Three suspects

accused of stealing $100,000 in jewelry from a courier's vehicle in Peachtree

City last week have been denied bond.

Juan Fernando

Sellhorn-Vergara , 26, of Santiago, Chile, Marcelo Bonilla Salazar, 32,

of Puerto Rico and Jhon Blanquis, 22, address unknown, are each charged

with one felony count of entering an automobile. Blanquis is also charged

with driving without a license.

The trio may

become suspects in similar incidents that have occurred in metro Atlanta

and as far away as Ft. Lauderdale, Fla., according to police. All three

suspects are believed to be illegal aliens.

Police are

still trying to identify several other suspects through fingerprints and

other evidence found at the scene that is being processed by the Federal

Bureau of Investigation, said Maj. Mike DuPree of the Peachtree City Police

Department. Police are also looking for a green Toyota Camry that was

involved in the incident.

The three suspects

in custody were arrested on Ga. Highway 74 in a black Ford Explorer over

two hours after the incident was reported as police conducted an intensive

canvas of the area. Police believe the three suspects switched vehicles

after the theft; shortly after the theft, police received complaints of

suspicious activity in the Hippocket Road area and the individual's description

matched the description of one of the suspects in the theft.

The Hippocket

Road area was likely where the suspects planned to switch vehicles, DuPree

said.

The courier's

vehicle was located at the Braelinn Village shopping center on Crosstown

Drive when the incident took place. According to warrants, the suspects

entered a 2002 Mazda 626 and stole a blue suitcase and a black suitcase

containing earrings, rings and pendants.

Anyone with

information about the incident that could help police is asked to contact

Lt. John Jenkins at 770-631-2510.

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