The National Police announced the arrest of a husband and wife team after a video showed them committing a crime. The couple was caught on video when assaulting a man and a woman on a street in Santo Domingo Este.
Those now under arrest are Cristian Leandro Tejeda and his wife Ruth Miguelina Peña Pérez.
The video circulated on social media when gun in hand the couple removed the belongings to a man and a woman.
The Police carried out intelligence effort in Sabana Perdida in Santo Domingo north to find the criminals, said Police spokesman, Colonel Frank Duran in a press conference. He said the couple is under the control of the Public Ministry for legal actions.
Colonel Duran called out to citizens that have been victims of the couple to come forth in order to strengthen the file against the couple.
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El Caribe
5 March 2018
