Overview
- They arrived back in Mendoza after posting bonds of roughly $4,000 to $4,500 each, and their visas were not canceled for now.
- Judge Mindy Glazer set a Jan. 29 appearance in Miami, and a formal reading of charges is expected next week, according to the defense.
- Preliminary counts include an organized scheme to defraud, multiple robberies within a 30‑day period, and retail theft.
- Sweetwater Police cite surveillance showing the group using large suitcases to remove merchandise from several Dolphin Mall stores, with about $2,000 in goods seized.
- Defense lawyers argue there was no coordinated operation, saying only one person kept unpaid items while others can document significant credit‑card purchases, and the group is barred from Dolphin Mall.