What appeared to be a desperate attempt to swipe 11 rare diamonds from the ECJ Luxe Collection jewelry store in Boca Raton’s Mizner Park spectacularly backfired, causing the arrest of a would-be heist artist who tried to trick the store owner.
Fatima Milanovic, 46, a French national who doesn’t speak English, was charged with organized scheme to defraud and grand larceny, both felonies that could send her to jail for a minimum two years. She’s out of the slammer on $50,000-bond.
Had she succeeded, according to the arrest report from Boca Raton Police, Milanovic could have disappeared with a total $6.77 million in jewels.
Instead, when police officers arrived at the shop after a 911 call, they found Milanovic in the store vault, where she had been locked. Continue reading about the attempted theft.
The surveillance video of the arrest (below) shows Milanovic wasn’t particularly happy to be handcuffed:
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