Tag: robbery

‘Yoga burglar’ seen stretching before alleged Australian bakery break-in

MELBOURNE, March 20, 2024 (AFP) – A woman caught on security camera doing a full yoga routine before allegedly breaking into a bakery and stealing an almond croissant, a pair of shoes and some cleaning products has been charged, Australian police said Wednesday. An unnamed woman — dressed in a black leather jacket, ripped black jeans and black shoes — was captured on CCTV stretching for at least two minutes in a Melbourne bakery’s carpark […]

Four held after failed heist in swanky Tokyo district

TOKYO, May 8, 2023 (AFP) – Four people were detained in Tokyo on Monday after they smashed their way into a luxury watch shop and stole items worth over $740,000, local media said. The robbery in the upscale Ginza district was an unusual attempted heist in a country with famously low levels of crime. Three people entered the shop with their faces covered and armed with crowbars which they used to destroy glass cases and […]

PNP: QC cop facing dismissal for robbing LBC branch in San Miguel, Bulacan

Criminal raps also to be filed vs 29-year-old police corporal (Eagle News) — A police corporal is facing dismissal for robbing an LBC courier service branch in San Miguel, Bulacan, the Philippine National Police said. According to the PNP, PNP Chief Police General Guillermo Lorenzo Eleazar has ordered the Quezon City Police District  to start the legal process for the immediate dismissal of Moises Yango, 29. ” I will personally monitor the progress of his […]

Police station chief, four other cops arrested for robbery-extortion in Zamboanga City: PNP

(Eagle News) — A police major and four other policemen were arrested in Zamboanga City for robbery-extortion, the Philippine National Police said. According to the PNP, Police Major Orlyn Leyte, officer-in-charge of Station 9 of the Zamboanga City Police Station; Police Staff Sergeants Hegenio Salvador and Asser Abdulkadim; and Police Corporals Ismael Sasapan and Juman Arabani were nabbed in an entrapment operation on Tuesday, at 6:45 p.m., in Barangay Ayala. Salvador, Abdulkadim, Sasapan and Arabani […]

PNP: Leader of gang involved in robbery, extortion dead in police encounter in Bukidnon

(Eagle News) — The leader of a gang involved in robbery, extortion and land-grabbing, among other criminal activities, died in an encounter with police in Bukidnon on Monday, Feb. 1, the Philippine National Police said. According to the PNP, Edward Sevilla alias “Don-Don,” leader of the Sevilla Group, was declared dead on arrival in the hospital after he shot it out with authorities who were out to serve a search warrant issued by Executive Judge […]

QC court sentences maid to reclusion perpetua for 2009 killings of film critics Tioseco, Bohinc

(Eagle News) — A Quezon City court has sentenced  the maid of film critics Alexis Tioseco and Nika Bohinc to reclusion perpetua, or up to 40 years in prison, for her role in their deaths in 2009. Branch 100 Judge Editha Mina-Aguba found Criselda Dayag guilty beyond reasonable doubt  of robbery with homicide after it ruled she helped three men rob and then kill the couple in their Quezon City house. The judge noted that the crime […]

Guwardiya patay sa nangyaring ambush sa Agusan del Norte; bank manager sugatan

Ni Nova Villafañe Eagle News Service BUENAVISTA, Agusan del Norte (Eagle News) – Patay ang guwardiya ng isang kilalang bangko habang sugatan naman ang kasama nitong manager sa nangyaring robbery at pag-ambush sa kanilang sinasakyang L300 ng tatlong armadong lalaki. Nangyari ang pananambang sa Brgy. Agong-ong, Buenavista, Agusan del Norte nitong Lunes, Pebrero 19. Kinilala ang guwardya na si Nelson Lumanao na idineklarang dead-on-the-spot matapos magtamo ng multiple gunshot wounds habang sugatan naman ang manager […]

All jewels stolen from Paris’ Ritz hotel recovered: source

PARIS, France (AFP) — All jewels worth millions of euros stolen from shops in Paris’s landmark Ritz hotel have been recovered, a source close to the case said Thursday. Some of the loot was recovered on Wednesday after the arrest of three of the thieves as they tried to flee the hotel and the rest was in a “bag seized yesterday by police,” the source said. The gems and watches stolen were thought to be […]

Armed robbers seize jewels worth ‘4 million euros’ from Paris Ritz

PARIS, France (AFP) — A gang of five armed robbers launched a spectacular raid on the world famous Ritz hotel in Paris Wednesday, making off with an estimated four million euros worth of jewels, investigators said. Three of the gang were detained at the scene but two remained at large as of Thursday evening, a police source said. A judicial source put the value of the jewels seized at “more than four million euros” ($4.75 […]

Dalawang armadong lalaki, patay matapos manlaban sa mga pulis sa Molave, Zamboanga del Sur

Ni Ferdinand C. Libor Jr. Eagle News Service MOLAVE, Zamboanga del Sur – Patay ang dalawang lalaki na may dalang granada at baril matapos manlaban umano sa mga pulis sa pinagsanib Zamboanga del Sur noong Martes, Disyembre 26. Kinilala ng pulisya ang dalawang suspek na sina Fernando Villas Limbaga at isang alyas “Roy”, na pawang mga residente ng nasabing bayan. Sa ulat ng Philippine National Police-Molave may nag-text sa kanila na isang concerned citizen na […]

Seguridad sa NAIA itinaas sa pinakamataas na antas kasunod ng Resort World attack

(Eagle News) — Ipinatutupad na ngayon ang pinakamataas na antas ng seguridad sa Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA). Ito ay kasunod ng nangyaring pamamaril at panununog sa Resorts World Manila sa Pasay City. Ayon sa report, nasa mahigit 30 katao na ang kumpirmadong patay at 54 naman ang sugatan sa nangyaring insidente. Samantala, humingi naman ng paumanhin ang Cebu Pacific sa mga na-delay nilang flight dahil sa insidente. Una nang kinalma ni Philippine National Police (PNP) […]