A teen has been arrested in connection with a spate of robberies in Birmingham targeting Hispanic victims.

Taylor Haziel Montijo, 18, is charged with two counts of first-degree robbery, police announced Friday.

He is the third person charged – and the second taken into custody – in connection the rash of hold-ups that began in October.

Officer Truman Fitzgerald said the robberies for which Montijo is charged happened in mid-December.

East Precinct officers learned of the warrants against the suspect and began searching for him. Earlier Friday – just after 1 a.m. – they took Montijo into custody in the 800 block of Park Brook Trail.

He was booked into the Jefferson County Jail at 2:35 a.m. and is being held without bond.

Birmingham police have investigated more than 40 robberies of Hispanic victims in the city since October.

The victims included families and workers at construction sites and other businesses.

Police have worked to get the word out to potential victims and even contractors and business owners who hire Hispanic workers. Fitzgerald said Hispanic victims are often targeted for robbery because they often carry large amounts of cash and are sometimes reluctant to notify police when they are victimized.

On Jan. 25, 48-year-old construction worker Roman Gonzalez was shot to death during a robbery at a house that was undergoing renovation in Ensley.

The construction crew was inside the house when a group of males forced their way inside, robbed all of the crew members and killed Gonzalez.

“It’s the night we’ve been praying against and unfortunately,” Fitzgerald said in January, “we’ve lost one of our Hispanic brothers to a robbery.”

Investigators in November charged Evontay Blevins, 19, with 32 counts of first-degree robbery. Blevins remains held in the Jefferson County on bonds totaling more than $2 million.

Police in January announced they were searching for Jakobie Deontay Smith, 20, who is charged with at least 32 counts of first-degree robbery. He remains at large.

“It’s extremely alarming because we know this group is not going to stop until we stop them,’’ Fitzgerald said at the time. “They’ve shown no signs that they’re going to stop.”

Anyone with information in the ongoing investigation is asked to call Birmingham homicide detectives at 205-254-1764 or Crime Stoppers at 205-254-7777.