Serial Robbery Suspects Caught

Sunday, March 26, 2017, 2:04 PM

Just after 9 p.m. on 03/24/2016, officers with the Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department (IMPD) were dispatched to the Del Taco restaurant in the 3900 block of N High School Rd, on reports of a robbery that had just occurred.

The IMPD Robbery Coordination Unit along with ECU and the FBI Safe Streets Tasks Force, had been investigating multiple robberies of predominately Hispanic businesses throughout Indianapolis. Through the use of proven investigative techniques, detectives were able to determine an area that the suspects may victimize next. Officers and detectives were alerted and immediately responded to the area.

The suspect vehicle left the scene of the robbery and eventually went to the 600 block of Somerset. Speedway Police Department (SPD) officers assisted IMPD in locating the suspect vehicle.18-year-old Jahrell Williams was located in the driver’s seat of the vehicle and three other suspects were seen running from the garage it was parked near. IMPD K9 Officers were on-scene, and an excellent perimeter was quickly established by district cars. Multiple officers from Northwest and Southwest Districts assisted. K9 began a track and quickly located all three suspects, who were found hiding in the 500 block of Rochester.  The three were identified as 20-year-old Fernando Degante-Toledo, 18-year-old Eliceo Ortiz-Cabrera, and a 17-year-old juvenile male.

A search warrant was obtained and executed for an address in the 600 block of N Somerset, with assistance from IMPD Homicide, Robbery, and Aggravated Assault detectives. Numerous pieces of evidence from this and previous robberies were located, processed and collected. All four suspects were arrested and preliminarily charged with robbery. They were later transported to the Arrestee Processing Center for booking. The Marion County Prosecutor’s Office will review the case and make a final charging decision.

The below cases are believed to be associated with the above suspects and will potentially be closed by arrest after further follow up. They include the following known robberies:

1. PD17003417 “Pueblo Grocery” on 01-09-17 at 2401 W. Washington St.
2. PD17007195 “Carniceria Morelos” on 01-18-17 at 2124 W. Washington St.
3. PD17009738 “Las Mexicanas Supermarket” on 01-24-17 at 414 S. Sherman
4. PD17011095 “Super Morelos Grocery” on 01-27-17 at 5430 E. Washington St.
5. PD17017719 “Carniceria El Michoacano” on 02-13-17 at 6240 W. 34^th St.
6. PD17019322 “Carniceria El Michoacano 2” on 02-17-17 at 5437 W. 34^th St.
7. PD17019333 “Metro PCS” on 02-17-17 at 4308 W. Washington St.
8. PD17020421 “Little Caesars” on 02-20-17 at 2001 W. Washington St.
9. PD17020807 “Tienda Morales” on 02-21-17 at 5 Beachway Dr.
10. PD17021279 “La Potosine” on 02-23-17 at 5324 W. 38^TH St.
11. PD17025202 “Michoacana” on 03-05-17 at 3740 Lafayette Rd.
12. PD17027854 “Dos Amigos” on 03-12-17 at 3215 English Ave.
13. PD17027878 “Super Morales” on 03-13-17 at 3872 Lafayette Rd.
14. PD17032495 “El Rey Del Taco” on 03-24-17 at 3935 N. High School Rd.

This was a tremendous undertaking that involved multiple districts, units, and assistance from outside agencies. A special thank you goes out to IMPD Southwest and Northwest Districts, Speedway PD, IMPD K9, ECU, FBI – Safe Streets Tasks Force and the Homicide/Robbery detectives for their assistance during this investigation. The IMPD would also like to thank the community for their continued support and efforts in helping to make Indianapolis a safer place to live, work, and play!

Remember, if you have any information about criminal activity and wish to remain anonymous, you can call Crime Stoppers at (317)262-TIPS(8477). Citizens can also download the mobile P3tips app for Apple or Android phones to submit a mobile tip, or go to www.CrimeTips.org to submit a web tip. You will remain anonymous and may be eligible for a cash reward of up to $1000 if the information leads to a felony arrest. Only tips submitted directly and anonymously to Crime Stoppers are eligible for these cash rewards.

*Note: The attached booking photos are those of the suspects in order: Jahrell Williams, Fernando Degante-Toledo, and Eliceo Ortiz-Cabrera. The juvenile’s name and booking photo will not be released due to his juvenile status.