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Criminal Records - Most Wanted |
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Profile |
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Name: Michel
"Mitch"
Barrera
(Micahel Barrera, Rene Caso, Christopher Montefu)
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Sex: Male |
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Race: Hispanic |
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Age Now: 28 |
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Height: 5'8" |
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Weight: 146 lbs. |
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Hair (Color, Description, Facial Hair): Black |
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Eyes (Color and Correction): Brown |
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Other Physical Characteristics: Cuban immigrant
May have longer hair and more tattoos to cover old ones.
Wears Nautica and Tommy Hilfiger clothing:
polo shirts and baggy pants. |
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Wanted for :
Bank Robbery, Miami, FL
Attempted Homicide, Miami, FL
Armed Burglary, Miami, FL
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Location(s) |
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Last Seen : Hialeah, FL |
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Possible Location : Mexico
Cuba
New Orleans, LA |
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Last Known : Unkown |
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Traits |
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Right handed |
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Comes across as a sweet, nice, young boy |
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May try to recruit other teenagers to commit
crimes |
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May be hanging out with "punk" teenagers on the street. |
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Police say he targets homes with security systems and banks with video surveillance cameras. |
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Likes action or cop movies |
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According to girlfriend, likes to use sex enhancing drugs |
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Paint ball enthusiast |
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Case Story |
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Bank Robbers Make Off With Thousands |
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Agents say on February 3, 1998 at 2:15 p.m., bank employees and customers at the Terra Bank in Miami, Florida were going about their daily business when two masked men burst through the doors. Michel Barrera and Sergio Arias held the employees and customers at gun point, police say. Employees say Barrera jumped the counter and emptied three of the tellers' drawers. Police say Barrera placed the money in a blue Jansport bag and then jumped back over the counter. Witnesses say the two men then ran out the front door, jumped in a gray Toyota Camry and sped away.
Agents say Barrera and Arias ditched the Camry a few blocks from the bank and took off in a maroon van that they had stashed earlier in the day. By the time the police arrived at the bank, Barrera and Arias were nowhere to be found. Police say they got away with $19,000, and apparently that wasn't enough because they struck again. |
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Second Bank Heist Goes Sour |
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On May 1, 1998, agents say Barrera stole a gray Camry from a school parking lot and then went to pick Arias up at his home. The two men drove to the Republic Bank and parked out front. Witnesses say the two men jumped out of the car, pulled black masks over their faces and walked into the bank carrying shotguns. People outside the bank stopped a Metro-Dade police officer driving down the street and alerted him.
Employees say Arias ordered everyone on the floor, while Barrera jumped the counter and stole money from two of the tellers. The two men then ran from the bank, but this time a Metro-Dade police officer was waiting for them. The officer ordered Barrera and Arias to stop, but the two men jumped into their getaway car and took off. The officer jumped into his cruiser and began to chase them. For a moment it looked like they were going to make a clean getaway, but the dye pack mixed in with the stolen money exploded. Tear gas was released into the car making it very difficult to drive, but Barrera and Arias weren't about to give up.
Several other Metro-Dade police officers joined in the high-speed chase. Barrera and Arias began to panic and shot several rounds out of the back window of the car. Then the two men ditched the car on a gravel road and took off on foot. Police say they ran about 3/4 of a mile to S.W. 174 Avenue and 166th Street. There they saw three men building a vegetation fence around a farm. Barrera and Arias demanded the keys to the workers' truck. When the workers refused, Barrera hit one of them with the butt of his gun and took the keys.
Police say they drove to S.W. 200 Street and ditched the truck in a canal. Barrera and Arias decided their best chance of eluding authorities was to split up. Police set up a perimeter around the canal and surrounding farmland. K-9 dogs and helicopters were brought in to help find the two fugitives and it didn't take long. K-9 dogs located Arias lying in a heavily weeded area. He was taken into custody without a struggle.
The search for Michel Barrera was not so successful. The search was called off at night, with Barrera still on the run. Police later learned through interviews with Barrera's friends that he laid in the canal with his nose sticking up in order to breathe. Once the search was called off, Barrera told friends that he fled to his girlfriend's house to hide. Police say when Barrera learned the cops were staking out his mother's house, he got spooked. Police say he took off and hasn't been seen since. Miami police and the FBI continue to search for Michael Barrera and consider him to be dangerous. |
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