HALLANDALE BEACH, FL — A Florida woman is accused of meeting a man at a South Florida club, going home with him and drugging him before taking his nearly $100,000 Rolex watch, according to Broward County court records.
Police say the encounter led to the disappearance of a gold, diamond-studded Rolex Presidential watch after the man became suddenly tired and later woke up to find it gone. The woman, identified as 32-year-old Lynda Mae Crouse, was arrested weeks later and now faces a felony theft charge.
How police say the Hallandale Beach encounter unfolded
The Broward County case centers on an April 12 meeting at the Carousel Club in Hallandale Beach, where Crouse and the man began talking around midnight. The two exchanged Instagram accounts before parting ways.
According to police, the man later sent an Uber to Crouse’s home around 1:20 a.m. so she could come to his residence. Once there, the pair drank alcohol together in his living room before he went to his bedroom to change clothes. Court records say that is when he started feeling “funny” and “extremely tired.”
A strange sound, a quick exit and a missing watch
While Crouse was alone in the living room, the man told investigators he heard what he described as a distinctive “clapping sound.” When he came back, he said Crouse was acting differently and suddenly said she was leaving for home.
Within minutes of her departure, the man fell asleep. When he woke up several hours later and still felt unwell, he checked the Rolex box he had left in the living room. The watch was missing, and he reported it to police. The appraised value later given to investigators was $98,400.
Investigators say the Rolex was a 40 mm diamond-studded Presidential model
The missing timepiece was described as a gold 40 mm diamond-bedazzled Rolex Presidential, one of the details that helped frame the alleged theft as a high-value property crime. Police said the man was able to identify Crouse from a photo lineup.
That identification became part of the probable cause affidavit used in the case. The affidavit also tied the arrest to the April 12 incident and to the value of the watch, which put the case in felony territory under the charge of second-degree grand theft.
Police say the same woman used a similar method in Miami-Dade County
Authorities say the Broward County case was not the first time Crouse allegedly targeted men after meeting them socially. A probable cause affidavit says she used a similar approach at least four other times in Miami-Dade County, where victims were allegedly drugged before valuables disappeared.
In one separate case investigated by City of Miami police, Crouse was accused of using zolpidem, a prescription sleep aid, on a victim. Unlike the Broward County victim, that person underwent toxicology testing, and the test reportedly confirmed the presence of zolpidem.
Arrest in Seminole and release on bond after felony charge
Crouse was arrested by Seminole police on Friday, Sept. 11, 2026, and taken to Broward County Jail in connection with the Hallandale Beach case. She was charged with second-degree grand theft, a felony.
Records show she was released the following day after posting $2,500 bond. The Broward County case remains tied to the April club encounter, the alleged drugging inside the apartment and the theft of the high-value Rolex.
A case that fits a broader pattern of alleged drug-facilitated thefts
The allegations in Broward County and Miami-Dade County point to a pattern investigators say involved social contact, alcohol and sudden incapacitation before valuables went missing. In the Hallandale Beach case, police said the man believed something was wrong only after waking up and noticing the watch box had been disturbed.
Because the charge is grand theft and the watch was appraised at nearly $100,000, the case is likely to draw attention from both theft investigators and residents concerned about drug-facilitated crimes. Court records and police accounts describe the incident as a carefully timed encounter that began with a club conversation and ended with an expensive watch gone missing.