Duo suspected of nabbing over $2M in luxury watches arrested in NYC

A pair of alleged thieves have been nabbed in a months-long robbery spree that netted them more than $2 million in luxury watches from brands like Rolex, Richard Mille, Audemars Piguet, and Patek Philippe, prosecutors said Monday.

The suspects, Victor Rivera, 30, and Johan Araujo, 40, ripped off the pricey timepieces that were, in some cases, worth hundreds of thousands of dollars each, according to prosecutors from the Southern District of New York. In a January 2020 heist, Rivera and an unnamed co-conspirator robbed a jeweler in Rego Park, Queens, of a Richard Mille watch worth more than $500,000, prosecutors alleged.