Two gold chains a Miami man said he paid $110,000 for disappeared after he left them on a bathroom counter during a birthday celebration. Fingerprints recovered during the ensuing investigation led police to a woman whom the detective assigned to the case had arrested before.
Detective Selvin Lumbi identified Deziree Hood, 21, in connection with the August complaint after receiving the fingerprint results and reviewing surveillance footage from the establishment where the man had met her, according to a Miami Police Department arrest affidavit.
Hood now faces two separate second-degree grand theft cases filed in Miami-Dade County on Oct. 7, 2026. The other involves a man who reported $25,400 in missing jewelry, clothing and cash following a September encounter. Court records also show separate stay-away orders entered in the two cases…