13/04/2024 – A woman had her cell phone stolen in Cinelândia, on Saturday (13/04). After the crime, she began to be extorted by criminals, who demanded R$2,000 to return the device. She reported the fact to the 5th Police Department, which managed to identify one of the criminals and, from there, organized an operation to arrest the other members. Together with the victim, they went to Central do Brasil and, at the moment she approached one of those responsible for receiving the amount demanded, the police made the arrests in the act. Four people were arrested in Central do Brasil, on Wednesday night. The members arrested were two teenagers, aged 13 and 17.
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13/04/2024 – One man died and another was injured during a shooting attack on Saturday night (13/04), on Avenida Cesário de Melo, close to the entrance to Comunidade do Aço, in Santa Cruz, in the West Zone of Rio. According to preliminary information, one of the victims would be a resident of Comunidade do Aço. The man who died would be a militiaman known as Rafinha. He would be part of the Santa Cruz militia and was once a security guard for criminals known as CL and Ecko. Currently, he was appointed as the leader of Favela do Aço.
14/04/2024 – A 17-year-old teenager ran over a group of people with his mother’s car, in the early hours of this Sunday (14), on Rua Boiacá, in Bento Ribeiro, in Rio’s North Zone. The collision occurred while some people were in the middle of the road after a fight involving the minor, who reportedly reappeared at the scene after going to get his mother’s car.
15/04/2024 – A group approached people on the street and offered fake magazine subscriptions. According to the report of one of the victims, the agreed payment was R$69, divided into 10 installments of R$6.90, including a gift, which was given to her. In the first attempt to pay by credit card, the scammers claimed that there was an error and went through the second time, when they deducted a total of R$2,000, a value around 30 times greater. The police claim that the criminals managed to steal around R$ 200,000.
16/04/2024 – Armed criminals attempted to rob a driver and a passenger by car on Rua Potirendaba, in Vila Valqueire, in the West Zone. One of the victims was a police officer, who resisted and shot the criminals. The case took place on Tuesday night (16/04). The images show the police officer parking the car to allow a woman to disembark. Then, a black vehicle stops and an armed bandit announces the robbery. The agent reacts and hits the criminal.
17/04/2024 – A 7-month pregnant woman was kidnapped and kept in an abandoned building on Avenida Venezuela, Downtown, on Monday (15/04). She was later rescued by the police. The building in which she was kept is occupied by homeless people and works as a smokehouse for drug traffickers from Morro da Providência, dominated by Comando Vermelho. According to testimony, the woman was kept by drug dealers as punishment for her boyfriend, who owed them a debt for drugs.
17/04/2024 – A Military police officer Harlei Medeiros de Paiva, aged 41, assigned to the 8th Military Judicial Police Station, was shot and killed during a confrontation with militiamen on Rua do Império, in Santa Cruz, on Wednesday (17/04) afternoon.
17/04/2024 – Three women were arrested this Wednesday (17), suspected of carrying out payroll loan scams in the center of Rio de Janeiro. A company suspected of carrying out the same scams was operating at the location of the arrests. Three people were working in the office, as well as an elderly woman who was about to close a contract.
17/04/2024 – A mass robbery was perpetrated by criminals on the Red Line Express road, near Complexo da Maré, on Wednesday afternoon (17/04). The police arrived at the scene and exchanged shots with the criminals on the road. According to the Military Police, agents recovered a car that had been stolen and no injuries were reported. After the confrontation, the bandits fled.
17/04/2024 – Two scrapyards were closed in Campo Grande, in the West Zone of Rio, this Wednesday (17) for not having the licensing document issued by Detran.RJ and not proving, with invoices, the origin of the material found. The owners were taken to the 35th DP (Campo Grande), which opened an investigation to investigate possible irregularities. This is the 11th action of Operation Desmonte since August last year. To date, more than 500 tons of scrap have been seized and destroyed. With the task force’s inspection actions, more than 120 companies in the sector are already seeking to regularize their documentation to work legally.
18/04/2024 – A group of people has been protesting against a PM operation since late Thursday morning (18), in the community of Quitungo, in Brás de Pina, North Zone of Rio. Images of the act shared on social media show the Estrada do Quitungo, near Rua Oliveira Melo, partially blocked with crates, tires, and other burning materials.
