Reality TV couple jailed after $5K Publix theft scheme, now held by ICE at Alligator Alcatrazz

Boca Raton, FL – Newly released body camera footage is shedding light on the arrest of a couple linked to a reported $5,000 retail theft scheme at a South Florida grocery store, a case that has since escalated into federal immigration detention. Melany Viljoen, 39, and Petrus “Peet” Viljoen, 57—identified in reports as connected to “The Real Housewives of Pretoria”—were taken into custody following a traffic stop earlier this month.

Police say the couple is accused of carrying out a months-long “ticket-switching” operation at a Boca Raton Publix, where lower-priced items were allegedly scanned in place of more expensive ...