Staff report

GAINESVILLE, Fla. – Heaven Kiana Hicks, 21, was arrested yesterday and charged with stealing at least seven iPhones from packages while working for UPS.

According to the arrest report, Hicks is suspected of taking seven or eight iPhones from packages between October 29 and November 21 while working as a package loader at UPS. Hicks allegedly used ecoATM machines to get money for some of the phones and gave others to a family member to sell on Facebook Marketplace.

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Post Miranda, Hicks reportedly admitted that she took the cell phones to either sell or give to her family member. She said the family member convinced her to steal the phones to pay their bills and told her what to do with the phones.

Hicks has been charged with grand theft over $5,000 and dealing in stolen property. She has juvenile criminal convictions and completed a deferred prosecution agreement after attempting to steal a dirt bike from a retail store in 2022. Judge Thomas Jaworski set bail at $2,000.

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