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11th suspect arrested in Aurora home invasion case in Michigan

There is one more suspect at large following the December incident

Eleven of the 12 suspects wanted in connection with a December home invasion in Aurora have been arrested.

The Auburn Hills Police Department — a department in the city in northern Michigan — arrested 24-year-old Breider Jhoan Ospino-Morillo Thursday after investigating retail fraud at a nearby shopping mall, according to a press release from the Aurora Police Department.

Ospino-Morillo was wanted on an active Aurora Police Department warrant issued out of Arapahoe District Court on four charges of second-degree kidnapping, four charges of aggravated robbery, two charges of menacing with a deadly weapon and two charges of extortion in connection to the Dec. 17 kidnapping at the The Edge at Lowry Apartments, located in the 1200 block of Dallas Street.

Aurora Police Chief Todd Chamberlain said the case began with a cellphone video showing two women fighting. That video, taken at The Edge at Lowry Apartments, police later said, included “a number of other individuals in and around that apartment complex who were involved in criminal activity.”

The woman who took and shared the video was one of two victims of the kidnapping, Chamberlain said. The suspects wanted the phone so they could delete the video.

In the process, the police chief said, the suspects robbed and assaulted the victims, entered their apartment and stole valuables. They also forced the victims to give them banking information and other financial details, he said.

The home invasion was likely related to the Venezuelan gang Tren de Aragua (TdA) in the Aurora complex, according to police. The complex had been marred by gang-related activity before being officially shut down in February. 

There were 19 people originally detained following the incident. Three were released and 16 were placed in ICE custody.

In January, Aurora police announced that formal charges had been filed against nine of the suspects, with charges including second-degree kidnapping, first-degree assault, aggravated robbery, second-degree burglary, extortion and menacing, according to a news release. 

The 10th suspect, Yusmary Carolina Panza-Ruiz, was arrested in Denver in February.
 
Now, police have 11 out of 12 after Ospino-Morillo was allegedly seen by the Auburn Hills Police Department leaving the mall with stolen items, according to the release.
 
The suspect, along with two other man, ran from officers. The suspect and another man were arrested and U.S. Border Patrol agents identified him and placed him in federal custody.
 
The Arapahoe County District Attorney’s Office will file official charges following investigations.
 
The 12th suspect remains at large.
 
The Denver Gazette reporter Kyla Pearce contributed to this report

FILE PHOTO: Aurora police announced formal charges against nine suspects in a December home invasion and kidnapping. Left to right, top to bottom: Jengrinso Elias Loreto-Petit, Javier Alexander Alvarado-Parada, Donarkys Teresa Suarez-Quesada, Barbara Silve Medina-Arcaya, Andres Alexander Liendo-Padilla, Niefred Jose Serpa-Acosta, Luigi Javier Soto-Sucre, Junior Reyes-Barrios, Jesus Alberto Alejos Escalona. (Courtesy of the Aurora Police Department)
FILE PHOTO: Aurora police announced formal charges against nine suspects in a December home invasion and kidnapping. Left to right, top to bottom: Jengrinso Elias Loreto-Petit, Javier Alexander Alvarado-Parada, Donarkys Teresa Suarez-Quesada, Barbara Silve Medina-Arcaya, Andres Alexander Liendo-Padilla, Niefred Jose Serpa-Acosta, Luigi Javier Soto-Sucre, Junior Reyes-Barrios, Jesus Alberto Alejos Escalona. (Courtesy of the Aurora Police Department)


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