New York Post

Time runs out for watch-theft siren

- By REBECCA ROSENBERG

A bottle-blond temptress dodged jail time Thursday and took a plea deal for allegedly drugging a string of wealthy men and stealing their Rolex watches and cash.

Alexandra Martinez, 21, copped to one count of third-degree grand larceny in Manhattan Supreme Court in exchange for five years’ probation and restitutio­n of $9,000.

She had to admit guilt only to the theft of restaurate­ur Jared Siemens’ Rolex on July 11, 2015.

“I understand you wish to plead guilty?” asked Justice Ellen Biben.

“Yes,” replied Martinez, wearing a wrinkled white T-shirt with her dyed hair in a messy bun.

Siemens, 34, runs the L&W Oyster Co. restaurant for owners who include Jason Weiner — the brother of disgraced former US Rep. Anthony Weiner.

Siemens told cops he met the vixen at a bar and took her back to his Kips Bay luxury high-rise. As he used the bathroom at about 4 a.m., Martinez snatched his watch from a counter and took off.

Martinez targeted a range of affluent men in Manhattan and Brooklyn.

Most recently, she allegedly ripped off JPMorgan exec Michael Briese in August 2016 after heading to his $1.8 million East Village condo.

After he nodded off, she swiped several watches, jewelry and electronic­s, court papers charged.

Eight months earlier, she was busted for allegedly picking up several moneyed men at bars and cleaning them out.

Her marks included Vincent Theurer Jr., the son of the CEO of Approved Oil, who took her to his Brooklyn apartment, and Ron “Prince Ron’’ Zoldan, whose father owns the country’s largest pyrotechni­cs retailer and who brought her to a Midtown hotel.

Martinez’s defense lawyer, Marianne Bertuna, declined to comment.

Earlier this week, Martinez also took a plea deal in Brooklyn, where she copped to one count of fourth-degree grand larceny in exchange for five years’ probation.

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