{"id":394867,"date":"2026-09-09T15:44:09","date_gmt":"2026-09-09T15:44:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/394867\/"},"modified":"2026-09-09T15:44:09","modified_gmt":"2026-09-09T15:44:09","slug":"50k-reward-offered-for-man-wanted-in-1m-florida-jewelry-store-robbery-fbi-says-nbc-6-south-florida","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/394867\/","title":{"rendered":"$50K reward offered for man wanted in $1M Florida jewelry store robbery, FBI says \u2013 NBC 6 South Florida"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A $50,000 reward is now being offered for a man with ties to Miami who&#8217;s accused of taking part in a $1 million heist at a Florida jewelry store earlier this year, authorities said.<\/p>\n<p>Alberto Perez-Elias is wanted for his alleged involvement in the Jan. 6 robbery at a Cape Coral jewelry store, FBI officials said Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">There is now a reward of up to $50,000 for information that helps the <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/hashtag\/FBI?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow\">#FBI<\/a> apprehend Alberto Perez-Elias. He is wanted for his alleged involvement in the robbery of a jewelry store in Cape Coral, Florida, on January 6, 2026. Perez-Elias has known ties to Hialeah and Miami and\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/rqS6v2mL04\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/rqS6v2mL04<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 FBI Tampa (@FBITampa) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/FBITampa\/status\/2097400887928918134?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow\">September 8, 2026<\/a> <\/p>\n<p>Authorities said Perez-Elias and others broke into a vacant business next to the jewelry store then busted through the wall.<\/p>\n<p>Once they were inside the jewelry store they held the manager at gunpoint then gained access to a safe and took thousands of pieces of jewelry worth over $1 million, authorities said.<\/p>\n<p>A federal arrest warrant was issued for Perez-Elias in June 24 charging him with conspiracy to interfere with commerce by robbery, interference with commerce by robbery, and use of a firearm during and in relation to a crime of violence.<\/p>\n<p>Perez-Elias was born in Cuba but has ties to Miami and Hialeah, FBI officials said.<\/p>\n<p>He was described as 5-foot-6, 150 pounds, and has used dates of birth of July 15, 1968, and July 12, 1972.<\/p>\n<p>The FBI said he should be considered armed and dangerous.<\/p>\n<p>Anyone with information is asked to call 1-800-CALLFBI.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A $50,000 reward is now being offered for a man with ties to Miami who&#8217;s accused of taking&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":394868,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[28,225,227,226],"class_list":["post-394867","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-hialeah","tag-florida","tag-hialeah","tag-hialeah-headlines","tag-hialeah-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/394867","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=394867"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/394867\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/394868"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=394867"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=394867"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=394867"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}