<p>NEW YORK — A Brooklyn man was arrested in Florida in the brazen daylight armed robbery of a SoHo luxury store after authorities say he bragged about the heist on social media, authorities said Monday as the defendant was detained without bail.</p>
<p>Eric Spencer, 29, faced a single robbery charge after his Saturday arrest in Fort Lauderdale in the Feb. 2 robbery at a luxury Chanel store. The charge carries a potential penalty of up to 20 years in prison.</p>
<p>He was detained without bail after a Monday hearing in federal court in Fort Lauderdale.</p>
<p>A message for comment was sent to Spencer’s court-appointed lawyer.</p>
<p>According to a criminal complaint in Manhattan federal court, Spencer bragged on social media after the robbery that he had so many luxury items that he could open his own small boutique.</p>
<p>Spencer flashed the handle of a handgun toward security guards as he and three accomplices grabbed handbags and other merchandise worth $189,500, the complaint said.</p>
<p>Authorities credited arrests on the review of video images from the store, the street and Spencer’s Brooklyn neighborhood as well as social media posts by Spencer.</p>
<p>U.S. Attorney Audrey Strauss said in a release that Spencer “put the public and store personnel in grave danger when he committed a brazen daylight armed robbery of a SoHo boutique earlier this month."</p>
<p>She said Spencer also allegedly threatened a store security guard by displaying the handle of his gun while he barked orders to his co-conspirators to “grab everything.”</p>
