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Suspect in custody after armed robbery of luxury watch shop in downtown Miami

The robbery happened at Street Watch Time & Life Style Eye Wear at 139 E. Flagler Street

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The man is accused of stealing 38 luxury Invicta watches from Watch Time & Lifestyle Eye Wear in Downtown Miami on Monday.

A suspect was taken into custody after an armed robbery at a luxury watch shop in downtown Miami Monday, police said.

The robbery happened at Street Watch Time & Life Style Eye Wear at 139 E. Flagler Street.

Miami Police officials said Billy Charles Williams, 64, fled from officers and dropped a bag that was full of stolen watches near 6th Street and Northwest 2nd Avenue.

Billy Charles Williams

According to an arrest report, Williams threatened employees inside the store and told them to fill his bag with watches and to give him all the cash in the register.

Officers later found 38 Invicta watches inside the dropped bag. A firearm was also recovered, police said.

Police said Williams was able to change clothes, but officers caught up to him inside a nearby Publix.

Footage posted by OnlyInDade showed the suspect being taken into custody inside the store in front of shocked customers and employees.

Williams faces charges of armed robbery, kidnapping and resisting an officer without violence, arrest records said.

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