07/12/2023 – A 19-year-old stole a gold chain from a couple who were walking on Avenida do Pepê, in Barra da Tijuca, West Zone. According to the neighborhood’s Security Guard agents, who arrested him shortly after the crime, he confessed that he had swallowed the jewelry. The 38-year-old victim was walking with his wife when he was surprised by the young man, who ran past and pulled the cord around the man’s neck.
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07/12/2023 – A man had his cell phone stolen twice on the same day in Rio de Janeiro. The first time, he was approached by criminals on the Grajaú-Jacarepaguá Highway on his way to work. Later, on the same day, after registering the crime with the Civil Police, a friend offered a device, which was stolen by the delivery man using the app responsible for delivering the object.
09/12/2023 – A man stole a woman’s cell phone in front of Shopping Bangu, West Zone, opened her social medias and made a live broadcast. The victim was attacked when he was near the entrance to the parking lot. She said that the man was on a bicycle, passed by the place and snatched the cell phone from her hand. While escaping, he opened the victim’s Instagram and made a live broadcast. He sang and mocked the victim.
10/12/2023 – Four men were arrested by agents carrying out a Prohibition blitz in Campo Grande, West Zone. In the car where they were there were 3 rifles. According to the State Government Secretariat, the agents saw a vehicle on the wrong side of Estrada do Magarça and ordered it to stop. In the vehicle, the police found, in addition to 3 rifles, 4 pistols, ammunition, ballistic vests, ninja caps, cell phones and a badge imitating that of the Civil Police. The vehicle was listed as stolen.
11/12/2023 – Fourteen cell phones were seized at the Dr. Serrano Neves Penitentiary, in Bangu, West Zone, during the 2nd phase of Operation Mute, launched with the aim of combating illicit communication by organized crime and reducing violence rates throughout the country. The action was carried out by the State Secretariat for Penitentiary Administration of Rio de Janeiro (Seap) and the National Secretariat for Penal Policies (Senappen), which together seized the devices, three routers and drugs.
11/12/2023 – Two men were arrested for supplying weapons to criminals to carry out robberies in Copacabana, South Zone. According to the police, the men were approached inside a taxi, while they were carrying a revolver. According to the corporation, the weapon was hidden under the vehicle’s handbrake. Preliminary information indicates that the pair would take the revolver to a criminal in Morro Pavão-Pavãozinho.
11/12/2023 – A man was shot dead in Bangu, West Zone. The victim’s daughter said that her father had just parked on Rua dos Limadores when a hooded man fired shots. The man, who is a businessman, was identified as Marlon Márcio Mendes Alvarenga, aged 43. He was hit in the head and died at the scene. He arrived to open his establishment when he was killed. He was being investigated as one of the leaders of a gang that carried out a R$7.8 million scam on an iron and steel distributor.
11/12/2023 – A man broke into a building on Rua Cardeal Dom Sebastião Leme, in Santa Teresa, downtown Rio de Janeiro. Without finding anything of value or being able to enter any apartment, he ended up stealing the condominium’s Christmas tree. The crime was recorded by a security camera at the entrance. Street residents said it wasn’t the first time this thief had acted. Recently, in a neighboring building, he stole three bicycles.
12/12/2023 – A thief broke into a home in Oswaldo Cruz, North Zone, and took several of a family’s goods. The criminal even took the cell phone that was next to the bed of the owner of the house, who woke up at the wrong time because the device’s alarm clock did not go off. Security cameras recorded the crime that happened around 3:40 am. The criminal stayed in the house for about ten minutes.
12/12/2023 – A man was murdered at the door of his house in Campo Grande, West Zone, with at least 20 shots. Lucas Henrique Rodrigues Dias, 27 years old, was arriving home and was killed in front of his wife and baby. According to the police report, the victim was surprised by three shooters in front of his residence. In security camera images it is possible to see that the four criminals arrived in a black car. Three men got out of the vehicle and started shooting at the victim.
12/12/2023 – The State Secretariat for Public Security (Sesp), the Civil Police of Espírito Santo and the Special Operations Battalion (BOPE) of the Military Police of Rio de Janeiro carried out an integrated operation in Complexo da Maré, North Zone. According to the police, the objective is to capture criminals from Espírito Santo who are hiding in the Nova Holanda favela.
13/12/2023 – A chase followed by a shooting left a criminal dead in Bonsucesso, North Zone. A rifle was seized at the time. The case is being investigated by the Capital Homicide Police Station (DHC). According to the Military Police, agents came across a vehicle that was reported stolen. The driver sped up when he saw the car. The police gave an order to stop, which was not followed. The chase began.
13/12/2023 – A succession of crimes ended with five men arrested in the Lagoa neighborhood, South Zone. According to the Military Police, the group kidnapped a man in Ricardo de Albuquerque, North Zone, and, in the stolen car, went to the South Zone to carry out other crimes in the region. The criminals were found inside Lagoa Rodrigo de Freitas. Teams that were on patrol noticed movement near a vehicle on Avenida Epitácio Pessoa, in Lagoa, South Zone. Upon the arrival of the officers, the five criminals chose, as an escape route, to throw themselves into the lagoon.
14/12/2023 – A police chase ended with gunshots and two people arrested on Avenida Presidente Vargas, in downtown Rio. Jirdley Júnior, 40, and Rodrigo Alves, 41, were arrested for illegally carrying weapons. According to the police, they are part of a gang specialized in bank robberies. The police claim that they were going to rob, and that two motorcycles provided cover for the criminal action. The police are also investigating whether bank employees are involved in the criminal scheme.
15/12/2023 – A police chase ended with one criminal dead and another injured on Avenida Brasil, near the Irajá neighborhood, North Zone. Police began following two cars that left Parada de Lucas at high speed, where they were carrying out an operation. According to the Military Police, the occupants disembarked and began shooting at the police. The military retaliated. In the cars, which were stolen, the police seized 2 rifles, 4 grenades and radio transmitters.
