The Ghana Police Service has arrested a young man after a failed attempt to steal a motor rider’s phone.
In a video circulating online, the suspect can be seen kneeling as he is interrogated by some police officers.
When asked whether he carried out the actions he was being accused of, he admitted.
The suspect allegedly operates by ordering rides to markets, then asks the victim to borrow their phone to make a call, and escapes with it.
In addition to the matron and the bursar, two more individuals, the assistant headmistress and a cook, have been arrested for their alleged involvement in a cartel stealing food items meant for students at Somé Senior High School in the Ketu South municipality.
The bursar and the matron were searched by some alumni and the assembly member as they were leaving the school on Friday, May 24. They were found with food items in a bag and the trunk of a car.
Following these arrests, the Assistant Headmistress was also detained by the police for further inquiry.
The confiscated items included tin tomatoes, mackerel, cleaning agents, insecticide spray, and other items found in the matron’s possession.
In an interview with Citi News, the Senior House Master, Byron Kwakutsey Kpeli, said “This has been going on for a long time, and this arrest will bring some change.”
He further shared with Citi News, “There are mixed feelings in the school following the arrests. The police have been to the school to conduct investigations, and the storekeeper has been invited for questioning.”
According to sources, the four suspects will be arraigned on Monday, May 27, 2024.
The matron and bursar of Somé Senior High School (SHS) in Agbozume, located in the Ketu South Municipality, have been arrested for allegedly stealing food products meant for feeding students in the boarding house.
According to Citi News sources, the two have been involved in these illegal activities for many years.
Ibrahim Ayuba, the assembly member for the Logove Electoral Area, facilitated the arrest after intercepting the stolen items.
Among the stolen goods were tin tomatoes, mackerel, detergents, and insecticide spray. Some of these items were discovered in the matron’s bag and others in the bursar’s car.
The suspects are currently in police custody at the Agbozume police station.
An unusual punishment has been meted out to a thief who was caught stealing metal scraps at a mechanic shop.
The victim was doused with dirty oil and forced to request his favorite song for a dance, where he chose one of popular Ghanaian artist Shatta Wale.
In a viral video, the suspect was seen with his legs tied to a rope to prevent any escape attempts.
He was further subjected to labor at the shop under strict supervision.
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A th!ef who was caught stealing metal scraps cr!ed bitterly after being be@ten, soaked with dirty oil all over his body and forced to request for his favourite song to dance to of which he asked for any song from Shatta Wale.
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A young Ghanaian man identified as Akwesi Sean Paul found himself in the spotlight after being apprehended for theft in his neighborhood.
In a viral video, Akwesi Sean Paul, experienced an immediate response from irate community members who opted for an unconventional form of justice.
After the accused thief was beaten by his neighbors, he was compelled to dance.
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Ghanaians never disappoint🤣🤣
— GhHub (Trending Issues) (@GodsonKankani) February 20, 2024
A young man known as Akwesi Sean Paul was caught stealing in his neighborhood.
After collecting Small wotowoto he was forced to dance it off.
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A 37-year-old mason apprentice has been sentenced to three years imprisonment by an Accra Circuit Court for stealing GH₵15,000 from his employer.
The convict, Richard Boame, reportedly spent part of the stolen money on eight prostitutes and used some to purchase personal items.
Police investigations revealed that on January 9, 2024, the complainant, Daniel Hafia Komla, kept GH₵15,000 in his room, which was brought to him by a client for a specific job.
Boame, the apprentice, took advantage of the situation, sneaking into the complainant’s room and making off with the money.
Upon discovering the theft, the complainant attempted to contact Boame, but the apprentice did not respond to calls. A police report was filed, leading to intelligence suggesting that Boame had traveled to Kumasi in the Ashanti Region. Subsequently, the police arrested Boame on January 13, 2024.
During the investigation, it was revealed that Boame spent a portion of the stolen money on a hotel in Kumasi, engaging eight prostitutes between January 10 and 13, 2024. Additionally, he purchased various personal items, including clothing, accessories, and a mobile phone, with the stolen funds.
Although the police were only able to recover GH₵380 from Boame, he pleaded guilty to the charge of stealing before the court. As a result, he has been sentenced to three years in prison by Mrs. Kizita Koowa Quashie, the presiding judge over the case.
In a viral video, a woman has been restrained and tied to an electric pole after being apprehended for stealing items from market vendors.
The incident unfolded on a busy market day, leaving both shoppers and vendors stunned by the swift and unconventional justice meted out by the irate crowd.
Eyewitnesses reported that the accused woman, was allegedly caught red-handed pilfering various items from the stalls of unsuspecting market women.
The victims, upon discovering the theft, raised an alarm that quickly attracted the attention of nearby traders and shoppers.
In a matter of minutes, an enraged crowd gathered around the victim, accusing her of habitual theft in the market.
The situation escalated as tempers flared, and the crowd decided to take matters into their own hands.
They swiftly secured ropes and cords from the market surroundings and restrained, tying her tightly to an electric pole at the heart of the bustling market.
A man in his 30s has been apprehended in East Legon Hills, Accra, after allegedly killing a dog with the intention of reportedly selling it to Khebab vendors as cow or goat meat.
The incident occurred on Sunday, November 26, 2023, and was captured in a viral video showing the man seated on the ground with the deceased dog beside him. In the video, residents could be heard expressing disapproval of his actions.
One of the onlookers voiced concern about the deceased dog being used for Khebab, a popular roasted meat meal. He lamented that unsuspecting customers might unknowingly consume dog meat, assuming it to be the customary cow or goat meat used in the delicacy.
“This Sunday morning, you have come to kill someone’s dog, and you are going to sell it to an ‘abochi’. God is going to punish this man. Today is 26th November. You have come to kill a dog which you are going to sell to a meat sealer, and we would also go there and happily buy it,” he stated in Twi.
The man, caught red-handed in this act, now faces legal consequences for his alleged involvement in the illegal slaughter and intended sale of dog meat.
The incident has sparked concerns about the potential health risks and ethical considerations associated with such practices in the local food industry.
It is not clear how the man obtained the dog or how many dogs he may have killed and sold before.
Dog meat is not a common part of meals in Ghana, and many people consider it as taboo or unhygienic.
However, some people in certain parts of the country, especially in the northern regions, consume dog meat for various reasons, such as cultural, medicinal, or religious beliefs.
Following his sentencing to 15 years in prison on charges of conspiracy to steal, abetment of crime, and money laundering, a businessman, Frank Kwesi Obeng, reacted vehemently in the circuit court.
Upon hearing the verdict, Obeng reportedly questioned, “Do you recognize me from somewhere? Why have you sentenced me to 15 years in jail?” He then proceeded to remove his shirt and approached the judge aggressively.
Fortunately, the prosecutor and a court warrant officer intervened in the nick of time, escorting the trial judge, Mrs. Evelyn Asamoah, to her chambers.
Obeng was subsequently escorted out of the courtroom without his shirt and sandals, leaving him bare-chested.
Several supporters present in the courtroom also expressed their doubts about the complainant’s claims and objected to the court’s judgment.
Additionally, Joyce Safowaa, Obeng’s wife and accomplice, who was found guilty on charges of conspiracy to steal, abetment of crime, and stealing GH₵712,229 belonging to the complainant, Mavis Toffan, also stood in the dock.
Safowaa is to serve 10 years imprisonment, to which she shouted amidst tears: “God, I am dreaming”! and sat in the chair in apparent disbelief.
At the conclusion of the trial, Judge Mrs. Evelyn Asamoah issued the following orders:
The prosecution, led by Assistant Superintendent of Police (ASP) Emmanuel Haligah, presented the case, explaining that the complainant, Mavis Toffan, is a businesswoman residing in Accra. She is the proprietor of MAVOBED Enterprise, specializing in children’s clothing and baby accessories. Her business includes a large store in Okaishie and a warehouse where she stores her goods.
According to the prosecution, Toffan regularly imported goods from China and occasionally received deliveries from fellow traders in Okaishie.
Joyce Safowaa and Frank Kwesi Obeng, both residents of Accra, were in a romantic relationship. Safowaa worked as a salesperson in the complainant’s shop for 13 years and had gained her trust. Toffan entrusted Safowaa with the keys to both her store and warehouse, even during her business trips to China.
In 2013, Obeng convinced Safowaa to steal from Toffan to start their own business. They rented a store in Weija to execute their plan. Safowaa’s access to the keys made it easy for her to pilfer goods from the store and warehouse, which they used to stock their Weija shop. She would discreetly transfer the stolen goods to Obeng, who would then transport them to their shop in a BMW saloon car.
This theft continued until their Weija shop was full, and they restocked it as needed. Safowaa sometimes ordered goods in Toffan’s name but diverted them to their shop.
In 2015, Obeng used the proceeds from the stolen goods to rent a store in Kasoa for nine years at GH¢45,000. They moved their shop from Weija to Kasoa and also purchased a Toyota Venza for GH¢45,000 to facilitate the transportation of stolen goods. Obeng further bought a plot of land in McCarthy Hill for GH₵10,500 with the stolen funds.
The complainant only discovered the theft in 2016 when her business began experiencing financial difficulties and declining profits. In January 2018, she initiated an investigation and reported Safowaa and Obeng to the police. During interrogation, they admitted to the offenses in their statements.
The complainant led the police to the couple’s shop, where she identified goods worth GH₵80,000, some of which had her name embossed on them. She produced receipts as evidence of her ownership, while the couple could not provide any purchase documents. An inventory was taken of the goods at the Kasoa shop.
“The audit report revealed that between the years 2013 to 2018, Safowaa stole goods worth GH₵712, 229.”
A 36-year-old Susu Operator accused of misappropriating GH₵ 995,338 belonging to his employers has made an appearance before the Adentan Circuit Court.
Gabriel Tsianie Tetteh is facing charges of forgery of other documents, stealing, and defrauding by false pretense.
Tetteh has pleaded not guilty to the charges, and presiding Judge Mrs. Sedinam Awo Balokah has granted him bail in the amount of GH₵ 1.5 million with four sureties, two of whom must be justified.
According to the prosecution, led by Police Chief Inspector Maxwell Lanyo, the complainant, whose identity has been withheld, is a businessman residing in Ogbojo. The complainant is also the owner and director of multiple companies, including Universal Susu, Universal Ice, Front Street Properties, and Universal Rock Builders.
In March 2021, the complainant hired Tetteh as the marketing manager for his company, Front Street Properties, which specializes in the land business.
The prosecution stated that Tetteh’s responsibilities included advertising and issuing receipts to customers who purchased and made payments for parcels of land.
The prosecution stated that the accused individual carried out his duties diligently and was subsequently promoted to the position of General Manager at Universal Rock Builders Company, one of the complainant’s owned companies specializing in house construction for clients.
Prosecution further explained that Tetteh also assumed the role of Public Relations Officer for the group of companies.
The complainant had instructed Tetteh to transfer all the receipt booklets he possessed to the new Marketing Manager and Manageress of Front Street Properties.
Prosecution said Tetteh handed over as directed but kept “two serial receipts booklets and also printed four un- serial receipt booklets bearing the Front Street properties names and issuing same to prospective customers who had made payments to the accused person.”
It said Tetteh gave his personal account to some of the customers instead of the company account and they made various payment into it.
The prosecution said during the month of August 2022, the accused person resigned from the company and handed over some receipt booklets which he had kept and was still issuing to customers who had not finished paying for their land.
It said the accused person continued to keep the money he had collected from those customers.
On December 31, 2022, the complainant asked all his staff to bring their receipts in their possession to him and asked them not to receive any money from customers until he directed them to do so.
It said when the complainant went through the receipt books, he saw that two receipt booklets did not have serial numbers like the others.
Prosecution said the complainant found out that the receipt booklets without serial numbers were issued by the accused person.
It said indentures issued to some of the customers had been forged by way of signing instead of thumb printing them.
According to the prosecutor, the complainant caused the arrest of the accused person and two serial and un serial receipt booklets were retrieved from him.
When an audit was conducted, it came to light that Tetteh has embezzled GH₵ 995, 338.97.
Prosecution said when the accused person was cautioned by the Police, he admitted the offence and stated that it was the complainant who asked him to thumb print some of the documents and the receipt booklets and issue them to customers although he had resigned from the company.
A corporal has been apprehended by the police in Atwima Mponua town, Nyinahin, located in the Ashanti region.
The corporal, identified as Lansah Umar, who was on leave from his stationed post in Asaam near Mampong, has been arrested on charges of theft and property damage.
It is alleged that Corporal Umar, along with an accomplice, forcibly entered the house of his fellow colleague.
They broke through the security door and stole several bags of cement. The incident took place in the Twere Nyame neighborhood of Nyinahin, and a resident who heard unusual sounds at around 11 pm on Monday, June 10, promptly alerted other neighbors.
Reportedly, Corporal Umar and a 25-year-old tricycle rider named Mohammed Seidu used a pickaxe to break into a room where 200 bags of cement were stored. The room belonged to Sergeant John Opoku Agyemang, a police driver who was on night duty at the time.
Upon noticing a police night patrol team called to the scene around midnight, the two suspects fled, leaving a tricycle behind.
The police subsequently followed traces left by the tricycle, leading to the arrest of Mohammed Seidu. Seidu implicated Corporal Umar as his accomplice in the incident.
He led the police to the home of Umar who also admitted the offence and led the police to where he kept 12 bags of cement.
Evangelist Richard Ampah witnessed the arrest said, “I was at home at midnight then I got a call that someone has broken into a house that we are we are working on. I came here and it was true.”
He added that “The person used a pickaxe to break into the China door. It’s a very hard door but he managed to break it and the cement there was about 55 bags of cement.
“When the police arrived, he showed the place where he had kept his booty,” he said.
The arrest of Corporal Lansah Umar has left many residents of Nyinahin, including a mason who works for Umar and the assemblyman for Nyinahin Nkwanta Electoral area, Kwabena Karikari, shocked.
It comes at a time residents say the area has been recording break-ins.
“I know the officer very well but I don’t know why he did this. I didn’t expect him to do this. It is very bad and I am confused,” Evangelist Ampah said.
An ex-convict has been sentenced to eight years of imprisonment with hard labor by the Tarkwa Circuit Court in the Western Region.
The sentence was handed down due to the individual’s unlawful entry and stealing offenses.
The accused, Abraham Ayigra, a 23-year-old unemployed individual, pleaded guilty to the charges and was subsequently convicted by the court.
According to Chief Inspector Joseph Lartey, the prosecutor in the case, Ayigra had previously been sent to prison by the Tarkwa District Magistrate Court in 2022 for committing a similar offense.
During the court proceedings presided over by Mrs. Hathie Ama Manu, it was revealed that the complainant, Grace Boateng, was a food vendor and resident of Benso Wassa in the Tarkwa-Nsuaem Municipality. Ayigra also resided in the same community.
On April 26, 2023, at approximately 6:30 PM, the complainant left her house unlocked to fetch water. Closed Circuit Television (CCTV) footage captured the accused approaching the complainant’s house, discovering the open door, and realizing she was not present.
Ayigra then approached a friend, informing him that he had a job for him, but the friend declined and left. Subsequently, Ayigra returned to the complainant’s house, ransacked her room, and stole an amount of GH￠25,000.00, which was concealed in a small container inside an empty margarine container. Additionally, he took an unspecified amount of money, medication, and a red and black purse.
The prosecution stated that the margarine container without the money was later found behind the palace of the Chief of Benson, while the purse and medication were discovered in a ghetto.
Following the incident, the complainant filed a report against Ayigra, leading to his arrest by the Police on May 2, 2023.
According to the prosecution, during investigations the ex-convict admitted the offence in his cautioned statement and confessed to the court that “l have spent all the money l had from the operation”.
Security agencies have apprehended Emmanuel Sakyi Afriyie, a 25-year-old contract staff member of a prominent bank, on charges of reportedly embezzling approximately GH¢1.2 million from customers’ bank accounts.
As a Processing Officer stationed at the Osu branch, Afriyie’s responsibilities included assisting customers with various tasks such as loan processing, T-bill processing, debit card processing, dormant account activation, and customer account maintenance.
Given the nature of his job description, Afriyie had access to and worked on multiple accounts.
The Head of Fraud Detection and Operations at the bank is the complainant in the case.
How the whole operation began:
The accused registered for an online coding course, which the renewable annual subscription fee was US$174.30, equivalent to GH¢2,287.69.
Instead of paying for the course out of his own pocket, the accused rather made the payment on one of the bank’s customer’s Visa card on February 6, 2023.
As a result, the complainant and the Fraud team of the bank were gathering evidence on the matter to engage the accused, but he made a swift move to tender in his resignation letter, effective May 31, 2023.
The sudden resignation and the alleged illegal transaction on the customer’s visa card by the accused person made the bank officials more suspicious to investigate him in other areas.
The complainant, together with the fraud team, made up of the bank’s IT experts, detected that on April 20, 2023 the accused by his own machination accessed one of his colleague’s User ID and password to change the contact number on another customer’s accounts.
So, on April 21, 2023 the accused personally set up an internet and mobile banking access on the same customer’s account, using his own User ID and password, after which he had access and started operating on the account without the victim customer receiving SMS alert.
Therefore, from April 21 to May 12, 2023, the accused with full access to the said account, fraudulently transferred a total of GH¢945,133.00 including charges from the accounts to a number of people.
First and foremost, he transferred GH¢90,000.00 to a girlfriend of another accused person, GH¢180,000.00 to another’s account; GH¢30,000.00 together with other transfers in tranches of GH¢30,000.00 on different dates within the said period to other accused persons accounts in different banks.
On May 9, 2023 from 7:21am to 7:32am, he used another colleague and that of the branch Manager’s Users IDs to change and authorise the contact numbers of eleven customers’ accounts, including the account of the deceased judge and the former IGP, who is also deceased and other customers and replaced them with only one contact phone number.
The prosecutor told the court that the accused used eleven minutes to complete these processes, after which he used his own User ID to set up online and mobile banking for these accounts on May 10, 2023.
On May 11, 2023 he transferred tranches of GH¢50,000.00 to other accounts and repeated that the next day.
From those transfers, the receivers stated in their respective investigation cautioned statements that the accused came to their shops to purchase Iphone 14 Pro Max and requested for their bank accounts details and forwarded the same to him to effect those transfers into their accounts.
On May 12, 2023 he was arrested by the Police in respect of the Visa Card theft and was granted Police enquiry bail to be reporting.
On May 15, 2023, the complainant on behalf of the bank petitioned the Director General of CID in respect of GH¢1,207,017.00 theft detected in furtherance to the Visa Card case.
Interestingly, when he was contacted to report himself to police, he refused to show up, meanwhile, effort to compel his surety to produce him also failed.
Arrest
On June 4, 2023, the accused together with his girlfriend, who stood as surety for him attempted to escape from the jurisdiction to Dubai, but he was arrested at the Kotoka International Airport by the Ghana Immigration Service and handed over to the police.
The investigation so far has revealed that the accused, together with his accomplices, within the period of April and May 2023, stole a total amount of GH¢1,209,304.69 from the various customers’ accounts.
The police are still investigating the matter to trace and arrest all the remaining accused persons as well as the proceeds of crime.
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33-year-old Bright Kwame Amankwah has been jailed for stealing a lady’s handbag containing a bunch of keys and other items.
A Circuit Court at Dormaa-Ahenkro, Dormaa Central Municipality of Bono Region convicted and sentenced Bright, an unemployed to six years in prison in hard labour (IHL) for stealing.
Amankwah stole ladies hand bag containing a bunch of keys, apple iPhone 7 plus, Techno spark 4 mobile phone, two Itel keypads mobile phones, GHS16,000.00 cash, a wrist watch, perfume, brassier and handkerchief belonging to one Sarah Fosuaa and he pleaded guilty to the charge.
Police Inspector (P/Insp.) Emmanuel Asare, the prosecutor told the Court presided by Mr Osei Kofi Amoako that the complainant, a mobile money vendor resided at ABB, a suburb in Dormaa-Ahenkro whilst the convict lived at AT, also an area in Dormaa-Ahenkro.
He said at about 2030 hours on Thursday, May 04 this year, the complainant with her hand bag hanged on her shoulder in the company of her friend Rahael was going towards the Dormaa-Ahenkro town from church.
P/Insp Asare said on reaching a section of the road the convict pulled off the complainant’s bag containing the item and listed above from behind and bolted away.
Prosecutor said an alarm was raised and helpers appeared from nowhere to chase and apprehended him, but convict sustained an injury on his head because he struggled with the chasers before they could arrest him, P/Insp Asare added.
P/Inspt. Asare said under the circumstance, a Good Samaritan called the Dormaa-Ahenkro Police Night Patrol Team who came to the scene to rescue convict, rushed him to the hospital where he was treated and discharged to the Police.
Prosecutor said during investigation convict admitted the offence, charged and brought before the Court.
A 20-year-old man has been jailed for stealing.
A Circuit Court at Dormaa-Ahenkro, Dormaa Central Municipality of Bono Region sentenced Elvis Yeboah, car washer, to 18 months in prison for unlawful entry and stealing.
Yeboah stole car battery, stabilizer, one woofer and speakers valued at GHS1 ,040.00 and pleaded guilty to the two charges.
Police Inspector (P/Insp.) Emmanuel Asare, the prosecutor told the Court presided by Mr Osei Kofi Amoako that the complainant, one Hayford Asante, a tricycle rider residing at KDS, a suburb of Dormaa-Ahenkro whilst convict too is a resident of Dormaa-Ahenkro.
He said about 1500 hours on Sunday, May 14 this year, the complainant returned home from church and found convict inside his room, saying the former questioned the latter about what he was doing there, and he (convict) replied he was looking for his friend.
P/Insp Asare said in the course of the questioning, complainant saw that convict had packed the above-mentioned items into a bag belonging to him (complainant).
After a struggle between the two, complainant over-powered convict, arrested and brought him and the item as exhibits to the Police Station Dormaa-Ahenkro.
The prosecutor said convict was re-arrested and detained for investigation, adding that during interrogation convict admitted having entered the room but denied having stolen the items.
P/Insp Asare said after investigations, convict was charged with the offences and brought before Court.
Two individuals have allegedly been lynched for stealing mobile phone.
The incident is said to have occurred at Beaho in the Ahanta West Municipality, Western Region, on Sunday.
The victim of the theft noticed his phone was missing. Upon confrontation, the suspects attempted to flee the scene.
However, two of the suspects were quickly apprehended by the irate youth and they were subjected to hours-long torture.
The Assembly member of the Beaho electoral area, Kenneth Obeng, who confirmed the news said they were pelted with stones and bricks to death.
The third suspect was subsequently nabbed and one of his hands was amputated.
He, however, managed to flee with his bloody hand and is still at large.
Eyewitnesses who spoke to Adom News disclosed that the area is a crime prone area, hence there is no mercy for any criminal who is caught.
Two individuals, Blessing Yeboah (19), a driver’s mate, and Isaac Ofosu (25), a mason apprentice, have been sentenced to seven years each with hard labor by the Dormaa-Ahenkro Circuit Court.
They were found guilty of conspiracy to commit a crime and stealing a Bajaj tricycle valued at GH₵35,000.00.
Both defendants pleaded guilty to the charges with an explanation, but the court, presided over by Mr. Osei Kofi Amoako, convicted them based on their own admission.
According to Police Inspector Emmanuel Asare, the complainant, a tricycle rider residing in Koraso, a village near Dormaa-Ahenkro, reported the theft of his green Bajaj tricycle with registration number M-22-BA-109 on Thursday, May 4, 2023. Yeboah, the first accused, lived in Dormaa-Ahenkro, while Ofosu, the second accused, resided in Amangoase, Berekum.
The complainant reported the incident to the police, who provided him with an extract to announce the theft on local radio stations.
He said later, the Dormaa-Ahenkro Police received information from Wamfie Police that they had intercepted a Bajaj tricycle with the above-mentioned registration number and also arrested the convicts who were on board.
P/Insp. Asare stated that the Police accompanied by the complainant went to the place, saying the latter identified the tricycle as his and convicts were therefore re-arrested and detained for investigation.
He explained that the investigation revealed the convicts refused to stop at the Wamfie Police checkpoint and when the Police chased them, and escaped into a nearby bush, leaving behind the tricycle but were eventually apprehended.
P/Insp. Asare said during interrogations, the convicts admitted the offences and were accordingly charged and brought before the Court.
In the Ajumako Enyan Essiam District, Central Region, a 40-year-old man has been beaten to death for stealing plantains from a farm near Ajumako Bisease.
The suspect, Kwame Essel, said to be a notorious plantain thief, was caught in the act with his accomplice who bolted after seeing the owner of the plantain approaching.
Information gathered by Kasapa News’ Yaw Boagyan indicates that the suspect, early Sunday morning February 12, 2023, went to the farm and stole the foodstuff to sell to a buyer.
But the prospective buyer rejected them after the suspect failed to tell where he got the plantains from.
He then sold it to some strangers who had come to the town for a funeral.
Around 4:30 pm the same day, he went to the same farm to steal again but unfortunately, this time round, he was caught.
He was then made to carry the plantains on his head and paraded through the principal street of Ajumako Bisease while being beaten.
An Accra Circuit Court presided over by Mrs Afia Owusua Appiah has sentenced a 27-year-old driver’s mate to 18 months in prison for stealing an Uber driver’s phone valued at GH₵500.
The incident occurred at Teshie in the Greater Accra region on September 9 this year, at about 0600 hrs.
Clement Adjei Adjetey pleaded guilty to the charge of stealing.
The court subsequently convicted him on his plea and sentenced him accordingly.
Briefing the court, the prosecutor on the case, Inspector Wisdom Alorwu, said the complaint on the lawsuit, Joseph Ohene is an Uber driver resident in Teshie.
He responded to a client’s request and drove to the pickup point at Teshie Star Oil filling station, where he parked the vehicle to wait for the client.
Adjetey and one Jana Ashie emerged from behind the complainant’s car, and the now convict snatched the complainant’s Infinix XOS phone from his hand.
Adjetey and his accomplice afterwards absconded with the phone, but the complainant’s alarm got some witnesses in the vicinity to apprehend them with the phone.
However, the prosecution said Ashie, the accomplice managed to escape, and he is still at large, but the uber driver’s helpers handed Adjetey to the Police in the area.
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The accused persons, Felix Nortey, who is an employee of Azar Chemical Industries Limited, and Bakumben Kwasi Benjamin, who is with G4S, a private security company, have been charged with two counts of conspiracy to commit crime, a criminal offence and stealing.
Two accomplices of the crime, Fuseini Isahaka and Joseph Laryea, are said to be on the run.
The accused persons pleaded not guilty.
The court, presided over by Mrs Afia Owusua Appiah, granted the accused persons bail in the sum of GH¢60,000 with two sureties.
Facts
The facts of the case, as presented by the prosecutor, Chief Inspector Samuel Ahiabor, were that the Director of Public Affairs of Azar Chemical Industries, Simon Sackitey, since June last year, realised that the company was experiencing some theft in the warehouse of their south industrial area branch.
On January 18 this year, the prosecutor said Bakumben, who is a security guard at Azar, met with Nortey, who came back to the work premises after closing at 5:00pm. They, with the named accomplices, stole the 63 drums of the manufacturing chemicals.
“The accused persons with their accomplices loaded the drums and drove them away in a mini KIA truckâ€, the prosecutor said.
The act was, however, captured on a CCTV camera installed at the warehouse. Sackitey, who is also the complainant of the case, watched the footage and saw the accused persons together with their accomplices stealing the chemicals.
Sackitey reported the case to the police on February 17 this year and the accused persons were arrested.
Upon police investigations, the accused persons mentioned the names of the two accomplices who aided them in the act. They also mentioned one Kwasi Buadu as the one they sold the chemicals to but refused to lead the police to arrest him.
The case has been adjourned to March 29 this year.
A young man whose name has been given as Mensah Moses has been jailed for three years for stealing plantain from the garden of a Policeman.
Narrating his sad ordeal to Crime Check Foundation, Mensah indicated that he shares a wall with the Policeman at Saltpond in the Central region and therefore thought it will not be a problem to take plantain that belongs to him.
Unknowing to him, it was a crime and he was caught and arraigned before court.
Moses explained that it was an informant who leaked his activities in the backyard garden of the policeman leading to his arrest one hot afternoon while he was relaxing after selling some bunches of plantain.
Mensah confesses to having stolen 20 bunches of plantain from the backyard garden of the Policeman.
“I usually harvest the plantain and sell it out to people. Times were very hard for me because as a carpenter, the jobs were not forthcoming and I also needed money to take care of a number of things so I depended on his plantain for survival,†he told crim check foundation.
“When I sell the plantain I can get GHC 20 or GHC 50 cedis depending on the size of the plantain,†he said but acknowledged that his actions were not in good taste.
Mensah Moses disclosed that he is a chain smoker of wee and cigarettes because it gives him strength and also urges him to engage in acts that are nothing to write home about.
Source: mynewsgh.com
Two persons who broke into the room of a farmer and stole his 32-inch Synix plasma Television and Jerry home theatre sound system valued at GH?1,300.00 have been sentenced to 18 months imprisonment each with hard labour by the Enchi District Magistrate court.
They are; Armoh Kwaw, 22, unemployed alias Ogu and Alidu Musawudu, 20, electrician, alias Kinita.
A 42-year-old farmer, Kwasi Adu, who purchased the stolen items would serve 12 months imprisonment with hard labour.
The three pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit a crime, stealing and dishonest receiving and were sentenced accordingly.
Prosecuting, Police Detective Inspector Joseph Kwadwo Agyare, told the court presided over by Mr Eric Baah Boateng that the complainant, Isaac Kwaw and the convicts resided at Old Yakasi in the Aowin Municipality.
On October 23, this year, at about 0600 hours, the complainant woke up and noticed someone had broken into his room through his back window and the aforementioned items purloined.
He said the complainant made the announcement at the local information center at Old Yakasi about the theft, and thereafter proceeded to the Old Yakasi police station to lodge a formal complaint.
Detective Inspector Agyare narrated that on October 28, this year police intelligence led to the arrest of Musawudu and during interrogation he mentioned Kwaw as his accomplice and the one who masterminded the operation.
He was subsequently arrested from his hide out and the stolen items were retrieved in his room, the prosecutor said.
Kwaw and Musawudu then narrated to the court that on October 25, 2020, at 0500 they sold the items above to Adu at Old Yakasi for GH?500.00.
Detective Inspector Agyare said he made part payment of GH 200.00 and asked them to bring the receipt covering the items so he would pay the rest of the money.
Source: GNA
The supervisor of the Nyohni Children’s Home in Tamale, the Northern Region capital, is in the grips of the police for allegedly stealing food items belonging to the home.
According to a report by the state-owned Daily Graphic newspaper, Ms Mawulorm Afelete was caught committing the crime by residents of the area on Thursday, August 28, 2020, but she later reported herself to the police “as she appeared to sense dangerâ€.
“The items she was alleged to be carting away in a tricycle were meant for the home. Her arrest followed months of surveillance by some residents of the area after several complaints about the supervisor’s conduct.
“Upon her arrest, the supervisor was sent along with the items to the Nyohin Youth Chief palace where she was handed over to the community leaders, but she left and reported herself to the police,†the Daily Graphic report stated.
According to the report, bags of rice, maize, cartons of beverages Milo and milk, canned tomatoes, fish and weaning foods, cooking oil, noodles, soap, detergents, bottled water, roast meat (beef), among others were being carted away before she was found out.
The Northern Regional Crime Officer, Superintendent (Supt) Bernard Baba Ananga, has said investigations were ongoing.
“One resident, Mr Abukari Jamaldeen, who was among the vigilant residents who made the arrest, told the Daily Graphic that they had received about five complaints within the space of three months about how the supervisor allegedly diverted food items from the home,†the newspaper reported.
Source: www.ghanaweb.com
Two children have been caught for stealing GH¢150 and also poisoning the soup and water of one Godwin Martey at Sekyere-Krobo in Wassa East of the Western Region.
This incident was reported on the Omanba-pa morning show on Connect FM Wednesday morning.
The Unit Committee Chairman for Sekyere-Krobo, Jewel K. Ameyaw, who narrated the incident, said the two children, aged 10 and 12, managed to enter the residence of Godwin Martey and made away with a cash of ¢150 and poisoned his water and soup with Cocoa Akatse, which is used for cocoa farms.
“These children stole ¢150 cash and managed to put Cocoa Akatse into the soup and water of Martey,†Ameyaw narrated.
But the victim was smart to realise his water had been poisoned as an unusual scent emanated from the water as well as the soup.
Upon several examinations from his experience as a farmer, Godwin Martey realised it was the smell of Cocoa Akatse.
He again realized that cash he saved in the room was nowhere to be found.
A tip-off led to the arrest of the two children.
They were, consequently, summoned before opinion leaders and were whipped as punishment.
Jewel K. Ameyaw again said all the families involved will have a roundtable discussion to settle the issue amicably.
Source: 3 News
The Nkawie circuit court has sentenced a 28-year-old scrap dealer to five years imprisonment for stealing at Abuakwa in the Atwima-Nwabiagya South Municipality.
Habib Alhassan was convicted on his own plea by the court presided by Mr Johnson Abbey.
Prosecuting, Police Inspector Joseph Nyame, told the court that, the complainant was a security guard at the state affordable housing project site at Abuakwa.
He said at on June 28 this year, the complainant heard an unusual noise in an uncompleted building near the site.
The security guard went closer to the building and to his surprise, saw Alhassan removing some cables from the building.
The prosecution said the security guard raised an alarm and other people joined him to arrest the suspect to the Abuakwa Police station.
Inspector Nyame said in his cautioned statement, Alhassan admitted the offence and said he entered the building after breaking through the ceiling of the building.
He was charged after investigations and brought before the court.
Source: GNA
Two persons have been arrested by police in the Central Region after they were accused of stealing chamber valves belonging to the Ghana Water Company Limited (GWCL).
The suspects were arrested just before midnight on Wednesday, May 20, 2020, at Ota City, a vicinity in Kasoa in the Awutu Senya East Municipality.
The two have been named as Emmanuel Kwaku Abeka, 22, and Ramzh Kwasi Opare , 27.
They were arrested after the Assemblyman for the area, Jones Darko Kwarteng, who became suspicious of their presence reported to the police.
District Police Commander DSP Samuel Shadrach Amfoh said the two will be processed for court after investigations.
“So the two have been detained. Investigations have begun and they will be arraigned before court tomorrow Friday,†the Police Chief told newsmen.
Many communities in the national capital, Accra have been grappling with water outages in recent times. The GWCL has attributed the situation to increased water and equipment theft in affected communities.
In April 2019 for instance, three male-adults were jailed after they were caught stealing water meters in the Ashanti Region.
Razak Mohammed, 24, Ali Zakari, 27, and Suleman Mumuni, 20, were arrested at different locations within the Kumasi metropolis, and after police investigations, charged with the offences of stealing and causing damage to government property.
They were convicted on their own pleas and given sentences ranging from nine months to a year in hard labour by separate courts.
Source: Daily Mail
A 63-year-old Cameroonian has been arrested by the Airport police for allegedly stealing some dollars from a Forex Bureau operator at Marina Mall at Airport, Accra.
According to the police, the suspect, identified as Nkot Nkot, entered the Forex Bureau to exchange dollars into cedis and in the process stole some of the dollars from the operator.
The Accra Regional Police Public Relations Officer, DSP Effia Tenge, told DAILY GUIDE that the suspect committed the offence on May 1, 2020 around 3pm.
She said the suspect in the company of an accomplice (still at large) visited the Forex Bureau claiming to exchange $6,000 dollars into cedis.
DSP Tenge said the suspect first gave the money to the operator to count before the exchange but after counting, the suspect said he was no longer going to exchange the money and collected his dollars back.
After collecting the money, he stood there for a while pretending to have a conversation with his accomplice, after which he handed over the cash to the operator once again to do the exchange, but unknown to the operator, the suspect had taken some of the money before handing it over.
“The complainant said after receiving the money for the second time, he refused to count it again and went ahead to exchange it for the suspect and after close of work, they counted the total money made for the day and realized a shortage of $1,700 dollars.
“The complainant and his superiors went to replay their CCTV. The CCTV replay captured Nkot Nkot secretly taking part of the money before handing it over to the operator,†DSP Tenge narrated.
She said the next day the suspect visited the Forex Bureau and wanted to use the same trick to steal money again but was arrested although his accomplice managed to escape arrest.
DSP Tenge said when he was searched by the police, an amount of $6,000 dollars was found on him.
Source: Daily Guide Network
A JHS three pupil, who broke into a drinking bar through the ceiling and took away several sachets of alcoholic beverages, has been sentenced to six months imprisonment by the Nkawie Circuit Court.
Emmanuel Antwi, 19, is said to have made his way through the ceiling of the drinking spot located at Maabang, near Adankwame in the Atwima-Nwabiagya North District, with iron bars at about 2300 hours, and took drinks valued at GHc 4,000.00 as well as cash of GHc 400.00.
He pleaded guilty and was convicted on his own plea by the court presided by Mr Johnson Abbey.
Detective Chief Inspector Comfort Amankwaa told the court that the convict and the complainant were both residents of Maabang.
She said on April 28 this year at about 2300 hours, the convict broke into the drinking bar and took away several sachets of alcoholic beverages and fled.
The prosecution said the complainant detected the theft the following morning and in the course of investigations, some people alerted her about the suspicious movement of the convict in the area the previous night.
The complainant, therefore, reported the matter to the Adankwame police who arrested the convict.
Chief Inspector Amankwaa said during interrogation the convict admitted the offence and he was then charged and brought before the court.
Source: GNA
A fifteen year old boy has been sentenced to two months imprisonment at Kampiringisa Rehabilitation Centre after being found guilty of stealing two Kampala Capital City Authority (KCCA) solar street light batteries.
The juvenile who is also a street kid was convicted on Wednesday by the City Hall grade one magistrate Valerian Tuhimbise after he pleaded guilty to the charge.
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Prosecution says that the juvenile and others still at large stole two solar street light batteries on Jinja Road, Nakawa in Kampala on September 25, 2019. Court also heard that the batteries valued at Shs2.8m belonged to KCCA.
The magistrate ruled that the convict who is a minor, committed the offence with the help of some adults who are yet to be apprehended, adding that the offence is such a regrettable one.
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“He however needs a sentence which can make him reform by going to Kampiringisa rehabilitation Centre for two months,†said the magistrate, who added that the sentence serves as a deterrent to the offender and other juveniles engaged in lawless activities.
Source:Â www.monitor.co.ug