Santiago.– The justice system ordered this Friday three months of preventive detention against four of the five men accused of perpetrating a robbery at a jewelry store located on San Luis Street, in downtown Santiago, while a fifth defendant was granted release after paying a financial bond, despite the fact that authorities seized from him the firearm that was allegedly used during the robbery.
The decision was adopted by the judge of the Judicial Office of Permanent Attention Services of the Judicial District of Santiago, Rafael De Asís Burgos, who sent Marcos José García de la Cruz, Andy José Castillo Jiménez, Delvinson Luis Restituyo Mejía, and Heber Isaac Burgos García to the Vista al Valle Correction and Rehabilitation Center in San Francisco de Macorís, considering that there is sufficient evidence linking them to the assault.
Meanwhile, José Efraín was granted a cash bail of RD$20,000, after the court established that, although he was found in possession of an undocumented pistol allegedly used in the incident, there is no evidence that he entered the commercial establishment along with the other defendants.
The plaintiff and legal representative of the jewelry store, Augusta Javier Rosario, stated that the measure imposed on the four defendants is because they were identified as the individuals who broke into the business to carry out the robbery, while the fifth was only linked to the weapon seized during the investigation.
The defense, led by lawyer Roberto Pérez, rejected the judicial decision and announced that it will appeal the measure, considering that the court could have imposed a less severe coercion than those contemplated in the Code of Criminal Procedure.
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The assault was thwarted by National Police agents, who seized money in pesos and dollars, 4,895 grams of silver, four pairs of silver earrings, four cell phones, gloves, ski masks, and a handgun without documentation, evidence that strengthens the Public Prosecutor’s investigation.
The five defendants face provisional charges for criminal association and aggravated robbery, in violation of articles 265, 266, 379, and 386-2 of the Dominican Penal Code, while the Public Prosecutor’s Office deepens the investigations to support the accusation.
