A woman was arrested Saturday in connection with a series of pick-pocketing thefts at the Aventura Mall.
Silvia Lorenzo, 58, was arrested after attempting to pickpocket a customer at the Gap Kids store, Aventura police say.
An employee allegedly startled Lorenzo after they witnessed what was happening, causing her to dump the items she was using to cover the customer's purse.
The employee followed Lorenzo out of the store while speaking to police, watching as she went inside the Forever 21 store and changed into a different shirt, police said.
Lorenzo eventually left the mall and got into a silver Nissan, but the astute employee wrote down the license plate number, police said.
Lorenzo admitted to being a pickpocket. She also admitted to pick-pocketing other shoppers in the past and wearing wigs so people don't recognize her in the stores, an arrest report said..