NUMBER OF HOUSE THEFTS DOUBLES IN YEREVAN
Noyan Tapan
Dec 26 2006
YEREVAN, DECEMBER 26, NOYAN TAPAN. The number of house thefts in
Yerevan doubled in the eleven months of 2006 on the same period of
last year. Samvel Hunanian, Deputy Head of the Main Department of
Criminal Investigation of the RA Police, said at the December 22
press conference that during the indicated period 496 house thefts
were registered in Yerevan, 142 of which were disclosed, 256 remain
undisclosed, 98 are in the process of investigation, the house theft
detection rate made 35.7%. In 2005, 266 cases were registered, 98 house
thefts were disclosed, 102 were not disclosed, 66 were investigated,
and the detection rate made 49%. 68.6% of 723 house thefts (552 last
year) registered in Armenia in January-November 2006 were in Yerevan,
which, according to S. Hunanian, is quite natural as the main part of
material assets is concentrated in this city. 272 of the 723 cases were
disclosed, 321 were not disclosed, 130 cases are being investigated,
the detection rate made 45.9%. Out of the 553 house thefts registered
in the same petiod of 2005, 280 cases were disclosed, 170 were not
disclosed, 102 cases were investigated, and the detection rate made
62.82%. In 11 months of 2006, 3,109 thefts of personal property
were registered in Armenia against 2,521 ones in the same period of
last year. S. Hunanian said that 250 out of the thefts registered in
January-November 2006 were committed with picklocks, 196 – by entering
the house through a balcony or window, 161 – by entering the house
through a door left open, 173 – by breaking the lock, 88 thefts –
in other ways. Particularly, in one case thieves rented an apartment
and entered the adjacent one by breaking the common wall. 75 thefts
were committed between 6-12 am, 234 cases – between 12 am – 6 pm,
185 – between 6 pm – 12 pm, 160 thefts – between 12 pm – 6 am. Since
early 2006, 237 persons have been arrested for house theft, including
78 members of gangs, 7 women and 82 minors. Last year the number of
minors who committed house thefts made 86.
From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress
