14/05/2025 – On Wednesday (14/05), two armed men stole a Jeep Commander in broad daylight on Avenida Epitácio Pessoa, in the Lagoa neighborhood. Surveillance footage shows one of the suspects getting off a motorcycle and threatening the driver, who was stopped in traffic. The criminals fled the scene in the stolen car. One of the suspects had reportedly committed another car theft at the same location two days earlier.
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15/05/2025 – A nursing technician at Hospital Getúlio Vargas, North Zone, is accused of raping a patient on Thursday (15/05). According to the victim, he first touched her intimate parts under the pretense of performing hygiene care. Later, he returned to her bed, threatened to inject her with an unknown substance if she reported him, then forced her to perform oral sex. He denied the allegations but was taken to the 22nd Police Precinct (Penha).
16/05/2025 – A man posing as a doctor was arrested on Friday (16/05), in Barra da Tijuca, West Zone. According to police, he had been fraudulently practicing medicine since 2023, presenting himself as a pediatrician, child psychiatrist, and even a gynecologist. He used a medical license number belonging to a doctor from São Paulo. Investigators found that the suspect had treated over 1,600 children at a public clinic in Campo Grande before fleeing when confronted. Most recently, he was working at a clinic inside the Barra Point Shopping Center.
16/05/2025 – Two men were shot on Friday night (16/05) near one of the access points to Morro dos Macacos, in Vila Isabel, North Zone. The area is currently contested by rival drug factions: Third Pure Command (TCP) and Red Command (CV). It is still unclear whether the men were involved in the conflict or were hit by stray bullets.
17/05/2025 – A group broke into a condominium in Jacarepaguá, West Zone, on Saturday night (17/05) to retrieve an illegal hot air balloon. Around the same time in Irajá, North Zone, a burning balloon landed on a condominium’s playground, igniting part of the protective netting around a sports court and causing panic among children. Over the weekend, dozens of illegal balloons were spotted and seized in multiple neighborhoods of Rio and surrounding areas.
17/05/2025 – A woman was intentionally run over in Vigário Geral, North Zone, on Saturday (17/05) in an attempted femicide. Security footage shows a driver accelerating toward the victim before fleeing the scene without providing help. The main suspect is her ex-boyfriend, who has a history of violence against women.
19/05/2025 – A police officer from Rio’s special unit (CORE) was killed on Monday (19/05), during a raid in the Cidade de Deus favela, West Zone. The operation targeted an illegal ice factory producing contaminated products and ended in a shootout with armed criminals. The incident caused the temporary shutdown of the Linha Amarela highway.
19/05/2025 – On Monday (19/05), two men were arrested near Avenida Brasil in São Cristóvão, North Zone, after being caught stealing power cables from the Rio-Niterói Bridge. The suspects, both with multiple prior criminal records, were intercepted by military police following a report and found carrying the stolen material along with a wire cutter used in the theft.
19/05/2025 – A man was shot and killed on Monday (19/05), in Guaratiba, West Zone. The victim was inside a vehicle riddled with bullet holes, especially around the driver’s door and windshield. Military police are investigating the crime.
21/05/2025 – A man was arrested on Wednesday (21/05) on Ipanema Beach, Rio de Janeiro, for selling drugs. Following surveillance by the Civil Police’s intelligence unit, officers from the Narcotics Repression Department (DRE) detained the suspect while he carried cocaine, hashish, marijuana, and MDMA. The arrest took place in broad daylight, with undercover officers blending into the beach environment.
21/05/2025 – A woman was arrested on Wednesday (21/05) in Jacarepaguá, West Zone, on suspicion of torturing her elderly mother for years. The victim was found in degrading conditions with visible injuries and unable to speak clearly. Witnesses said the abuse had been ongoing for nearly eight years. The suspect is also accused of misappropriating the victim’s retirement benefits and administering controlled medication without medical authorization.
21/05/2025 – A police chase, on Wednesday (21/05), ended in tragedy on Ponte Nova, at the exit of Ilha do Governador, North Zone, when a fleeing car hit a motorcyclist, causing him to fall from the bridge and die. The suspects’ vehicle, intercepted by officers from the 17th BPM, had been trying to escape after being spotted on Estrada do Galeão. A shootout ensued, leaving three suspects injured and under police custody. Police recovered three rifles, a transmission device, and two ballistic vests.
22/05/2025 – On Thursday (22/05), a man linked to the Red Command was arrested in Inhaúma, North Zone, suspected of executing 74-year-old Andir José de Barros during a crime court judgment. The victim, who suffered from advanced Alzheimer’s, had been wrongly accused of pedophilia and was subjected to torture and execution in October 2023.
22/05/2025 – On Thursday (22/05), civil police and the Public Prosecutor’s Office in Rio de Janeiro launched an operation against a criminal group controlling the Uruguaiana street market in the city center. Nine people were arrested, including the group’s alleged leader — a lawyer who used legal tactics to shield the organization and orchestrate money laundering through shell companies and fake contracts. According to investigators, the group extorted vendors, sold public booths illegally for up to R$80,000, and moved around R$7 million since 2019. Armed enforcers, including a retired civil police officer and a suspended prison guard, helped intimidate non-compliant merchants.
23/05/2025 – On Friday (23/05), two men were killed and a woman critically injured during a shootout between rival gangs in the Morro do Juramento, in Vicente de Carvalho, North Zone. The incident prompted an emergency operation by the Military Police’s 41st Battalion and riot control forces. Authorities link the violence to the ongoing war between the Red Command and the Third Pure Command for territorial control.
