Chinanews.com, January 22. According to the US "World Journal" report, the Chinatown Police Fifth Bureau of Manhattan, New York, has recently overall security stability, except for the high number of theft cases. The Fifth Bureau conducted an anti-pickup arrest on the 17th local time. Zhongshun found out that the suspects arrested in several operations were all Romanians, and they understood the habit of Chinese people who like to carry large sums of cash. After they succeeded, they went to many gold shops in Chinatown to buy gold jewelry for sale.
The police said that the potential of pickpockets in Chinatown has formed an industrial chain, and the crime rate is high, reminding people to be vigilant when going out shopping.
The Fifth Bureau stated that, based on surveillance videos of several consecutive cases, the police had identified three male suspects who committed crimes in shopping malls in Chinatown. On the 17th, police officers were dispatched to Mott St. and Elizabeth Street. Elizabeth St.) and Canal St. (Canal St.). The situation happened to receive a report from a Chinese citizen saying that his property was stolen. The patrol officers then searched for the abandoned wallet near the report site and expanded it. The search area found three suspects who were still looking for the target of the crime on the street.
A police officer from the Fifth Sub-bureau followed the three men and went to many supermarkets, bakeries and gold shops in Chinatown, and finally arrested them outside a McDonald's restaurant in Kennel Road.
During the process, the suspect resisted arrest and clashed with the police, causing two police officers to be injured.
In subsequent investigations, the police found that the three people rented a car with a Colorado license plate and lived in Colorado. A large number of gold shop receipts were also found on the car, and these receipts were mostly "installation payment" certificates.
According to the police, the suspect's stolen proceeds will eventually be taken to gold shops and replaced with gold ornaments. They never choose to use stolen credit cards and throw away everything except cash.
A person familiar with the matter disclosed that, like many pickpockets who have been arrested before, these three are Romanians. Some of them hold Canadian documents, and one of them carries multiple Canadian thefts.
A few days ago, there have been frequent thefts against Chinese tourists near Niagara Falls at the junction of New York State and Ontario, Canada. The police said that this is likely to be a criminal industry chain that spreads from ten to ten, and there may be more similar cases in the future. Happened, reminding Chinese people to be optimistic about their belongings when going out shopping.
The police urge people in Chinatown to call the Detective Team of the Fifth Sub-bureau or 911 directly if they see pickpockets in public places. The source of the information is strictly confidential.
(Zhang Chen)