Alleged South Florida Beauty Bandit Maria Chrysson will have a new accessory to wear around the house -- if she can get out of jail.
Chrysson's bail was set at $20,000 during a hearing Wednesday morning in Miami, where the judge also ordered her under house arrest with an ankle monitor to track her every movement.
Though Chrysson, 29, didn't attend the Wednesday hearing, her mother, Mitzi Chrysson did.
"This has been one of the most devastating times in my whole life," an emotional Mitzi Chrysson told reporters after the hearing. "I have a beautiful daughter and a sweet daughter and somehow we'll get through this."
Maria Chrysson was arrested Monday night at a cafe in Miami and booked into a Miami-Dade jail on three charges of grand theft and a charge of possession of fraudulent identification.
Police say she stole Botox and other cosmetic treatments from doctors throughout South Florida, persuading the doctors to do the cosmetic work and then either walking out of the clinic without paying or bouncing a check.
Two dermatologists, one in Miami and the other in Fort Lauderdale, claimed Chrysson stole more than $3,300 worth of Botox treatments from them this year. A Third doctor, who runs a wellness clinic in Miami Beach, claims Chrysson bounced a check for more than $1,000 worth of Botox and face rejuvenation treatments.
Chrysson has not been charged in the Fort Lauderdale theft, but during Wednesday's hearing, prosecutor Matthew Karp said charges are expected in that case as well.
"If anything, the defendant's consistent, but she's consistently a criminal," Karp said as he pushed for Chrysson to be denied bond.
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Chrysson has denied ripping off the Fort Lauderdale clinic, despite a surveillance video that shows a suspect that closely resembles her.
Chrysson's attorney, Daniel Lurvey, said she expects her to bond out at some point Wednesday evening. He also said she intends on making restitution to the two Miami clinics.
Asked if her daughter was doing OK, Mitzi Chrysson said she's hoping for the best.
"I don't know...I hope, and she will be, I hope," she said.
