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MIAMI-DADE COUNTY, Fla. \u2014 Two teenage boys from Broward County who were arrested in Palm Beach County were in Miami-Dade County to face charges for thefts of BMWs in Coral Gables and Miami Beach. <\/p>\n

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Franklyn Jones, who lives in Fort Lauderdale, turned 17 in February. Timothy Flowers, who lives in Coral Springs, turned 17 in September.<\/p>\n

On Thursday, corrections transferred them from the juvenile detention center in Broward to the one in Miami-Dade, records show.<\/p>\n

\u201cThrough investigative means [a Miami Beach Police Department detective] obtained digital forensic evidence which revealed [the teens] to be involved,\u201d a detective wrote about a black 2025 BMW X7 that was stolen on Feb. 10 from a house along Prairie Avenue, according to the warrant. <\/p>\n

A BMW M4 was reported stolen on April 16 in Coral Gables, according to an arrest warrant. <\/p>\n

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The South Florida Criminal Apprehension Team witnessed the two teens, who were passengers in a silver BMW 330i, in Boca Raton, stealing a license plate from a Ford and placing it on the stolen BMW M4, according to the arrest warrants. <\/p>\n

Agents reported seeing Jones \u201cunlock the vehicle using a key and begin to enter it,\u201d according to a warrant. <\/p>\n

The investigators surprised Jones, Flowers, and three others who tried to get away, but were eventually arrested and taken to the Palm Beach Sheriff\u2019s Office violent crimes division, according to the arrest warrant. <\/p>\n

Jones and Flowers face charges of grand theft and burglary of an occupied dwelling. <\/p>\n

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