MIAMI (WSVN) - Police have arrested two men and one woman accused of abducting a man and using his credit cards. They also said one of the suspects is a career criminal.
Surveillance video from Oct. 30, showed people in a green Tahoe pulling up on a man walking on the sidewalk. A man identified himself as a police officer and forced the victim at gunpoint into the back seat of the vehicle where they robbed him.
The suspects then held the victim in the vehicle while driving around using his credit cards.
According to police, 51-year-old Jesus Carbonell was linked to several of these crimes and was assisted by 49-year-old Zdenek Jelen and 33-year-old Jennifer Montenegro.
“Mr. Carbonell has a history, from 1994, of possession of cocaine, robbery, strong arm robbery resisting arrest, fleeing from the police,” said Miami Police Officer Michael Vega.
New charges include kidnapping and impersonating a police officer after investigators said he terrorized people in Miami’s Little Havana neighborhood with the help of this cast of accomplices.
Police said that it was an employee at a Little Havana market who helped them track him and some of his accomplices down.
A drugstore store employee chased a couple of crooks getting away with eight cases of beer.
He’s also charged with another strong arm robbery, two kidnappings, a hit and run and more.
“And this is all in a five-day span,” said Vega.
A common thread in the list of crimes was a dark green Chevrolet Tahoe the same Tahoe caught on camera during that illegal beer run and kidnapping.
“Mr. Carbonell was the mastermind,” said Vega. “It was his car. He was the one committing the robberies. He was the one that committed the burglary when he went into the supermarket, stole cases of beer, put them in the truck, and people that worked at this supermarket came out and videotaped it, that’s what helped us solve this case.”
A fourth person related to the beer theft, 32-year-old Manuel Junior Ceballos, has also been arrested.
At the very end, a shot of the license plate, police said, led them to Carbonell and the rest of the crew.
Police believe there are more victims that have not come forward.
If you have any information, you are urged to call Miami-Dade Crime Stoppers at 305-471-TIPS. Remember, you can always remain anonymous, and you may be eligible for a reward of up to $5,000.
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