Data from the Public Security Institute (ISP) showed that 73,076 scams were registered in the state of Rio from January to June 2024. The number is 24% higher than the same period in 2023, when there were 58,796 registered scams. The ISP figures additionally show that many victims are from the West Zone of Rio, additionally, the scams occur in person and online.
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02/08/2024 – A fake app driver was arrested on Friday (2) after he carried out a scam on an Ecuadorian family of almost R$11,000 in the South Zone of Rio. The tourists were approached by the suspect, who claimed he worked for an app after they left Christ the Redeemer. According to the victims they arranged a ride to Parque Lage for R$20; however, upon arrival, the suspect refused to accept cash and swiped a machine three times, with three cards, and claimed the purchase had not been made. When the victims checked their accounts, they realized the suspect had debited US$1,885.
04/08/2024 – A delegate from the Civil Police of RJ was shot, on Sunday night (4), during an attempted robbery on Avenida Francisco Bicalho, near the Instituto Médico-Legal (IML), in the central region of Rio. According to Military Police, the victim was walking along the road when he was approached by criminals and shot in the hand. It is not clear if the victim reacted to the approach.
04/08/2024 – A boy and a pharmacy delivery man were shot dead on Sunday night (4) in a shootout by bandits from the Red Command (CV) at a party taking place in the rival community of Morro do Macacos, in Vila Isabel, in the North Zone of Rio de Janeiro. According to residents of the community, drug traffickers from CV tried again to invade Morro dos Macacos, which is controlled by Third Pure Command (TCP), on Sunday night.
05/08/2024 – On Monday (5), a car with a grenade inside exploded in Morro do Dendê, on Ilha do Governador. The Civil Police are investigating whether criminals from Red Command (CV) placed the explosive device to injure rival drug traffickers in the community. One man was injured in the explosion.
05/08/2024 – A man died after trying to steal cables on top of a train at Supervia ‘s Madureira Station, in the North Zone of Rio de Janeiro, on Monday morning (5). Passengers recorded the body on the train. Supervia says it identified the attempted theft of cables at the Japeri branch and called the Fire Department; however, when the firefighters arrived the suspect was dead.
05/08/2024 – Police Officers from Angra dos Reis arrested a drug dealer from the Caixa D’Água favela in Andaraí on Monday (5). The Agents from the Angra police station had been monitoring the suspect for four months, to serve warrants against him for drug trafficking and homicide.
05/08/2024 – A man, who is considered to be one of the leaders of a militia that operates in Baixada Fluminense, was arrested on Monday (5) while he was leaving Complexo da Maré. According to the investigation, the suspect had ties to drug traffickers from the Third Pure Command (TCP). The faction, according to the police, supplies weapons and men to the paramilitary group. In exchange, the militia authorizes the sale of drugs in Seropédica.
05/08/2024 – A couple, suspected of raping a 7-year-old child and recording child pornographic content, was arrested in Campo Grande on Monday (5). According to police officers from the Child and Adolescent Victims Police Station (DCAV), the victim is the daughter of the arrested woman. The two were arrested after suspicions were raised by the child’s maternal grandmother who, according to the police, witnessed the couple in the bedroom with her granddaughter performing sexual acts.
06/08/2024 – A suspect died during an attempted robbery at a bus stop on Avenida Francisco Bicalho in downtown Rio, on Tuesday morning (6). The other robber was arrested by Military Police (PM) officers who were passing by the location at the time of the robbery. According to the PM, at the time of the approach, one of the criminals threatened the agents, who shot.
06/08/2024 – A territorial dispute between rival criminals caused an intense shootout in Morro da Cruz, in Andaraí, on Tuesday (6). In images circulating on social media, residents recorded a sequence of shots. According to the Military Police, agents were called to check on the occurrence of gunshots. At the scene, shots were heard in the direction of a wooded area of the community, but nothing was found by the military.
06/08/2024 – Civil Police officers intercepted two trucks, one in Campo Grande and the second in Jardim América, and seized 30 tons of counterfeit washing powder on Tuesday (6). According to the investigation, the merchandise was to be delivered to a supermarket chain in the Penha region. The truck drivers were taken to the police station to provide statements. The owner of the supermarket chain will be charged with a crime against industrial property.
06/08/2024 – Security cameras captured a robbery at a cell phone store inside the Jardim Guadalupe Shopping Mall, in the North Zone of Rio, after the end of business hours on Tuesday (6). The images showed a man who used a tool to break open the lock and left after three minutes with 35 iPhones and three other devices. The manager claimed that the suspect had an accomplice who stood outside and provided cover during the time of the robbery.
06/08/2024 – The Civil Police arrested a man in Rio das Pedras, who is suspected of poisoning his girlfriend with a milkshake on Tuesday (6). The crime took place on Saturday (3) in Maricá, in the metropolitan Region of Rio de Janeiro.
07/08/2024 – A Civil Police officer was shot dead in Cidade de Deus on Wednesday afternoon (7). The incident took place on Estrada Marechal Salazar Mendes de Moraes, agents went to the region in search of information and witnesses. The Capital Homicide Division (DHC) was called and is investigating the crime.
08/08/2024 – The Capital Homicide Division (DHC) served one preventive arrest warrant and 32 search and seizure warrants on Thursday (8) against criminals involved in several murders in the capital of Rio de Janeiro linked to the animal gambling game. Among the targets are 12 military police officers.
08/08/2024 – Two men were shot in a shootout at a gas station on the corner of Avenues Gláucio Gil and Lúcio Costa, in Recreio dos Bandeirantes, on Thursday (8). According to the Military Police, an officer of the force responded to a robbery. One of the men, identified as a suspect, was shot in the chest. A second bandit fled. The other man who was hit was an employee of a construction site next to the station.
