Cctv newsMr. Yan from Zaoyang, Hubei Province worked outside the home all the year round. On the eighth day of the first lunar month this year, after a brief reunion with his family, he embarked on a journey of working outside the home. But a week later, Mr. Yan, who was busy outside, put down all his work and returned home. So, why did Mr. Yan go home? What the hell happened at home?
The 16th day of the first lunar month has passed the New Year in many places in our country, and people have devoted themselves to the work of the new year. However, in Zaoyang, it is true that "the first month is a year", and people are still immersed in the jubilant atmosphere of the New Year.
Yang Meng, Director of Wudian Police Station of Zaoyang Public Security BureauThis custom of the 16th day of the first month in our country is also called the first day of junior high school, that is, it belongs to the people of the Lunar New Year who visit relatives and friends, and when they are still greeting each other and having dinner with each other, they are all in the rest time and in the festive atmosphere.
But this day is not so peaceful for Mr. Yan. While working in Henan, he was fidgeted by a phone call from his mother. Mother said, something happened at home, let him come back quickly.
Victim Mr. YanAt that time, I was working in other places, and then I got a call from my mother, and then I came back from other places.
So, what happened in Mr. Liu’s home? What did his mother say on the phone?
Victim Mr. YanI heard from my mother that my house was stolen, and then the money in my passbook was stolen, and then the jewelry I bought when I got married was stolen. My mother went out for a while, and it was stolen when she came back home.
The house was stolen and my mother was old. At this time, Mr. Yan was worried about the situation at home.
Victim Mr. YanMy mother was also very anxious at that time. At that time, there was a thief at home during the Spring Festival. My mother is alone at home, and I am not at ease when I am away from home.
Anxious, Mr. Yan decided to leave for home at once. At the same time, he chose to call the police, hoping that the police could go to their home to start work first.
Li Tong, Deputy Director of Wudian Police Station of Zaoyang Public Security BureauAt about 4 o’clock in the afternoon, we received an alarm from the masses, and Yanmou reported that his home had been stolen.
Yang Meng, Director of Wudian Police Station of Zaoyang Public Security Bureau: I went to the scene with Li Wei, the deputy director, and the police on duty. The victim said that 6000 yuan and a gold necklace in the family were lost.
The murder bedroom was a mess with signs of being turned over.
At the crime scene, the first thing that caught the eye of the police was the mess in the bedroom. Bedside tables, wardrobes and other places, there are obvious traces of being turned.
Li Tong, Deputy Director of Wudian Police Station of Zaoyang Public Security Bureau: There are obvious signs of being turned over in this bedside table and wardrobe, but it is not a large area of turning over. I think this suspect is very targeted, mainly aimed at this place where these ordinary people usually hide valuables.
The police in charge of the on-site investigation immediately conducted a detailed investigation in the place where the suspect had turned over.
Xing Haoyu, a policeman from the Science and Technology Office of the Criminal Investigation Brigade of Zaoyang Public Security Bureau.: We were in the location of some of the stolen money. We made a careful investigation, but we still didn’t find any valuable clues, fingerprints or footprints.
Obviously, the suspect has a strong sense of anti-investigation. The police conducted a careful investigation in key positions, but little was gained. At the same time, another question also appeared in everyone’s mind. That is, how did the suspect get into Mr. Yan’s home?
Victim Mr. YanAt that time, my house was not broken into, so I felt very puzzled. How did the thief get in, and then the window was not broken into.
Can enter Mr. Yan’s home without blowing off dust. Could it be that someone found the key to Mr. Yan’s house and then sneaked into the house to carry out the theft while no one was at home?
Yang Meng, Director of Wudian Police Station of Zaoyang Public Security BureauThe inside of the house was turned over badly, and all the clothes cabinets were opened and thrown everywhere. It was a typical burglary.
The door lock is intact. How does the suspect get into the house?
After further questioning with Mr. Yan and his mother, the police learned that the key at home was not lost or lent to anyone, and Mr. Yan’s mother clearly remembered that she did lock the door when she went out in the afternoon.
Yang Meng, Director of Wudian Police Station of Zaoyang Public Security BureauHe just doesn’t have a purpose. He excludes acquaintances from committing crimes. When acquaintances commit crimes, they usually know where this property is, so he can go and get it directly. This is a lot of turning, and it should belong to strangers who broke in during the day. He took money at random.
Generally speaking, burglary, the suspect will leave clues that can be used for investigation at the crime scene more or less. Especially near the door, there will be some clues. But in Mr. Yan’s home, the police still found nothing after several rounds of investigation.
Xing Haoyu, a policeman from the Science and Technology Office of the Criminal Investigation Brigade of Zaoyang Public Security Bureau.After repeated investigations, we didn’t find any valuable clues or some suspicious traces. The gate was intact, there were no signs of being pried, and we didn’t find any fingerprints on it. Therefore, it is very likely that the suspect entered the house with gloves and other items by technical unlocking.
Li Tong, Deputy Director of Wudian Police Station of Zaoyang Public Security Bureau: They are all security doors. You can’t open them by ordinary smashing, or by ordinary methods of breaking the door. It uses this technology to unlock the door, just like you open the door with the key of your own house.
The police handling the case believe that it is so easy to open a security door, and at the same time, it can complete the theft without leaving any traces at the crime scene. The suspect must be an experienced criminal thief.
Li Tong, Deputy Director of Wudian Police Station of Zaoyang Public Security BureauTechnical unlocking also requires some skills. Ordinary people or ordinary thieves can’t do it. Technical unlocking requires a learning process. In this way, we are sure that he must have a criminal record who knows this technical unlocking skill. They will do it and they will be able to do it.
While the police were still investigating in Mr. Yan’s home, the 110 Command Center received another alarm call: 6000 yuan in cash was stolen from Mr. Geng’s bedroom closet.
Yang Meng, Director of Wudian Police Station of Zaoyang Public Security BureauWhile we were still dealing with this scene, we received the same building from him, which is another building in a residential area. We also reported that our home was stolen, and we stopped by another house to see it, which was the same as this scene.
It is also a burglary, and the location of another crime is only separated from here by a narrow alley.
Li Tong, Deputy Director of Wudian Police Station of Zaoyang Public Security BureauThis time, on the top floor of the sixth floor, this name is Geng, and he also reported that his home was stolen. I came to the scene again and came to this Geng’s home, where some gold jewelry, necklaces, rings and some cash were stolen.
Two families in the same community were robbed in similar ways.
In broad daylight, two families in the same community suffered burglary at the same time. The modus operandi is also strikingly similar. So, will these two cases be committed by the same person? How did he get it so easily?
Yang Meng, Director of Wudian Police Station of Zaoyang Public Security Bureau: Generally, crimes are committed during the day. Generally, we analyze that there may be lookouts. One person commits crimes, at least two people, one is watching the wind and one is committing crimes inside. Initiating two cases in a short time, it is not easy for one person to turn over all two scenes in such a short time.
The modus operandi is exactly the same, and the location of the crime is so close. Combined with the scene investigation of two cases, the police believe that these two cases must be committed by the same group.
Yang Meng, Director of Wudian Police Station of Zaoyang Public Security BureauAfter investigating the scene, we initially judged that a group of people committed the crime. At that time, we didn’t find out how many people were there, but at least a group of people were here.
Two families in the community were stolen one after another, and nearby residents began to talk about it. It turns out that not only here, but also the households in several neighboring villages also suffered burglary before the Spring Festival.
Yang Meng, Director of Wudian Police Station of Zaoyang Public Security BureauThe masses reacted strongly, and some people had similar cases in several neighboring villages last year, that is, before the Spring Festival, that is, the locks were not broken and the things in their homes were stolen.
Visit nearby residents’ police to get important information.
In order to bring the suspect to justice as soon as possible. Zaoyang Public Security Bureau and Wudian Police Station immediately set up a task force to investigate suspicious persons who appeared nearby on the afternoon of the incident. Through visiting the residents nearby, the police obtained important information.
Yang Meng, Director of Wudian Police Station of Zaoyang Public Security BureauInterviewing the masses, they reported that they saw two or three strange young adults in the afternoon. At the scene of the theft, there was an alley turning at the door.
Lock in three young and middle-aged men to find clues in monitoring
These two or three strange young men in the villagers’ mouths have attracted the attention of the police, which is basically consistent with the conclusion drawn by the police after investigating the scene, that is, the number of criminal suspects must not be less than two. Subsequently, a group of police officers continued to investigate and visit nearby villagers, and another group of police officers decided to start with nearby monitoring, hoping to get valuable clues from here.
Yang Meng, Director of Wudian Police Station of Zaoyang Public Security Bureau: He was at the intersection of Liangwu Road, which is a street close to the administrative district, and then we downloaded all the video surveillance. After copying this video back at night, I said that everyone would work overtime tonight and watch the video here. I watched this video overnight and tried to find clues after watching it.
The police focused their video work on young and middle-aged men who were accompanied by two or three people, and the time was the time when Mr. Yan’s mother left home.
Yang Meng, Director of Wudian Police Station of Zaoyang Public Security BureauThere are basically more than a dozen suspects who can be locked, but we can’t rule out which ones are on-site neighbors, on-site residents and which ones are outsiders.
In order to further narrow the scope of suspicious persons, the police will investigate more than a dozen suspects that have been locked one by one.
Yang Meng, Director of Wudian Police Station of Zaoyang Public Security BureauAt that time, we printed all the young and middle-aged images of more than a dozen video screenings into photos, then took them to the scene of theft, then the neighbors next to them visited the masses for them to see, and then after a circle of visits, we initially found out that there was a young man in his thirties, and they all reported that he was neither a neighbor nor a relative visiting from outside.
Three men appeared in the surveillance to find the target of theft.
At about 14: 27 pm on February 20, 2019, the surveillance camera of a nearby canteen photographed three suspicious men entering a nearby street. Although I couldn’t get a straight face, I could clearly see that the three men walked to the side in an orderly manner.
At about 14: 43 pm, two suspicious men in black coats walked out of the alley, but two minutes later, at about 14: 45 pm, one of them came back and entered the alley. The other man did not enter the alley, but slowly walked to the left of the picture and looked around from time to time. At this time, the criminal suspect should be stepping on the spot and looking for a target to commit theft.
Subsequently, the police handling the case entered this canteen, hoping to find a breakthrough in the case here.
Yang Meng, Director of Wudian Police Station of Zaoyang Public Security BureauAt that time, the owner of the canteen told us that a young man with Xiangyang accent did buy a box of chewing gum in his shop that afternoon, and then stayed back and forth near his shop after buying chewing gum.
This information immediately alerted the police handling the case. In the next inquiry with the boss of the canteen, this young man with Xiangyang accent gradually attracted the attention of the police.
Yang Meng, Director of Wudian Police Station of Zaoyang Public Security BureauAt that time, he felt that this person was not the person next to us, nor the relatives who visited relatives and friends. Those relatives and friends who came, he felt that there was something strange about this person at that time, that is to say, a foreigner should leave the scene after buying things, why did he turn around in the store?
At the same time, the police found that the canteen was equipped with monitoring probes, which made the police handling the case overjoyed. The police immediately retrieved the relevant surveillance video of the Xiangyang accent man on the day of the incident.
Yang Meng, Director of Wudian Police Station of Zaoyang Public Security BureauIndeed, as described by the store owner, I went into the store and pretended to buy a box of chewing gum. After I bought it, I was at the door, chewing gum, seemingly waiting for someone, but seemingly not waiting for someone, walking back and forth here. The suspect was relatively large, and this person deliberately lowered his head and had certain anti-detection ability, so we defined him as a suspect and fixed his image screenshot.
Grasp the physical characteristics of the suspect or steal by driving from other places.
Although we have mastered the physical characteristics of one of the three suspects, it is still difficult to find him in the vast sea of people. After analysis and discussion, the police believe that most of the long-distance buses in Zaoyang are still out of service during this period, and the suspects must have driven from other places to commit theft.
Yang Meng, Director of Wudian Police Station of Zaoyang Public Security BureauSince it is a foreign accent, many vehicles stopped during the Spring Festival. When he came here to commit a crime, he would definitely drive the vehicle. He would not simply take the shuttle bus or take the train. It is not very likely.
Subsequently, the police began to investigate suspected vehicles, and finding people by car became a new investigation direction for the police handling the case.
Yang Meng, Director of Wudian Police Station of Zaoyang Public Security Bureau: Push forward the crime time of the day by four hours. There are hundreds of cars, about 300 cars, who enter the administrative area for four hours. We will take down all the images of the vehicles entering the administrative area, and then we will screen them one by one.
Check foreign license plates and lock suspected cars.
Zaoyang police searched for clues in the massive surveillance video, and focused on screening vehicles with foreign license plates in the video. After a series of investigations, the police finally locked 15 cars. So, are the suspected vehicles of criminal gangs among these 15 vehicles? Who is the suspicious man with Xiangyang accent who appeared in the canteen near the crime scene?
The police seized the identity information of the owners of these 15 cars and checked them one by one. A man named Chen Moumou entered the police’s field of vision.
Yang Meng, Director of Wudian Police Station of Zaoyang Public Security Bureau: We compared the photo of the owner with the suspect we just found in the video surveillance, and then found a black Buick sedan in 15 vehicles, the owner Chen Moumou, whose household registration photo followed the scene. This person is a person.
The police immediately launched a more detailed investigation on this Chen.
Yang Meng, Director of Wudian Police Station of Zaoyang Public Security BureauAfter further investigation of criminal records, we found that this Chen had a criminal record of burglary before, which strengthened the theft case. He was one of the main suspects.
So far, the police have basically determined the division of labor of this criminal gang, including Chen Moumou, who used technology to unlock and carry out burglary.
Xu Ao, police officer of Criminal Investigation Brigade of Zaoyang Public Security BureauThey should be a criminal gang, who came to our Wudian town to carry out the theft. In this monitoring, the commissary went to the commissary to buy things. In this monitoring, Chen Mou should be the man who kept watch downstairs, and the other two unidentified men should be stealing upstairs.
Finding a breakthrough, the police decided to stay in secret.
Although the identity information of the other two suspects is not clear, with the breakthrough of Chen, the police have a new investigation direction. After obtaining Chen’s address in Taipingdian Town, Xiangyang City, in order to wipe out the whole gang, the police decided to stay near Chen’s home.
Yang Meng, Director of Wudian Police Station of Zaoyang Public Security Bureau: After we basically locked Chen’s phone number and household registration information, our Wudian police station hitchhiked with the criminal police squadron and dressed in plain clothes, and rushed to Chen’s home, which was the key point. Because the other two suspects didn’t know the situation at that time, we didn’t dare to make a move and directly arrested people, and then we kept guarding the door.
After a few days and nights of secret observance, the police gradually found out the law of Chen’s life and rest.
Yang Meng, Director of Wudian Police Station of Zaoyang Public Security BureauEvery time Chen Mou comes out, he will be with two young people, who are in close contact with him. They basically go out early and come back late.
So, who are these two men? What do they have to do with this case?
Yang Meng, Director of Wudian Police Station of Zaoyang Public Security BureauWe secretly touched the photos and information of the two suspects who were with him first. After touching them, we visited some people nearby. Some people said that the person who was with Chen was nicknamed Little Boss, but his name was unknown.
Subsequently, after a series of secret investigations, the police finally figured out the true identity information of the man nicknamed Little Boss.
Yang Meng, Director of Wudian Police Station of Zaoyang Public Security BureauContact the police station in the jurisdiction, find some people who are more enthusiastic about social security in the town, and ask privately. The original name of the small boss is Hu Moumou, who has many thefts and five or six burglaries, and was sentenced to five or six times.
Make a plan to arrest and find something new at the same time.
Just as the police investigated the true identity of another man, and then formulated the arrest plan, the police who had been guarding Chen’s home made new discoveries.
Xu Ao, police officer of Criminal Investigation Brigade of Zaoyang Public Security BureauIt is found that the small boss sometimes brings a man to Chen Mou’s house and another man to Chen Mou’s house. At this time, we wonder if there are more than three people in this gang, and there may be more people.
In order to uproot criminal gangs, the original arrest plan can only be put on hold for the time being. The police immediately sent troops to carry out secret surveillance on the four suspects who have appeared at present.
Zhang Huafeng, Captain of Criminal Investigation Brigade of Zaoyang Public Security BureauBecause this thing just needs further verification, through the work of the previous paragraph, it is found that there should be four people in this gang.
In order not to spook them, the police decided to continue to wait for the next time four people went out to commit crimes, and they were taken down in one fell swoop.
Zhang Huafeng, Captain of Criminal Investigation Brigade of Zaoyang Public Security BureauOne morning, in the process of squatting, the investigator found Chen Mou and gathered with three other men. After we met, we went to a snack bar 500 meters away from Chen Mou’s house.
The police suspect that the four suspects gathered together this time, most likely to drive the black Buick car out to commit crimes together.
Zhang Huafeng, Captain of Criminal Investigation Brigade of Zaoyang Public Security BureauThe investigator considered whether they were going to commit a crime. At that time, it occurred to him that if they were going to commit a crime, they would definitely have to drive the black Buick to commit a crime. As a result, the investigator couldn’t wait for this Chen Mou and later drove his black Buick.
The police believe that their meeting this time can never be just a simple meal. Where are they going?
Zhang Huafeng, Captain of Criminal Investigation Brigade of Zaoyang Public Security BureauWhile wondering, another investigator reported that the four men left the Taiping store in a white Toyota at the entrance of the snack bar.
Yang Meng, Director of Wudian Police Station of Zaoyang Public Security BureauAll the way to Yicheng, through analysis, they should have no relatives or friends in Yicheng, and they should commit crimes again when they arrive in Yicheng.
During the follow-up, the police found that this white Toyota always circled in Yicheng City, and there was no destination. They are most likely looking for the target.
Yang Meng, Director of Wudian Police Station of Zaoyang Public Security BureauWe followed them from six o’clock in the morning until nearly twelve o’clock at noon, and followed their car into a lonely alley, and then their car stopped there, with a dead end in front.
Zhang Huafeng, Captain of Criminal Investigation Brigade of Zaoyang Public Security Bureau: I immediately informed the arresting group to arrest. The suspect refused to open the door, and we broke the window. At that time, four suspects in the car, Chen Mou, Hu Mou and Hu Moumou, and another one, Zhou Mou, were arrested in one fell swoop.
In the next trial, the four also gave up the last suspect who was responsible for selling stolen goods. It turns out that these people are all fellow villagers of Fancheng, and they all have criminal records. They usually make a living by stealing. Under normal circumstances, such as the Wudian case on February 20, three of them were dispatched together.
Xu Ao, police officer of Criminal Investigation Brigade of Zaoyang Public Security BureauGenerally, two people go upstairs, and one of them knocks on the door to test. If there is someone at home, they will lie up an excuse and leave. If there is no one at home, another man will directly carry out the theft and implement the technical unlocking. After unlocking, the two will go in to carry out the theft.
Yang Meng, Director of Wudian Police Station of Zaoyang Public Security Bureau: Chen is responsible for driving, taking into account the lookout, that Hu is responsible for technical unlocking, and Zhou is responsible for entering the scene, stealing valuables purposefully, and giving them all to one of Zhou’s sisters, who will resell them to consignment banks, gold and silver jewelry stores and pawn shops, and then return to them after selling the stolen goods, and then distribute them equally according to the contribution.
During the trial, several people also confessed all the criminal facts of burglary in other provinces and cities except Wudian.
Yang Meng, Director of Wudian Police Station of Zaoyang Public Security Bureau: All of them are burglary and all of them are technical unlocking. In total, we have sorted out more than 60 cases, and the value involved has reached more than 300,000.
The Zaoyang police thunder attacked, and in less than a month, this criminal gang that had committed more than 60 crimes across provinces and cities for more than three months was successfully destroyed. The case is still under investigation.