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CAPE CORAL, Fla. (WFLA) — The FBI is searching for a man who investigators said busted through the wall of a Florida jewelry store earlier this year and escaped with over $1 million worth of merchandise.
The robbery took place on Jan. 6 at a store in Cape Coral, according to the FBI.
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Authorities said Alberto Perez-Elias and others managed to break into a vacant business next to the jewelry store before then busting through the wall into the jewelry store and holding the owner at gunpoint.
The robbers eventually gained access to a safe and took thousands of pieces of jewelry, according to detectives…