Sentences with phrase «armed robberies by»

In a statement it said their deaths seemed to be «the tragic outcome of an armed robbery by a mentally unbalanced person».

Not exact matches

Someone who commits an armed robbery at 25 generally poses less of a threat by 35 of 40.
New mobile game Pokemon Go has become an overnight sensation with U.S. fans but also played a role in armed robberies in Missouri, the discovery of a body in Wyoming, and minor injuries to fans distracted by the app, officials and news media reported Monday.
Highlighting a dark side to its popularity, the game was used by four teens in Missouri to lure nearly a dozen victims into armed robberies, police and media reports said.
«Our investment in security yielded good dividends of peace and safety in February as security agencies, using the armoured personnel carriers our administration procured for them, foiled robbery attacks by armed bandits on banks in Ikirun.
«Are you aware of the number of militants they [South Africans] had trained, what if they trained these militants in badges (sic), can we link the increase (sic) rate in arm (sic) robbery to this training offered by mercenaries, can we link the recent cases of contract killings to the training; are there young people in the country already trained by these men and what are they actually doing with the skills acquired.»
An alarm was raised by the residents, who had witnessed an armed robbery incident the night before and so were on alert for the armed men.
The region has been targeted by gangsters to kill person in the name of armed robbery, and this to me, is clearly connected to politics like it happened in the 2000 elections.»
The ultra-conservative kingdom is one of the world's most prolific executioners and has a strict Islamic legal code under which murder, drug trafficking, armed robbery, rape and apostasy are all punishable by death.
«Very credible intelligence reaching us has it that a lot of the armed robbery and killing of our hardworking police officers is being done by militant goons associated with the NPP», the NDC National Chairman alleged.
The commissioner further disclosed that a joint operation by the security agencies in the state was carried out on Gbishe in search of Akwaza in connection with armed robberies, kidnappings, assassinations and cattle rustlings.
He said late veteran journalist turned politician was knocked down by an oncoming vehicle while running into a nearby bush to escape an armed robbery attack.
For instance, let's look at what happened in Osun state where the men of Nigeria Police reportedly foiled an armed robbery operation at Ikirun with the Armour Personnel Carrier provided by the State Government to the police.
Similarly, in Ebonyi State, one Chinonso ONWE aka Abino Flash was arrested at Izhia Community, Ohaukwu LGA on 1st June, 2017, by the Service in collaboration with the Community's Security Council for armed robbery and kidnapping.
Wike said: «Most of the kidnappings and armed robbery taking place in this state are done by men of SARS.
Following a swift response to distress calls, the Police in the federal capital territory have arrested two members of an armed robbery gang that invaded Pyakasa, a suburb located along the Airport Road Abuja killed 6 persons and snatched two vehicles, a Toyota Venza and Mercedes ML jeeps stolen by the robbers.
Eastern Regional Police Public Relations Officer, ASP Ebenezer Tetteh, says three persons have been arrested for their alleged roles in three separate robbery incidents by a gang of 4 armed men in the New Juaben Municipality of the Eastern Region.
Adedoyin, who is the Maye of Ife Kingdom, noted that young men who engage in criminal activities like kidnapping, armed robbery and terrorism as well as women who engage in prostitution are partly affected by their growing up experience.
«This case is akin to «an armed robbery suspect walking into a police and confessing to several bank robbery over the years uncaught, because he was cheated in the last robbery by his gang members».
In the wake of the Force determination to rid the state of criminal elements, no fewer than 30 kidnapping, armed robbery and other offences suspects, terrorising kogi state have been arrested by the men of the Kogi state command of the Nigeria Police force.
Consequently, the action of the Senate in its resolution against the IGP today is a deliberate blackmail, witch - hunting with mischievous motives to hand - twist the IGP to pervert the end of justice in a felonious and serious offenses of Criminal Conspiracy and Unlawful Possession of Prohibited Firearms for which Senator Dino Melaye who was indicted by two (2) Principal Suspects (Kabiru Seidu A.K.A OSAMA, Nuhu Salisu A.K.A SMALL) arrested for several cases of kidnappings and armed robberies in Kogi State are already standing trial in a court of competent jurisdiction.
«This renewed onslaught on criminal elements in Kogi State is designed by the Inspector - General of Police to stem the tide of kidnapping for ransom armed robbery and other criminal activities and shall be sustained until all the criminal elements are flushed out of the State» the statement said.
Idris said that the fight against insurgency, kidnapping, armed robbery, cattle rustling and other heinous crimes had systematically been won by 70 per cent.
Two armed robbery suspects, Victor Igoche, 32, who hails from Benue State, and Thomas Frank, 34, from Delta State have been arrested by men of the...
This Gang led by Ibrahim Musa a.k.a Zage has been on the wanted list of the Police in Zamfara, Niger, Kogi and FCT for several kidnappings, armed robbery and Rape of their victims for some time now.
Fear has gripped residents of Koforidua following three separate robbery incidents by a gang of 4 armed men in the New Juaben Municipality of the Eastern Region.
Akano said the convict was guilty of the two - count of conspiracy and armed robbery preferred against him and consequently sentenced him to death by hanging.
«In the course of thorough investigation into the foiled armed robbery attack on the Bank, the principal suspect who is a staff of the Bank and the master mind of the armed robber attack was subsequently arrested based on the confessional statements volunteered by the last three suspects arrested at the scene.
FORMER militant leader, Chief Ateke Tom, has denied coming in contact with one Zakeri Isiaka, who was recently arrested by the police for armed robbery.
From the headings of the above quoted invitation letters, it is very clear that the IGP was invited on those occasions by the Senate purposely because of Senator Dino Melaye's criminal indictment in respect of felonious and serious offenses of Criminal Conspiracy and Unlawful Possession of Prohibited Firearms by two (2) Principal Suspects (Kabiru Seidu A.K.A OSAMA, Nuhu Salisu A.K.A SMALL) arrested for several cases of kidnappings and armed robberies in Kogi State, who are already standing trial in a court of competent jurisdiction.
The Chief Imam of Ijagbo, Muftau Jamiu, on Sunday narrated how his brother, Alawunde Jamiu, died during the armed robbery experienced by some banks in Offa, Kwara State, last Thursday.
The insecurity is being fueled by youth employment and the so - called leaders are still think of policies that will send some students back home to HOPELESSNESS an surely armed robbery, terrorism, scams.
One out of three suspected armed robbers who allegedly raped a police woman and two bankers in the course of their robbery operations at Nungua, a suburb of Accra, has been arrested by the Nungua police.
While also noting the recent massive security equipment and vehicles donated by the Governor Akinwunmi Ambode - led administration to security agencies to beef up security in the state which has considerably curbed armed robbery cases, Bello said the State Government in consonance with the Police and other security agencies in the State will continue to do all within its means to halt the trend of kidnapping in the State and bring perpetrators to justice.
Three police officers have been arrested by the Greater Accra Regional Police Command's anti robbery squad for allegedly hiring AK47 rifles to armed robbers for robbery.
These two recent findings provide strong evidence that evil behavior — mass murder, armed robbery, and perhaps even newspaper theft — might be caused by the right set of genes interacting with the wrong environment.
In the Donbass, a region of Eastern Ukraine, a hybrid war takes place, involving an open armed conflict alongside killings and robberies on a mass scale perpetrated by separatist gangs.
He soon learns that everyone is on edge because the diner is in the midst of an armed robbery, being conducted by a Brit named Derrick (Chiklis, adopting and relishing a Cockney accent) and his two associates.
Michael Gordon Peterson — dubbed «Charles Bronson» by a bare - knuckle boxing promoter — was arrested in 1974 at age 22, and sentenced to seven years in prison for armed robbery.
Adapted and produced by Paul Monash (a television lifer involved in the Stephen King adaptations Carrie and Salem's Lot), Friends of Eddie Coyle divides our attentions between Eddie; Jackie Brown (Steven Keats), a young arms dealer who prudently exhibits caution in his dangerous transactions; and a string of robberies which see bank managers being kidnapped and their families held hostage while vaults are emptied.
And Dominik somehow maintains a paradoxical tone in which every scene is at once intensely heightened and utterly realistic — the stick - up, in particular, makes armed - robbery scenes in most other movies look false by comparison, without sacrificing tension.
Once again, a gang of armed criminals plans a bank robbery, while being hunted by an elite police unit, led by a maverick detective.
Problem is, she's den mother to a cabal of ne'er - do - wells, whose armed bank robberies have made them marked men by cops, some of whom play by the rules and some of whom have no qualms with vigilante justice.
When ruthless Russian - Israeli mob boss Irina Vlaslov (Kate Winslet) strong - arms the crew into attempting one last, seemingly impossible robbery, they decide their best hope is to divert the entire police force's attention by staging a «999» incident — cop code for «officer down.»
Breezy much of the way, though its lightness is marred somewhat by adultery entanglements and an out - of - place armed robbery scene, It Could Happen to You is an amiable but ultimately uneven film that entertains mildly for the moment, only to be quickly forgotten soon after.
The Town Premise: A group of professional armed robbers led by Ben Affleck (who also directed) begins to disintegrate as Affleck falls for a victim of their latest robbery, while his partner and best friend Jeremy Renner becomes progressively more violent and out of control.
Meanwhile, murders, armed robberies and other violent felonies committed by children outside of schools have hit record levels, and some see a connection with what's happening on school grounds.
A local's arm unavoidably rubbing against a rib on a crowded train carriage could be interpreted by someone new to the situation as an attempted robbery.
A pair of disheveled boys have been caught attempting an armed robbery, wielding fruit knives; they are interviewed by police officers who question them in a bored manner, over and over again, to the point of absurdity.
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