Teen busted in luxe heists
A bottleblond teen from New Jersey has made a killing in the Big Apple by preying on wealthy men — getting picked up at bars and then ripping off her marks at their homes or hotels, sources told The Post Wednesday. Alexandra Martinez, 19, who was arrested Monday, targeted at least five men in Brooklyn and Manhattan — including one who took her back to the RitzCarlton hotel in Midtown — for a total haul of $58,000 in cash and pricy watches, the sources said.
Martinez (left), who allegedly slipped Mickeys into cocktails she stirred for at least two victims, was arraigned Wednesday in Brooklyn Criminal Court on grandlarceny charges for two of the thefts.
She had an accomplice in the Brooklyn jobs and picked victims based on the value of their watches, prosecutors said.
“They typically meet the male victims at clubs or restaurants. The victims are usually wearing Rolex watches,” Assistant DA Wilfredo Cotto said.
After working their way into the men’s luxury apartments, Martinez allegedly mixed drinks that knocked out the victims, who would “awake to find theirproperty missing,” Cotto said.
In one case, Martinez and her pal allegedly made off with four watches — three Rolexes and a Breitling, worth more than $38,500 in total — and $4,500 from an apartment at 257 Gold St.
Martinez worked alone in two of the Manhattan cases, including one in which a victim chased her down and caught her in a cab after she swiped his wallet, according to authorities.
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