The colorfully clad man who police say snatched a 2.95-carat diamond ring from a jewelry store at Sawgrass Mills is now in custody in an orange jumpsuit that's just as bright.

Maurice Blake, 30, was arrested in Miami Gardens late Tuesday, hours after a tipster identified Blake as the ring thief, Sunrise Police Officer Cindi McCue said.

The anonymous tipster gave the information to Crime Stoppers and indicated that Blake had been arrested in connection with a Feb. 12 theft in Pembroke Pines, authorities said.

During that incident, Blake allegedly stole a $60 carton of Newport cigarettes from the CVS Pharmacy at 1707 N. University Drive, Pembroke Pines police said.

When arrested Tuesday, Blake was on pre-trial release for the Pembroke Pines case and a theft case out of Hollywood.

However, this time, he was handcuffed wearing a simple white T-shirt and khaki pants, a far cry from the red shirt with images of gold links and a classical painting that was seen in surveillance images of the diamond ring theft.

On Monday, Sunrise police released surveillance video of the CR Jewelers theft, including clear images of the brightly clothed criminal that were disseminated by local media. McCue said the tipster called after seeing the images in news reports.

The diamond ring was stolen about 6 p.m. March 11 from the CR Jewelers store, Sunrise police said.

In the surveillance video, a man posing as a customer is seen wearing the long-sleeved shirt emblazoned with a painting, "The Vision of St. Helena," by Italian artist Pablo Veronese.

According to the arrest warrant, Blake spent several minutes meandering around the store before asking an employee to show him engagement rings.

The employee handed him a ring that he returned after a few seconds, the warrant said. But when he was shown another ring valued at $31,499, he ran out of the store with it.

Police say Blake's Facebook page showed two photos of a diamond ring with a tag that indicated it was 2.95 carats.

"This is identical to the stolen ring from CR Jewelers," the arrest warrant said. The ring has not been recovered, police said.

Investigators showed the jewelry store employee one of the Facebook photos of the ring and she identified it as the stolen piece. She, too, was also able to identify Blake from a photo lineup, immediately recognizing him "as the suspect, and was emphatic in her decision," according to the arrest warrant.

By Wednesday, Blake was being held at a Miami-Dade jail on an out-of-county warrant, records show.

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