Posted on 04/27/2025 5:46:06 PM PDT by Libloather
A second arrest has been made in connection to the theft of Department of Homeland Security Kristi Noem's purse while she was out having lunch on Easter with her family.
Authorities announced that they apprehended the accomplice believed to be tied to the series of thefts in D.C. in Miami on Sunday.
"The individual is believed to be a co-conspirator in those incidents with the primary defendant who is accused of committing a robbery against Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem," a spokesperson for the Secret Service shared in a statement.
"Public safety is strongest when built on trust and collaboration," Special Agent in Charge Rafael Barros said. "We are grateful to the Miami Beach Police Department for their swift and outstanding assistance in today's apprehension. After receiving information from Washington, Miami Beach Police officers quickly implemented targeted patrols and located the defendant, who was taken into custody without incident."
The identity of the alleged accomplice has not been released, but officials said the suspect is currently being held on an immigration detainer as charges are finalized.
This comes hours after authorities announced the first arrest of an illegal immigrant with an extensive criminal history who was believed to be tied to theft.
"Thank you to Secret Service and ICE and our law enforcement partners for finding and arresting the criminal who stole my bag on Easter Sunday as I shared a meal with my family at a Washington DC restaurant," Noem's spokesperson shared in a statement with Fox News Digital.
Noem said, "This individual is a career criminal who has been in our country illegally for years."
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The thing that is really disturbing is that the perps were able to get that close in the first place.
The ‘dreamers’ are the contents of South American prisons.
Yes. They should have been deterred by a responsible SS detail.
I’m so glad they nabbed the second suspect.
Yet they still don’t know who placed the bombs on January 6.
Big security fail, unless Secretary Noem told her detail to wait OUTSIDE, not to enter the facility during the family’s dinner. If that’s what happened, she may learn from this experience.
Are there masked men lurking everywhere in DC restaurants?
Oh, MY! Just imagine the conversations behind bars. “hey, what are you in here for?” “me, they say I terrorized an apartment complex in Colorado”
another “me, I was running guns for Tren De Aragua.”
Then......”me, I was purse snatching.”
I have yet to find if the contents of the purse were secured.
Big security fail, unless Secretary Noem told her detail to wait OUTSIDE, not to enter the facility during the family’s dinner. If that’s what happened, she may learn from this experience.
Nope they were siting at the bar to be unsuspicious. Staff figured out pretty quick who they were. Should have been seated at the next table eating dinner so as to not draw attention.
Another black eye for the scumbag, traitorous, open borders, globohomo marxists.
Have the Democrat judges come to his defense yet?
Fast enough for the “Are We There Yet” crowd?
She explained it on TV Friday.
maybe with covid masks
The SS is not there to protect you from people stealing your stuff. They are there to protect your body. This is the difference between security and body guards. They would have been looking for someone touching her or someone dropping something off (bomb, poisoned drink) but not for someone taking something away.
They would also have been with the body. Which means if she was away from the table at least one of them would have been with her and the rest would have kept their attention on her as well.
Her purse was not important. The body that you are guarding is all. Everything else is a distraction.
littering and creating a nuisance..alice’s restaurant
SS was supposedly hanging out at the bar.
Illegal aliens are the DemonRATS’ “strength” during elections.
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