California woman pepper-sprays senior she propositioned at Hialeah adult store, robs Rolex, cops say

A 71-year-old man’s shopping trip at the Caliente Adult Superstore in Hialeah would lead to disaster earlier this month after a woman he met there offered him sex, took him back to her hotel and then robbed him of his Rolex, deputies said.

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Miami-Dade Sheriff’s Office deputies arrested accused temptress-turned-thief Johnnika Alexander, 28, of Corona, California, on two felony charges Tuesday.

According to an MDSO arrest report, the senior met Alexander as he browsed the store, located at 1820 W. Eighth Ave., on March 5.

Deputies said the man recalled seeing her pull up to the store with another person in a Mercedes-Benz. The report states that she “approached (him) and offered to have a sexual encounter with him and invited him to her hotel room” and he accepted.

Video footage taken from the store showed her buying a pair of “black undergarments,” the report states.

Authorities said he allowed her to use his vehicle to drive him to MotelX at 7000 NW 27th Ave. in the unincorporated Gladeview area.

Near “the end of their encounter,” deputies said Alexander demanded that the senior remove his gold Presidential Rolex watch. He refused, they said, but she was able to “forcefully” remove it amid a struggle for the high-end timepiece.

Deputies said when the man got his cellphone out to call the police, Alexander pepper-sprayed him and grabbed his phone and wallet, which she would later leave behind in the parking lot as she fled.

Authorities said they were able to identify the Mercedes-Benz as one that Alexander rented from Enterprise at Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport and photos from previous arrests matched surveillance footage, which showed distinct shoulder tattoos.

Cellphone data also placed her at the adult store and the crime scene, authorities said.

According to the arrest report, deputies located Alexander at the Kompose Boutique Hotel Miami Airport at 3401 NW 25th St. on Tuesday and arrested her on charges of armed robbery and battery on a person 65 or older.

As of Wednesday, she was being held without bond in the Turner Guilford Knight Correctional Center.