23/12/2023 – State deputy Giselle Monteiro shared on her social networks that she was the victim of an attempted robbery on Avenida Brasil, near Vila do João, North Zone. In images released by the parliamentarian, her car appears with a gunshot mark on the passenger window. According to the parliamentarian, the vehicle she was in was approached by heavily armed men who, in addition to shooting, hit the car’s bodywork with butts.
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23/12/2023 – A man was arrested in Vila Isabel, North Zone, after trying to rob a military police officer. The officer reacted and the criminal ended up shot with a shot from his own gun. The case took place in Praça Barão de Drummond. The soldier was not injured, and a revolver was seized.
24/12/2023 – A shooting left nine people shot on Avenida Brasil in Bonsucesso, North Zone. One of them, a doctor who was driving along Avenida Brasil, was shot in the neck. At least one Military Police (PM) vehicle and two other cars were shot at. Bandits in a vehicle left the Parque União community and, after being ordered to stop by the police, shot at a bus in an attempt to escape.
24/12/2023 – An attempted robbery at a street store in Tijuca, North Zone, ended with a criminal shot and two arrested. According to the Military Police, a group tried to rob Lojas Americanas on Rua Conde Bonfim around 10:00. One of the criminals was shot by a civil police officer inside the store. Two other criminals were located and arrested by military police.
26/12/2023 – The Special Police Operations Battalion (BOPE) began an operation in Complexo da Maré, North Zone, to try to arrest those involved in the shooting that left 9 people shot on Avenida Brasil on the 24th of this month. The State Secretariat of Military Police reported that BOPE went to the communities of Parque União and Nova Holanda. No arrests or seizures were recorded.
26/12/2023 – A team of employees from Light – an electricity company – was attacked by a group of residents on Rua Enfermeira Mercedes Sanches Bastos, in Deodoro, North Zone. According to the concessionaire, service providers went to the location to cut power to a residence due to non-payment, when they were attacked.
26/12/2023 – A 16-year-old teenager, dressed in a Santa Claus hat, was arrested after trying to steal a gold chain from an off-duty Military Police sergeant. According to Security Present agents from the Vila Isabel/Grajaú base, the victim was holding his son on his lap, on Rua Barão de Mesquita, in Grajaú, when the teenager passed by on a bicycle and ripped the cord from the victim’s neck.
27/12/2023 – The Military Police carried out an operation in Vigário Geral, North Zone. There was an intense shooting in the region since the end of the morning. One police officer and three criminals died. Two Military Police officers were injured, and two criminals were arrested. One of the objectives of the action was to arrest Álvaro Malaquias Santa Rosa, aged 34, known as Peixão, head of drug trafficking in the region.
27/12/2023 – The Civil Police arrested a man suspected of participating in several car robberies in Tijuca and Grajaú, North Zone. According to the police, Luiz Alexandre Nunes Leoncio pretended to be an app delivery person to monitor the Military Police’s actions. Investigations demonstrated that Luiz participated in choosing the victims and received an amount for each successful vehicle theft.
28/12/2023 – A 43-year-old penitentiary police officer, stationed at the Dr. Manoel Martins Lisboa Júnior Penitentiary, in Minas Gerais, was arrested in Rio de Janeiro for facilitating the entry of cell phones to members of the Red Command (CV) imprisoned in the Minas Gerais prison unit. He was arrested at home in the Padre Miguel neighborhood, North Zone. The action is part of an investigation of a corruption scheme carried out by the agent. He would be receiving undue amounts to facilitate access to cell phones by prisoners linked to the criminal organization held at the Muriaé Penitentiary.
29/12/2023 – Militiaman Antônio Carlos dos Santos Pinto, known as Pit, aged 44, appointed as militiaman Zinho’s right-hand man, was killed on Rua Cerquilho, in the Três Pontes community, in Paciência, West Zone. The victim’s body was in a car. A nine-year-old child was also hit in the head by the shots. The Capital Homicide Police Station (DHC) is investigating the crime. According to investigations, Pit was one of those responsible for the group’s finances.
