The Brief
- An illegal immigrant accused in a high-end Florida residential burglary has been arrested two years after the break-in.
- Investigators said Jean Stefano Merinovejar, 35, a Chilean national who is in the country illegally, was arrested in Miami-Dade County in 2024. He was given an ankle monitor and released due to lack of bed space, according to MCSO.
- The Martin County Sheriff’s Office says Merinovejar cut off that ankle monitor and committed crimes across the country before being recently arrested in Nevada and extradited to Martin County, adding that he tried to break free from detectives, but failed.
MARTIN COUNTY, Fla. – An illegal immigrant has been arrested in connection with a high-end burglary in Florida after authorities say he cut off an ankle monitor that was supposed to track his movements and went on a two-year crime spree across the country.
The backstory:
According to the Martin County Sheriff’s Office, a high-end residential burglary took place in 2023 and detectives were able to collect DNA samples left at the crime scene. …