In Irkutsk district police quickly detained a minor college student suspected of a home burglary in the village of Khomutovo. He broke a window, entered the home and stole property, causing major damage. He faces up to 6 years in prison. The report also explains how such burglaries are solved in the region and what police advise to protect homes from such crimes.
An underage resident of Irkutsk was detained by police in the village of Khomutovo in the Irkutsk District on suspicion of apartment theft. Police officers caught a student from one of Irkutsk’s colleges red-handed. A criminal case has been opened under the article “theft committed with unlawful entry into a dwelling.” The young man now faces up to 6 years in prison. This was reported by the press service of the Main Directorate of the Ministry of Internal Affairs for the Irkutsk Region.A village resident reported the apartment theft to the police duty unit. The investigative task force immediately arrived at the scene and established that the offender had broken a window, entered the apartment, and stolen the victim’s personal property from there, causing significant damage.
“Operatives, working under conditions where the offender was not immediately apparent, detained the suspect red-handed; he turned out to be a local resident under the age of majority. It is known that he is a student at one of Irkutsk’s colleges,” the department said.
The stolen property will be returned to its lawful owner in the near future.
Since the beginning of 2016, police officers in the Irkutsk Region have solved more than eighty apartment thefts, including those committed earlier. An analysis of reports shows that one of the common causes is the victim’s behavior (for example, leaving entrance doors and windows unlocked). As preventive measures, police advise equipping homes with burglar alarms connected to the central monitoring station of private security units.