CRIME & PUNISHMENT

A 32-year-old suspect, Tanko Sani, has been arrested by the police for falsely pretending to be a public officer and defrauding by false pretence. Information from the Eastern Regional Police Command indicates that the suspect is said to have introduced himself as an army officer and collected cash of GH¢2,800 from victim …

A three-member panel of the Accra High Court presided over by Justice Afia Serwah Asare-Botwe has subpoenaed a doctor of the Ogbojo Polyclinic to appear in court tomorrow over an excused duty issued to an accused person. Continuation of further cross-examination of the third prosecution witness Staff Sergeant Awarf Sule …

The Bono East Regional Police Command has arrested a notorious Techiman-based gunrunner of locally manufactured weapons. Mr Akwasi Biyele, 26, has been supplying guns to persons who commit robberies and all manner of crimes on the Kintampo-Buipe highway. According to the police, the suspect is the brain behind the supply …

The Tema Regional Police Command has arrested suspect Dordzi Dzedefo, who has been on the run since July this year, for alleged robbery and rape committed on July 13, 2021.   The suspect, who is a motorbike operator, was hired by his victim from Kakasunanka No. 1 to Golf City. …

A man, who raped his ex-girlfriend in a bid to get her pregnant and force her to marry him, was jailed for 10-and-a-half years and given six strokes of cane on Monday (8 November). The man, now 28, had already impregnated the woman twice – when she was 14 and …

A young man whose name is 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 …

The Suhum Police have arrested Detective Sargent Welbeck Agyina in connection with the shooting incident which led to the injury of seven persons at Suhum on Saturday during the installation of Nana Ohene Fianko, National Security Operative as Akyempimhene. The suspect who also sustained minor injuries in his right palm …

Ad Police are investigating the circumstances surrounding the death of Larhan Samu’un, a first year male student of the Konongo Odumase Senior High School on Friday, November 5. At least five students, including a key suspect Emmanuel Frimpong,17, have been picked up in connection with the incident which occured at …

Unknown gunmen on Friday evening opened fire on passersby at Neokeisima junction, Umulogho in Obowo Local Government Area of Imo State, Nigeria, killing three on the spot. According to The Nation, the shooting, which took place around 7.50 pm, caused pandemonium as residents and passersby scamper for safety. An eyewitness …

A burglar who is known for stealing from peoples parked vehicles has met his untimely death. The young man based in Tafo Pankrono in the Ashanti Region met his untimely death after he burgled a parked car and took to his heels. He was unlucky as a speeding vehicle hit …