Pickpocketing couple known for Broadway thefts arrested, police say
The couple is known to use stolen credit cards to make purchases from retailers across Tennessee, police said.
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WSMV) – An alleged pickpocketing Texas couple accused of multiple thefts from unsuspecting patrons of Downtown Nashville bars have been arrested, according to the Metro Nashville Police Department.
Miledis Gomez Fonseca, 30, and Andy Alberti Diaz, 40, are now jailed in lieu of $80,000 bond each after security staff at Jason Aldean’s Bar on Broadway spotted them inside the establishment at 1:30 a.m. and alerted police. MNPD detectives had been working to identify the couple for weeks after they were spotted on surveillance video engaging in thefts in downtown and across Middle Tennessee, according to police.
Detectives say the couple is known to use stolen credit cards to make purchases from retailers across Tennessee.
“When asked during an interview whether she had any stolen property with her this morning, Fonseca said there were four cell phones and two wallets in her purse that she had lifted earlier in the night from patrons at Jason Aldean’s and Kid Rock’s bars,” MNPD said in a media release. “Detectives this morning were able to return the wallets and three of the cell phones to their rightful owners.”
Additional charges are expected against the couple as the investigation continues. Police urge visitors to Nashville’s bars and entertainment venues to keep their valuables, including cell phones and purses, in close personal possession at all times.
“Never ever lay them down or drape purses over the backs of chairs/barstools,” police said.
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