Serial car thief detained in Gomel

December 3, Gomel. In Gomel, a 38-year-old citizen was detained for a series of thefts from cars, BelTA was told in the department of information and public relations of the Internal Affairs Directorate of the regional executive committee.

The first message about the theft was received by the operational duty service of the Soviet District Department of Internal Affairs of Gomel on October 15th. Then, near one of the houses on Pozharny Lane, a navigator, a tape measure, a caliper and $10 were stolen from an unclosed Mercedes. it was not possible to immediately install the attacker.

November 9, new message: in the courtyards on Tsiolkovsky Street, two backpacks with fishing tackle disappeared from the trunk of a Mazda. The owner valued the stolen goods at more than Br2 thousand.

On the night of November 18, a level, two gas keys, open-end wrenches and a planer disappeared from the territory of the household on Rokossovsky Street. That same night from the Volkswagen to Tsiolkovsky Street - Br150 and a set of keys.

"The detectives tied all the facts together - the handwriting was too similar. They understood that if the thief was not stopped, the thefts would continue. But the lawless person was careful, tried not to leave traces, did not shine in the coverage area of ​​the video cameras," the police department said.

On the night of November 21, the criminal jumped over the fence into the territory of the house on Kotovsky Street and stole 4 wheels from the car. On the same day, a 38-year-old Gomel resident was detained.

Against the city dweller, criminal cases were initiated on the facts of thefts committed repeatedly. The Department of Internal Affairs noted: earlier the man was convicted 14 times for theft. Over the past two years, he was brought to administrative responsibility 15 times - mainly for drinking ALCOHOL, petty theft, intentional infliction of bodily harm, violation of traffic rules and ticketless travel.