Prosecuted the subject who caused 3 cases of theft and robbery of people's phones

Tan Ky District Police said that this unit has just issued a decision to prosecute the case and prosecute the accused Vo Van Nghia (born 1993), residing in Thai Son hamlet, Nghia Thai commune, Tan Ky district, for theft and robbery.

Accordingly, from July 27 to August 7, 2018, Nghia directly committed three thefts and robberies in Tan Ky district with a total estimated value of nearly 12 million VND. His method was to wear a mask, ride a motorbike around looking for the victim's weakness, steal the phone and quickly get on the motorbike to escape.

Subject Vo Van Nghia at the investigation agency. Photo: Phuong Hao

Specifically, on July 27, Vo Van Nghia drove a blue Wave Alpha motorbike with license plate 37N1-278.30 around Tan Ky town with the intention of stealing or snatching property. At around 10:00 a.m. the same day, he discovered Ms. Lan's (born in 1982) motorbike parked in front of a grocery store in Block 3, Tan Ky town. Through observation, Nghia saw in the compartment of Ms. Lan's motorbike a Samsung J3 Pro mobile phone worth more than 3 million VND. He looked back and forth, pretending to be a buyer, approached the motorbike, reached into the compartment, stole the phone, put it in his pocket, and sped away.

With the same trick, on August 7, 2018, Nghia followed the motorbike of Ms. Chu Thi Huong (born in 1976), residing in Block 2, Tan Ky Town, driving a Nouvo motorbike, in the trunk of the motorbike was a Vivo phone worth about 2.5 million VND. He waited for Ms. Huong to park the motorbike to go shopping at the grocery store and quickly stole the phone. Ms. Huong went to buy goods and ran out to find the subject had just turned the motorbike around, so she shouted "thief, thief" but the thief had already run away.

Then, on August 2, 2018, Ms. Nguyen Thi Phuong (born in 1976), residing in Block 8, Tan Ky Town, was riding a motorbike while talking on the phone. When she got to her house gate, Nghia immediately ran over and robbed her of her Iphone 6 worth about 6 million VND. He quickly escaped towards the Ho Chi Minh trail. Two of the three incidents above were recorded by the home camera of the grocery store and Ms. Phuong's family.

Receiving the victims' reports, the district police promptly arrived and discovered a subject with identifying characteristics similar to those described by the victim driving towards the Tan Ky town intersection, so they quickly pursued him. Arriving at the Tan Ky District Cultural Center, they successfully controlled and arrested the subject. Conducting an on-site search, they seized 3 mobile phones as evidence of the cases that the subject hid in the trunk of the car and on his person. Immediately afterwards, the working group escorted the subject and all the evidence and vehicles to the agency's headquarters to fight and clarify.

It is known that Nghia had a previous conviction and was sentenced to 9 months in prison with a suspended sentence by the Tan Ky District People's Court for theft of property.

Before the investigation agency, Nghia confessed to all crimes consistent with the collected evidence.