Coral Gables police arrest suspect in attempted burglary after long search
Coral Gables police have arrested a suspect, identified as Nicolas Dar Desrosier, in an attempted burglary Saturday in Coral Gables following an hours-long manhunt through the residential neighborhood and surrounding areas.
Desrosier, 22, was charged with one count of occupied burglary and one count of resisting officers without violence, according to police.
He “could possibly be linked to several other residential burglaries in Coral Gables and the surrounding area,” Coral Gables police said in a statement late Saturday.
The owner of a Gables home opened fire on someone who broke in Saturday morning, according to a police source. Police set up a perimeter in the residential neighborhood after receiving a call about an attempted burglary and reports of shots being fired.
By mid-afternoon Saturday, around 2:15 p.m., the perimeter had shifted when the subject was spotted by the Riviera Country Club, which sits at 1155 Blue Road. Gables police ask that “residents stay inside their homes as K9 and SWAT officers continue to search.”
At 6:41 p.m., police announced on Twitter that the suspect was in custody, but did not provide any further information.
According to Officer Kelly Denham, there was an attempted burglary of a residence in the 4900 block of Orduna Drive, between U.S. 1 and Blue Road, not far from the University of Miami and the Riviera Country Club neighborhoods, earlier in the morning
“We believe shots may have been fired and we’re still investigating and have set up a perimeter to see if we can locate one of the subjects that attempted a burglary,” Denham said Saturday morning.
The department sent out its first alert via Twitter, asking that people stay out of the area.
Gables police responded with officers and a K9 unit on the rainy morning.
“The bad guys probably figured no one would be working,” Denham said.
Perhaps. But they fled. And neighbors, who spotted a caravan of police cars racing down nearby Bird Road not far from UM, knew the officers were working.
But fears that someone was on the loose in the Gables after firing shots is unfounded, the police source with knowledge of the incident said.
Around 4:45 p.m., police posted a photo of a car they are looking for in connection with the attempted burglary: a 2017 or 2018 silver Nissan Altima. They do not have a tag number.
This is a developing story and will be updated as more information becomes available.
This story was originally published January 26, 2019 at 11:56 AM.
