Mercedes-Driving Suspect Nabbed By Police

CORAL GABLES, FL — Police believe they have identified the gun-wielding bandit who fled a Coral Gables home invasion in a Mercedes. Forty-eight-year-old Jorge Iran Montero was already incarcerated on an unrelated offense and was expected to be charged with the July 20 armed robbery of a Coral Gables couple. The robbery occurred at about 8:45 p.m. in a home in the 800 block of Navarre Avenue.

Officer Kelly Denham of the Coral Gables Police Department told Patch on Monday that Iran Montero was identified through a tip to Miami-Dade Crime Stoppers after police released a surveillance image of the suspect last week. (Sign up for our free Daily Newsletters and Breaking News Alerts for the Coral Gables-Coconut Grove Patch.)

"With the help of the local media and the citizens of the community, the Coral Gables Police Department received several Crime Stoppers tips," according to Denham. "Detectives from the Coral Gables Police Department conducted a follow-up investigation of the received tips and learned that the subject was already in custody from an arrest by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives and the Broward County Sheriff’s Office on an unrelated ongoing criminal investigation."

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Denham said that Coral Gables police were in the process of securing an arrest warrant on Monday for Iran Montero. She said he will most likely be charged him with home invasion robbery with a firearm.

"Detectives believe the victims were followed from a local restaurant," Denham explained.

After robbing the couple, Iran Montero is accused of fleeing the scene in a Mercedes.

"The subject displayed a small, black, semi-auto handgun and demanded the two victims; jewelry before fleeing the home in a 2015-2017 white, four-door Mercedes Benz C300, with dark tinted windows," she added.

Photos courtesy of Coral Gables Police Department