CORAL GABLES, Fla. — Coral Gables police arrested a 38-year-old man Saturday in connection with a series of occupied home burglaries that they say occurred throughout June and July.
The Coral Gables Police Department’s Crime Suppression Team said they arrested Felix Gomez without incident at a local motel where he was staying.
Investigators allege Gomez used a crowbar to “forcibly enter occupied residential buildings to commit theft.”
Jail records show he is facing 10 counts of burglary of an occupied dwelling.
In addition to the burglary charges, Gomez is also facing multiple petit theft charges tied to 10 separate cases.
Coral Gables police credited the department’s Crime Suppression Team with identifying and apprehending the suspect following its investigation into the burglaries.
As of Saturday morning, he was being held at the Turner Guilford Knight Correctional Center, where his bond was listed as “to be set.”
Anyone with information on the case is urged to call Miami-Dade Crime Stoppers at 304-471-8477.
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