Prosecutors filed seven criminal charges Wednesday against Carlos Silva Suárez, 42, known as "El Carlitos", for theft of merchandise from commercial establishments and aggravated illegal appropriation. According to the investigation, the incidents occurred between December 9, 2025 and March 31, 2026 at the Marshalls stores at the Plaza Río Hondo and Rexville Plaza shopping centers in Bayamón, where the suspect took merchandise without paying for it.
Silva Suárez had been released from prison to take part in several lineups, in which he was identified as the person responsible. Officer Luis Rivera Torres, assigned to the Bayamón Norte precinct, consulted the case with prosecutor Johan Rosa Rodríguez, who filed the charges. The evidence was presented before Judge Aida Meléndez Juarbe, who set a global bail of $80,000 and ordered Silva Suárez returned to prison.