A Florida homeowner fatally shot a masked intruder and scared off another during a home invasion this week, prompting a stern warning from local law enforcement. “If you want to break into someone’s home, you should expect to be shot,” Manatee County Sheriff Rick Wells said during a press conference, according to Fox News.
The incident occurred just after 9 p.m. Thursday in Manatee County. The homeowner, using a video surveillance system, saw two masked men attempting to break into the back of his house. Acting quickly, he armed himself and instructed his wife to move to a secure location, authorities said.
The homeowner fired several shots, striking 23-year-old Jorge Nestevan Flores-Toledo multiple times. Flores-Toledo, who was from Mexico, was transported to Sarasota Memorial Hospital in critical condition and later died Friday morning, according to the Manatee County Sheriff’s Office.
The second suspect, identified as 39-year-old Michel Soto-Mella, fled the scene but was later apprehended by deputies with the help of K-9 units. Soto-Mella, an illegal immigrant from Chile, faces charges of armed burglary, with additional charges pending, authorities said.
Intruder’s Criminal History
Detectives revealed that Flores-Toledo had an extensive criminal record. He was previously arrested in Oak Brook, Illinois, in 2023 for residential burglary and served four months in jail before being released on parole. Authorities noted he had an active warrant for violating parole and was considered “armed and dangerous.”
Soto-Mella, who overstayed his 90-day visa in September, reportedly used a translator during a court hearing to claim he did not have any firearms. Sheriff Wells said the suspect has been “somewhat cooperative” but has not disclosed all the details investigators are seeking.
Investigation Ongoing
Law enforcement is investigating why Flores-Toledo and Soto-Mella targeted the home, and they suspect additional individuals may have been involved.
“We’re trying to get everything that we can from the [surviving] suspect,” Wells said.
The sheriff’s office has not released the homeowner’s identity and indicated that he is not currently facing charges.
January 20th can’t come fast enough!
You won’t be saying that when Vivek and Elon outsource your job for an h1b
As if this is some new thing that hasn’t been going on for decades… Where have you been?
No shit, after 40 plus years in electrical construction, I’ve had to pick up on Italian, Japanese, Chinese, Dutch, Deutsch, Espanol, Russian, Portuguese, Korean,Texan and Georgian – (ours, and the one overseas.)
The bigger the project, the more Engineers and Techs that come along with it. Most are happy to go back home at completion due to the fact that most of those workers have much shorter work-weeks there than here. This is nothing new Drew.
I can’t wait, indeed. You guys will be spending the next 4 years blaming Biden when you realize Trump is wrecking the GDP, tariffs are hurting your wallet, and you ain’t getting anything from the usual tax cuts for millionaires and corporations 😂
Do I have enough popcorn? Probably not.
Oh look yet another no name d/c troll poster. I am sure they will have intelligent well articulated posts and insightful reasoning.
that won’t be happening with Trump, for sure 😂 🤡
man menstruating needlessly?
Fukin Awesome tsbhoa.p.jr
More “usual suspects”?
Another example of how “undocumented immigrants” can enrich our lives through their experiences?
yep….yet one more time an ILLEGAL ALIEN committed a crime…should have been found and deported LONG AGO
I love the line “It would cost too much to deport them all!” well estimates are that between feds, state, county or city…EACH illegal alien cost 20,000 PER YEAR for LIFE! Even if they kind of pay taxes…each one would have to become a millionaire or offset the costs!
so with the numbers IN the US we could save 250 billion to a TRILLION per YEAR!
so spending a 100 billion on mass deportation is a SAVING PLAN!
It’s a savings plan AND a safety plan.
We have plenty of homegrown criminals. We don’t need to import any more. Every single person we allow to stay here has to be a highly vetted NET POSITIVE for the country. Immigration doesn’t exist as a right for the world’s poor to take advantage of. It only exists to benefit this country. People don’t understand that because they’ve been manipulated for decades on this subject. It’s time to use it as a tool to help this country.
God Bless Crackers.
DEPORT!!!!
Nothing about the above story surprised me. One of my best friends started with the Manatee County S.O. before moving to F.D.L.E. It’s pretty much fuck up and get killed in Florida. Oh, Elmer, thank you. My family homesteaded N FL/S GA before the Civil War. I am a proud Cracker.
You ought to read the novel “A Land to Remember”. I recently read it and thought it was quite good. It’s a fictional story set from 1850s-1960s about a family that were crackers. Learned many things I never knew, and I grew up and lived here my whole life.
Dr., I read it years ago and have given copies to friends who all enjoyed it. You should also read The Moor’s Account. It is a very good book.
who is the author please
Patrick Smith
Wait, if you meant the author of The Moor’s Account it is Laila Lslami. Both are worth the read.
Oh, just so no one is confused if they look for the novel, the correct title is A Land Remembered.
added, thanks.
“added, thanks.”
P.Jr, are you a Florida cracker?
I never knew Chicago Crackers were a species… 😉
i have ventured beyond the loop on occassion. i’ve found that i assimilate quite well.
aside from the ‘glades, fla is mostly blue hair and lizards. the piney area by gf is far more alluring.
there are generations of pockets of chitowncracker’s. back of the yards, canaryville, stretches of elston…
Went to visit mom in Melbourne one year. Told mom I’m gonna run to the store, she said watch out for the “blue hairs” they stop on green and run the red! :0)
most people do not know the origin of that name
“most people do not know the origin of that name”
What, ‘Shell-cracker’?
what i heard it was the name given to the Hispanic cowboys in Florida, from the sound of their whip as they were herding cattle on horse back. how the other meanings, well when a worker called me one, i told the story, and that he just insulted his coworkers…shut him up, and the females were not happy
Well it’s a good thing for the homeowner that they weren’t “just women”.
Oh wait, this is in Florida, not San Antonio. Nevermind!
In the left-wing ‘typical off the rails mental illness confirmation bias forgetting context criminal insurrection already failed can’t be done like they imagine with their made up straw grasping hypocrisy department’ > Dems Want To Block Trump From Taking Office.
h ttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3jti6ZIsUf8
In the ‘Gasp! Unbelievable very rare’ department > SNOPE SCOTUS CASE SHOCK: NO ANTI-GUN GROUP FILED AN AMICUS BRIEF IN AR-15 BAN CASE.
Anti-gun organizations fail to support Maryland’s opposition to the 2A’s cert petition.
h ttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O5HpPGFYrxc
Another Democrat Flees Her Party for the Right Side.
h ttps://townhall.com/tipsheet/saraharnold/2024/12/28/another-democrat-flees-her-party-for-the-right-side-n2649645
This is happening in the Florida state house of reps; not the US House of Reps.
Just a point of clarification that it won’t impact the US Congress or the balance of power in that body.
But it IS an indicator of the direction of things, at least in Florida.
Thanks for this, 40!
“Just a point of clarification that it won’t impact the US Congress or the balance of power in that body.”
What *will* impact the US House of Representatives balance is the fact the US Census is about to extract about 10 US House seats from the Leftist Scum ™-controlled states like California and New York and give them to Patriot-controlled states like Florida and Texas in a few short years.
Ordinary folks sick of flu restriction lock-down bullshit “Voting with their feet” is about to pay off *BIGTIME*… 😉
Last census already showed that happening (before Covid) between that and deporting illegals we may need to seriously consider cutting back on fraud waste and abuse up here and actually applying merit and fitness……..or collapse to the point where only the pension fund is solvent before that gets raided too (honestly surprised it is 1 solvent and 2 largely off limits as is)
Democrats Turn On Newsom’s Constitutional Amendment For Gun Control.
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Interesting!
I had no idea we had another wiener in Congress…lol.
Thank You for passing this story along to all your readers.