A duo sought by police in a nearly 2 million armed robbery of a Tennessee jewelry store were jailed in South Florida over the weekend after being captured at a Miami Beach hotel.
According to Miami Beach police, authorities had been seeking Milleni Garcia, 38, and Orlando Valdes Hernandez, 34, in connection with the heist in Nashville.
Arrest reports state that the pair are local to South Florida they share the same address on Quail Roost Drive in Miami-Dade's unincorporated South Miami Heights area.
According to police, they walked into a store called Dubai Jewelry, located in a strip mall in southeastern Nashville, and "began browsing the merchandise" and then "they brandished firearms and threatened the employees, ultimately stealing a considerable amount of gold and other valuable items before fleeing the premises."
Nashville ABC affiliate WKRN reports that Garcia, Valdes Hernandez and a third suspect used pepper spray and pushed store employees into a back room during the robbery.
