At the start of the weekend, a news story was the talk on TV and social media that described a man having been found bound hand and feet in a vehicle in the Naco section of the National District. However, National Police investigators determined that it was a poorly designed attempt to carry off a self-robbery for RD$84,000. The author of this ill-fated attempt was identified as Yeison Gabriel Almonte Mejia, 28, who lives in Cristo Rey and is an employee (now probably an ex-employee) of the Tren Construction Company.
Almonte Mejia called the company saying that he had been assaulted and left tied up inside a vehicle. In a search, the Police found the RD$84,000 in Almonte Mejia’s house.
In a press release, the Police said that Almonte Mejia tied himself inside of a Ford Explorer and then called the company and said that he was suffocating. The Police arrived on the scene very quickly. The Police spokesperson Frank Felix Durand Mejia had previously told reporters that there were serious inconsistencies with the testimony of Almonte Mejia.
According to the Police note, the alleged criminal admitted under interrogation that this was a self-robbery.
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Policia Nacional
1 October 2018
