Man Sentenced to 5 Years in $2 Million Multistate Burglary Spree

A Cuban citizen was sentenced in a Hartford court Thursday to five years in prison for a $2 million burglary spree that spanned several states. 

Alionis Perez, 40, was involved in the thefts of more than $2 millionworth of watches, bags, sunglasses and smartphones between August 2013 and August 2014, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office. 

Perez, who had been living in New Jersey, and others traveled to Connecticut on Aug. 2, 2013 and broke into the Fossil store in Clinton the next day and proceeded to disable the alarm system and steal around $250,000 worth of watches, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office. 

After the burglary, they returned to New Jersey with the stolen items, officials said. 

Following are the other crimes they are accused of: 

  • Aug. 18, 2013: Attempted break-in at Movado store in Kittery, Maine. 
  • Sept. 19, 2013; Break-in at Fossil store in Miramar Beach, Florida and theft of $170,000 worth of watches. 
  • Oct. 4, 2013: Break-in at Fossil store in Hagerstown, Maryland and theft of $750,000 worth of watches. 
  • Oct. 24, 2013: Break-in at Fossil store in Grove City, Pennsylvania and theft of $195,000 worth of watches. 
  • Nov. 22, 2013: Theft of van in Massachusetts. 
  • Nov. 23, 2013: Break-in at Michael Kors store in Lee, Massachusetts and theft of $500,000 worth of watches and bags. 
  • Aug. 7, 2014 or Aug. 8, 2014: Burglary at Radio Shack in Chesterfield, Missouri and theft of a small amount of cash. 
  • Aug. 9, 2014: Burglary at Sunglass Hut Store in Leawood, Kansas and theft of 623 pairs of sunglasses worth $113,000. 
  • Aug. 10, 2014: Burglary at Radio Shack in Franklin, Tennessee and theft of 50 smartphones worth $28,000. 

Officials said Perez and his co-conspirators were arrested later that day in a hotel room in Nashville, Tennessee and investigators found items stolen from the Sunglass Hut in Kansas and Radio Shack in Tennessee. 

Perez, who has been detained since he was arrested, pleaded guilty on May 23 to two counts of conspiracy to engage in the interstate transportation of stolen property. 

He has been ordered to pay more than $1.8 million in restitution and was sentenced to 60 months in prison, followed by three years of supervised release. 

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