing without violence, a first-degree misdemeanor. She posted a $5,000 bond in Broward on April 11, court records show.
In Miami-Dade County, Greene is facing criminal charges in two cases: One for armed robbery while wearing a mask and the other for retail theft. Miami-Dade County Corrections and Rehabilitation records show Greene was booked on April 13 and the judge ordered house arrest plus a $12,500 bond.
The Aventura Police Department handled the case in Miami-Dade, and The Lauderhill Police Department handled the case in Broward. Detectives were asking anyone with information about the cases to call Miami-Dade County Crime Stoppers at 305-471-8477 or Broward County Crime Stoppers at 954-493-8477.