3 arrested in investigation into string of commercial burglaries across South Florida

Three men have been arrested following an investigation into a series of commercial burglaries across Miami-Dade and Broward counties in which masked suspects allegedly used cargo vans and garbage or recycling bins to steal electronics from businesses, authorities said.The suspects were identified in their arrest reports as Reinier Bustillo-Gomez, 43; Jose Solano-Montelier, 37; and Yoandrys Cue, 41. All three are Cuban nationals currently living in Miami-Dade County, the reports stated. According to investigators, law enforcement agencies in Miami-Dade and Broward counties have reported a series of similar commercial burglaries since February involving a black Dodge Caravan and various white cargo vans.Investigators said suspects wearing gloves and ski masks allegedly used garbage or recycling bins to move stolen electronics from targeted businesses into waiting vans.The Miami-Dade Sheriff’s Office and police departments in Doral, Sweetwater and Medley, along with the Broward Sheriff’s Office, have investigated burglaries involving a similar method of operation, according to the reports.One of the burglaries occurred Aug. 11 at Universal Freight Logistics, located at 1362 NW 78th Ave.Doral police said they responded shortly after 9 p.m. after the business owner reported seeing three people breaking into the business on surveillance video.Officers found damage to the front door consistent with forced entry, the arrest reports stated. Police searched the business but did not find the suspects.The business owner told investigators that approximately $200,000 worth of iPhones and Samsung phones had been stolen, although an inventory was still needed to determine the exact amount of missing merchandise.According to the reports, surveillance video showed an older-model white Ford Econoline van backing up to the business around 8:32 p.m.Three men wearing dark clothing, gloves and masks allegedly got out and removed three blue recycling bins from the van.Police said one suspect appeared to be carrying a device believed to be a signal jammer, while another allegedly used a red crowbar to force open the business’s front door.One of the suspects also pushed a surveillance camera upward to obstruct its view, according to investigators. The business owner estimated damage to the door at more than $1,000.Interior surveillance video allegedly showed the three suspects filling the recycling bins with boxes of merchandise.Investigators said they were inside for approximately three minutes before carrying the bins back to the van and fleeing.Another part of the investigation centered on a 2013 Ford E-250 van that had been reported stolen Aug. 27 from Global Turbine Services at 10814 NW 33rd St.An employee told police the company vehicle, valued at approximately $58,000, had last been seen behind the business the previous evening. She told investigators she had the only key and had not given anyone permission to take it.According to the arrest reports, Doral detectives had been conducting surveillance on a black Dodge Caravan on Aug. 26 as part of their commercial burglary investigation.Investigators identified Bustillo-Gomez and Cue as occupants of the Caravan when it stopped at a gas station.Police said the Caravan later stopped for approximately three minutes in the same warehouse area where the Ford van was subsequently reported stolen.Investigators later determined that a white Ford van spotted traveling near the Caravan that night was the same vehicle that had been reported stolen, according to the reports.Detectives located the stolen van the following day near the 7400 block of Northwest 54th Street but left it there because they believed it was likely to be used in a burglary, authorities said.On Aug. 31, investigators said Bustillo-Gomez, Solano-Montelier and Cue were observed casing a warehouse district near Northwest 108th Avenue and Northwest 17th Street.Bustillo-Gomez was allegedly driving the black Dodge Caravan, while Solano-Montelier was driving the stolen Ford Econoline van.According to the arrest reports, the vehicles repeatedly circled the warehouse district for approximately 2½ hours, slowing near loading docks and the rear of closed warehouses.Investigators described the movements as deliberate and methodical and said they appeared consistent with an effort to identify possible entry points and vulnerabilities.The men eventually drove to the area of 7419 NW 54th St., where investigators said the vehicles were backed into parking spaces.Members of the Miami-Dade Sheriff’s Office Organized Crimes Bureau and Doral Police Department Crime Suppression Team then approached the suspects.According to the reports, Cue got out of the Dodge Caravan after seeing law enforcement and allegedly discarded black and blue gloves and a black ski mask before running away and hiding behind a vehicle.A Doral police officer located him and took him into custody.Solano-Montelier allegedly pushed a Miami-Dade Sheriff’s Office sergeant and ran before being apprehended a short distance away.Investigators said Bustillo-Gomez discarded gloves, got back into the Dodge Caravan and attempted to drive away.In the process, he allegedly struck the sergeant’s left leg and pinned the sergeant’s foot beneath the Caravan’s front driver’s-side tire.Bustillo-Gomez then got out and attempted to run before he was taken into custody, according to the reports.Investigators said Solano-Montelier had a black ski mask in his pocket when he was arrested.An inventory of the stolen Ford van revealed a crowbar and several garbage bins that investigators said were similar to those used during the other burglaries.Police also discovered that the van’s license plate had allegedly been replaced with another plate that had been reported stolen.A black electronic device believed to be a signal jammer was also visible inside the Dodge Caravan behind the driver’s seat, according to the reports.Investigators said a similar device appeared in surveillance video from the Aug. 11 burglary.According to the reports, investigators believe commercial burglars can use signal jammers to interfere with wireless communications, including cellular alarm backup systems, GPS devices and police radio frequencies.Bustillo-Gomez was also described by investigators as having a “build, height and gait” consistent with one of the masked suspects captured on surveillance video during the Aug. 11 burglary.All three men invoked their rights not to speak with detectives, according to the reports.They were all arrested and transported to the Turner Guilford Knight Correctional Center. Each faces various charges, including grand theft of a vehicle, aggravated battery on a law enforcement officer, resisting an officer with violence, possession of burglary tools, depriving an officer of means of protection, attempting to tamper with physical evidence, loitering or prowling, resisting an officer without violence and petit theft.

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