behind bars22. June 2023 • FROM São Carlos Agora • 08:41 am
This Wednesday afternoon (21), the General Investigations Police Station (DIG) laid hands on a man who may be responsible for the spate of robberies and truck thefts that have plagued the city in recent months.
According to police chief João Fernando Baptista, the 28yearold LMP ran a gang and had been under investigation by his team for some time. He would be responsible for lending the gang members the weapons used in the crimes.
The gang was well organized and consisted of several members, each with a specific function.
Also according to Baptista, some stolen trucks were dismantled and others taken to the Paraguayan border where they were illegally sold.
In addition to LMP, late in the afternoon, the DIG also arrested this 18yearold JAT, who police said would be a member of the criminal organization and would be responsible for paying the “soldiers of crime” responsible for stealing the trucks. He was found at home in Jardim Zavaglia and the judiciary also granted him a provisional arrest. Both are trapped at the local triage center.
Police Chief João Fernando Baptista is expected to complete the police investigation in the next few days, which will then be referred to the judiciary, who can order the couple’s preventive detention.
Death of “Cleitinho”
LMP has even been named as one of those responsible for the assassination of hairdresser Clayton José Dias Junior, 29, “Cleitinho”, who was killed with 11 shots from a 9mm pistol in the Jockey Clube neighborhood in May last year. When heard on DIG yesterday, the suspect denied any involvement in “Cleitinho’s” death, much less said who would be responsible.
According to police, after the hairdresser was killed, DIG police discovered that he had a shed in the same region where he was murdered that was to be used for dismantling and manipulating stolen trucks.