The San José Police Department has nabbed one of the four suspects wanted in connection with a vicious home invasion robbery that terrorized a local resident last year, officials announced.
Stefan Dila, 37, from Charlotte, NC, was captured on February 23, by U.S. Marshalls in Georgia after detectives linked him to October 27, 2023, crime spree where invaders raided a home on Story Road, San José, making off with cash, identification, and other valuables at approximately 4:51 PM, not long before they seemed to have scattered into the wind but the law had a long memory leaders to his extradition back to California where Dila was then booked into the Santa Clara County Main Jail, authorities said in a report confirmed by SJPD's official news release.
However, the case doesn't close there, with two other suspects from Anaheim, Selena Milaichce, 35, and Xicmena Mihalaiche, 34, still on the lam and an unidentified female suspect between the ages of 30-45 also at large, it was revealed that Milaichce's arrest in Southern California for an unrelated charge on December 29, 2023, was a piece of a larger puzzle with her extradition to San Jose pending—San Jose Police Department continues unwavering in their search according to a Hoodline report.
To corner the remaining suspects, SJPD has put out an urgent plea to the public for information, especially concerning the third woman who was caught on surveillance footage; this suspect is described as medium-built, with a light complexion, and standing between 5'02" and 5'05" tall in the video image captured as part of this larger narrative where the community's vigilance could play a pivotal role in justice's reach, as the police consider this to be a targeted act prompting them to seek justice for the victim whose peace was brutally disrupted on an otherwise ordinary day.
Anyone with any information that could help tie up the loose ends of this case is urged to contact Detective Marte of the SJPD Robbery Unit by emailing [email protected] or by calling 408-277-4166, and maybe with the community's help.
