Young man destroys a series of security cameras to 'erase traces'

On the afternoon of September 1, Cam Le District Police (Da Nang City) informed that through active investigation and search, the District Police's Criminal Police Team had arrested the subject who broke and destroyed a series ofsecurity camerainstalled by Da Nang City Police in the area.

Security cameras were smashed and thrown into sewers to be destroyed.

Specifically, on August 31, the Criminal Police Team of Cam Le District Police received Official Dispatch No. 1107/PV01-D5 from the Staff Department, Da Nang City Police regarding the loss of 2 security and order surveillance cameras at the intersection of Dinh Chau - Thang Long, Hoa Tho Dong Ward, Cam Le District, Da Nang City (under the management of Da Nang City Police), suspected of being stolen by criminals between 3:20 and 3:33 a.m. on August 30.

On the same day, the Criminal Police Team continued to receive 2 reports from the Hoa Tho Dong Ward Police, Cam Le District, Da Nang about: At around 3:00 a.m. on August 30, house number 1 Nhat Chi Mai, Hoa Tho Dong, Cam Le, Da Nang was broken into by thieves, who stole property including 1 Asus laptop, blue, 1 Iphone Xsmax, yellow, 1 Ipad 4, silver, along with a lot of cash and personal documents. Notably, the security camera in this area was destroyed by thieves in the early morning of the same day.

Also on the night of August 30, Hoa Tho Dong Police also received a report that house number 15 Tran Dinh Long, Hoa Tho Dong, Cam Le, Da Nang had been broken into by thieves who stole an Imou brand security camera installed at the gate.

The two incidents above occurred in a close area, at a time that was almost identical. The Criminal Police Team determined that the incidents were likely caused by the same person or group of people, so they coordinated with other forces to immediately intervene, using professional measures to investigate and pursue. After only 24 hours, the portrait of the person who vandalized a series of security cameras was revealed, none other than Dinh Minh Ta (born in 1995, temporarily residing at Group 77, Hoa Khanh Bac, Lien Chieu, Da Nang).

Dinh Minh Ta with evidence of the case of breaking into a house to steal property.

At the police station, Ta confessed that he was the one who broke into and stole property at house number 1 Nhat Chi Mai on August 30. After that, Ta walked to Thang Long street, to the intersection of Dinh Chau and Thang Long, and discovered on the electric pole there was a security camera of the Da Nang City Police. Afraid that the camera would record the image, Ta picked up a nearby piece of wood, climbed up the electric pole, broke the camera's wire, and used the wood to knock the camera to the ground.

Similarly, I turned to the opposite electric pole and smashed the security camera, then broke it, took both cameras and threw them into the nearby drain. Not stopping there, I continued to go to house number 15 Tran Dinh Long, climbed up the wall, and used my hands to break another security camera.

Through verification, Dinh Minh Ta had 2 previous convictions for property theft in 2013 and 2020. Having just completed his sentence and returned to his hometown, he continued his old ways, but this time, Ta was more daring, "erasing traces" of break-ins and property thefts by destroying security surveillance cameras...