Layza Pinero Resto
•6/25/2026
The suspects accused of breaking into a Cape Coral jewelry store and holding the manager at gunpoint in February have been charged in a superseding indictment, according to the Department of Justice.
According to court documents, the defendants, Ivel Sanchez Rivera, Osmani Barrios Carrera, Yunior Lopez Delgado and Alberto Perez Elias, were charged with the following:
Court documents say that back in January, the suspects entered the store, Tio Jewelers, through the wall of a vacant business while the store was closed. The manager of the store was reportedly held at gunpoint.
The suspects stole thousands of pieces of jewelry, totaling more than $1 million, then fled to Miami before their arrest, court documents add. One suspect, Alberto Perez Elias, has not been arrested and remains at large.