07/05/2025 – On Wednesday (07/05), a man broke into a condominium in Lapa, West Zone, where the state’s Public Security Secretary, Guilherme Derrite, resides, and stole a luxury vehicle. The thief took a black Volvo, along with a bicycle and the electronic module of a BMW motorcycle. He found the car key placed on a tire, started the vehicle, and exited the garage unnoticed. The car was found two days later in São Miguel Paulista, East Zone.
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09/05/2025 – On Friday (09/05), in the Perdizes neighborhood, West Zone, a 44-year-old woman was verbally assaulted and sprayed in the face with pepper spray during a traffic altercation. According to the police report, the suspect, driving a luxury vehicle, insulted the woman with gendered slurs and used the spray when she tried to film the incident.
10/05/2025 – On Saturday (10/05), in Paraisópolis, South Zone, a 19-year-old man was shot and killed by military police officers during an anti-drug operation. According to the police report, the incident is classified as resisting arrest. During the search, officers found a firearm, drugs, cell phones, a knife, backpacks, and notebooks containing drug trafficking records near him.
11/05/2025 – On Sunday (11/05), a man identified as a key leader of the criminal faction First Capital Command (PCC) was arrested in Água Rasa, East Zone. Fugitive since 2017 following a drug trafficking conviction, he was captured by ROTA units during an operation targeting organized crime. According to police, he coordinated the faction’s drug trafficking operations across the state, overseeing logistics from supply to distribution. Two cell phones were seized.
13/05/2025 – On Tuesday (13/05), around 07:00, eight armed men stormed the Condomínio Edifício Cosmopolitan on Rua Doutor Gabriel dos Santos, in Higienópolis, a high-end neighborhood in downtown São Paulo. Using a car with a cloned license plate from a resident, they entered the garage, held staff and residents hostages, and carried out a home invasion. At least seven apartments were robbed, with watches, jewelry, cell phones, and cash stolen from nine victims. Two vehicles used in the crime were later found by police.
14/05/2025 – On Wednesday (14/05), the Favela do Moinho in downtown São Paulo was surrounded by the Military Police shock troops, despite the federal government suspending the transfer of the land to the state government. Officers seized two firearms, drugs, cash, and radios from an abandoned house. The only access point to the favela was blocked, with residents allowed to leave but prevented from returning. A sniffer dog indicated the presence of narcotics.
14/05/2025 – On Wednesday (14/05), an alleged leader of a criminal faction operating in Camaçari (Metropolitan Region of Salvador, Bahia), was arrested in a luxury penthouse in Vila Leopoldina, West Zone. He was the subject of three arrest warrants. According to police, he is involved in drug and arms trafficking, homicides, kidnappings, money laundering, robbery, and the corruption of minors. He had previously been arrested in 2017 in Ceará but was later released. Cash, gold, cell phones, and fake documents were seized during the operation.
15/05/2025 – On Thursday (15/05), around 14:00, a 65-year-old man was violently pulled from his car by two armed criminals on Avenida Itaboraí, in the Saúde neighborhood, South Zone. The criminals stole his wallet and cellphone, throwing him to the ground during the attack, which was recorded by a witness. The suspects acted aggressively and fled on foot after failing to steal the vehicle.
