Data released by the São Paulo Public Security Secretariat show that the state recorded an increase of more than 84% in the number of robberies and thefts of high-end motorcycles between January and September compared to the same period of last year (2021). The targets are motorcycles considered to be high-end, which are more powerful and more expensive. Unlike the more popular ones, which are most often taken to clandestine dismantling, luxury motorcycles are kept by robbers to flaunt power and commit other crimes.
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The number of robberies committed by fake delivery men in São Paulo grew 110% from January to August 2022 compared to the same period in 2019, before the pandemic. There were 2,875 registered, on average ten people are robbed daily by these criminals in the state. The target is almost always the victim’s cell phone.
04/11/2022 – A gang with at least four armed criminals invaded a mansion on Rua Barão de Pirapama, in Morumbi, West Zone. The robbers took the residents hostage and forced them to make bank transfers via Pix. According to the Military Police, the criminals cloned the gate card to enter the property. After committing the crime and managing to extort the victims, the group fled the scene with a luxury armored car and a motorcycle, both stolen from the family.
04/11/2022 – A 65-year-old man was robbed and assaulted while riding a bicycle on the Paque Ecológico do Tietê bike path, in Vila Santo Henrique, East Zone. On the day of the crime, a man even warned him about two young men on bicycles who were robbing around the area. A short time later, he was approached by the criminals, who asked for his cell phone. However, the elderly man, who kept his cell phone under his clothes, denied that he owned the phone. They then got into a fight, but the pair managed to escape, taking the victim’s bicycle.
05/11/2022 – A merchant and his wife were surrendered and threatened with death during a robbery at the family’s pizzeria in the Jaraguá neighborhood, West Zone. In addition to the two, a pizzeria employee was also taken hostage. With privileged information, criminals were always demanding bank transfers via Pix. Violent, they forced the victims to kneel and lie on the ground. The crime lasted 16 minutes.
06/11/2022 – The home of former goalkeeper and former coach of the Brazilian team Emerson Leão was robbed while the athlete was traveling. The crime took place in Jardim Paulista, West Zone. Among the items taken is a gold medal from the 1970 World Cup. Leão had been away from home since Thursday (03/11) and returned this Sunday morning (06/11), when he discovered the invasion. Police officers went to the address, but no one was arrested. Apart from the medal, there are no further details of what was taken or how many people participated in the crime.
07/11/2022 – The Military Police apprehended three teenagers who stole bicycles inside a luxury condominium located on Rua Doutor Mario Cardim, in Vila Mariana, South Zone. According to the PM, three young people between 16 and 17 years old invaded the condominium’s garage, taking advantage of the moment when one of the residents was leaving the place by car. The group broke into the garage and each took a bicycle. The trio was located with the stolen bicycles in the same region.
07/11/2022 –An 83-year-old pensioner fell for the fake kidnapping scam. The woman who lives in São Mateus, East Zone, received a call from a man who said he had kidnapped her daughter, who lives in the state of Paraná. The criminals said they knew where the elderly woman lived and went there to collect the money personally at her door. Cameras captured the moment she handed over R$4,200.00. The elderly woman’s children suspects that the criminals were close to the family, because they knew the address and had the landline number.
08/10/2022 – The body of a 26-year-old teacher was found in a stream on Avenida Jacu-Pêssego in Vila Jacuí, East Zone. According to information, the victim was heading towards a bus station to catch the bus to Campinas, in the interior of São Paulo, where her mother lives. However, she was rendered incommunicado and disappeared, at which point her husband notified the police. According to police, she was tied hands and feet and wrapped in sheets.
08/11/2022 – Military police patrol exchanged shots with three criminals on Avenida Professor Ernesto de Moraes Leme, near the Butantã campus of the University of São Paulo (USP), West Zone. According to information, a kidnapping victim was found inside a vehicle that was being driven by the criminals. A pistol was also found. Later, they fled on foot and one of them was located and rescued by the Emergency Medical Care Service (Samu), as he was injured. The other two fled on foot towards the São Remo community, which is next to the university.
08/11/2022 – Three armed criminals broke into a company in the Barra Funda neighborhood, West Zone, and, as they fled, took two employees hostage, one of them an American, in a car also stolen from the company. The criminals were arrested the following day (09/11) in the neighborhood of Taípas, North Zone, and the victims were released.
09/11/2022 – Hundreds of cell phones were stolen during a Tarcísio do Acordeon concert, one of the main artists of the piseiro style, in Vale do Anhangabaú, downtown São Paulo. Fifteen people were arrested by the mass robberies that were marked by violence.
11/11/2022 – An attempted robbery of a residence ended with a chase and an intense shooting at the intersection of Avenida Indianópolis and Alameda dos Maracatins, in the Ibirapuera region, South Zone. About ten criminals broke into the house and announced the robbery. Neighbors were surprised by the movement and called the Military Police. As soon as the police arrived, they surrounded the property, but the criminals fled with stolen vehicles. There was pursuit, and the criminals shot. A school was also allegedly invaded by the gang.
