Suspect in $4.8M gold truck heist pleads guilty

Published April 19, 2016

This undated photo provided by the FBI shows a gold bar that was recovered in Miami from a heist in North Carolina on March 1, 2015. Miguel Bover was sentenced to more than three years in prison in federal court in Miami, Tuesday Sept. 22, 2015, for his involvement in the attempted sale of a gold bar stolen in a $4.8 million North Carolina truck heist. The theft remains unsolved. (FBI via AP) (The Associated Press)

One of three South Florida-based men accused of stealing $4.8 million in gold from a truck along a North Carolina interstate has pleaded guilty.

Court records show Roberto Cabrera faces a maximum of 50 years in prison after pleading guilty Monday to robbery, firearms and other charges. Sentencing is set for June 23 in Miami.

The FBI says Cabrera, co-defendant Adalberto Perez and an unidentified third man used a GPS device in March 2015 to track the gold-laden tractor-trailer heading from Miami to Massachusetts. Investigators say pepper spray was released by remote control to sicken the driver and a passenger before the robbery along Interstate 95 in Wilson County, North Carolina.

The crooks made off with 275 pounds of gold bars and some silver.

Perez has pleaded not guilty.

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