In the early morning of December 24, in Wancheng Town, Wanning City, two mobile phone stores were burglarized one after another, and the mobile phones in the store were looted. The police immediately set up an action team to investigate the case, and soon found clues to the theft gang.
Public video of the mobile phone store shows that in the early morning of December 24, 2020, several people rushed into the store and frantically swept away various mobile phones at the counter. Afterwards, the store manager roughly estimated that the loss amounted to more than 100,000 yuan.
Mr. Wu, a mobile phone shop on Wanlong Street, Wanning City: From that door, that door has been pried open (Reporter: Which location mobile phone is he mainly stealing here?). Just this counter in the middle, and these two here he also stole a little (Reporter: The middle is usually a better mobile phone, right?). All of them are Huawei's (Reporter: How much have been lost in total?) The statistics in our shop should be 66 units.
That night, the police received a number of similar reports and immediately set up an action team to investigate the case. The police found that the gang entered Wanning Xinglong at high speed, and then traveled back and forth between Xinglong and Wancheng, visited 6 mobile phone stores, and successfully pried open two of them, stealing a large number of mobile phones in the store.
Chen Xiaochun, squadron leader of the Wancheng Squadron of the Criminal Investigation Brigade of the Wanning City Public Security Bureau: They stole about 60 mobile phones and some dried betel nuts.
Wanning City Public Security Bureau Special Police Brigade Police: Stolen back on the way back found that there is an Apple 12 is more valuable, I feel that this family may have more valuable mobile phones, and then return to steal the second one.
Through the public video in the store, the police gradually grasped the physical characteristics of the members of the theft gang, as well as the information of the vehicle that committed the crime.
Chen Xiaochun, squadron leader of the Wancheng Squadron of the Criminal Investigation Brigade of the Wanning City Public Security Bureau: Because they are all wearing masks, but judging from their body shape, they should all be relatively young children, and their crime vehicle we can be sure of is a Brown Volkswagen sedan with Danzhou brand.
The police noticed that the gang was so arrogant that they not only ignored public videos on the road, but also carried swords with them. That night, several young local people found that they were unusually prepared to stop the theft, but they were met with crazy retaliation from the gang.
Chen Xiaochun, squadron leader of the Wancheng Squadron of the Criminal Investigation Brigade of the Wanning City Public Security Bureau: They stopped, and there was a clash here to stop them, and after the conflict, they drove to chase after them, and after chasing that position, they stopped at this station, turned around and came back, and then they met here, and after they touched, they got off the car and chased after them with a knife.
Through investigation, the police found that this gang chased and slashed the dissuaders with knives during the theft, which has constituted a transformational robbery. Soon, the police found through vehicle clues that the car was rented out by a Danzhou owner, but the information provided by the renter's WeChat ID and other information was false. The police learned that the car had not been returned at that time, so on the morning of the crime, the police rushed to Danzhou and locked the specific location of the vehicle involved.
Wanning City Public Security Bureau Special Police Brigade Police: When I arrived in Danzhou, I quickly found the suspect vehicle, as well as the suspect, the suspect is talking with the second-hand mobile phone buyer who sells mobile phones, and is discussing the sale of mobile phones.
The police immediately conducted a surprise interrogation of the suspect and quickly arrested the remaining suspects. In the afternoon of the same day, the last two suspects also voluntarily surrendered.
The gang members are minors
Suspected of "transformational robbery" was disposed of
The theft gang was quickly destroyed, but the police did not have the joy of solving the case. Because the main members of this gang are minors, aged 12 to 14 years old. The issue of juvenile delinquency behind this is thought-provoking.
Wanning City Public Security Bureau Special Police Brigade Police: Their car is rented, including the driver who committed the crime, the first driver we arrested, he is only 14 years old, he does not have a driver's license, he rented this car for him through his relatives.
According to the suspect's account, late that night, they went to Wanning to prepare for the theft, at first there was no specific target, and after the theft was successful, they would take turns to select the mobile phone through who was the most "heroic" that night. In order to facilitate the shot, they will deliberately grind the mobile phone and use the second mobile phone to sell the stolen goods.
Wanning City Public Security Bureau Special Police Brigade Police: They look for mobile phone stores, use their own mobile phones, open the map to navigate the address of Wanning's mobile phone stores, and then find these mobile phone stores (Reporter: I didn't step on the point before, what did I grab?). Yes, they navigate, navigate to which mobile store they go to.
The police investigation found that the main members of the gang usually like to hang out together, and the consumption values are unhealthy. Their parents, on the other hand, have been working outside the home for many years and lack discipline for their children.
Chen Xiaochun, squadron leader of the Wancheng Squadron of the Criminal Investigation Brigade of the Wanning City Public Security Bureau: I would not say that because I want to do these things to improve their lives, most of them want to steal some money, buy a brand-name dress, or change into high-end mobile phones such as Apple 11 and 12.
According to the police, the gang members have committed crimes in Dongfang, Ledong and other places, but they were not criminally responsible before they were under the age of 14, so that they had no fear. After the police investigation, it was found that in the early morning of December 24, the gang members were suspected of transformational robbery, and the main members were over 14 years old and would be punished by law. Two other suspects under the age of 14 have been taken away by the Police of Dongfang City for investigation. The police have made an appointment with a specialized agency in the province to educate the two suspects.
Chen Xiaochun, squadron leader of the Wancheng Squadron of the Criminal Investigation Brigade of the Wanning City Public Security Bureau: After being arrested, he still talked and laughed, even though he was able to explain their criminal facts very well from beginning to end, but he did not feel that he had done something wrong. When they knew that they were going to be coerced and sent to the detention center, they realized their mistake, and only then did they shed tears and fell silent.
Several juvenile criminal cases have occurred in recent years, which have attracted widespread attention. The cruelty of the modus operandi and the bad social impact in some of these cases have aroused controversy from all walks of life, and the adjustment of the age of criminal responsibility for minors has also become the focus of controversy. On December 26, the 24th session of the Standing Committee of the 13th National People's Congress voted to pass the Criminal Law Amendment (11), which stipulates that a person who has reached the age of 12 but is not yet 14 years old shall bear criminal responsibility for committing intentional homicide or intentional injury, causing death to a person, or causing serious disability by particularly cruel means, causing serious disability, and the circumstances are heinous, and the prosecution is approved by the Supreme People's Procuratorate. Amendment (XI) to the Penal Code will come into force on 1 March 2021. At the same time, the meeting voted to pass the newly revised Law of the People's Republic of China on the Prevention of Juvenile Delinquency, which came into effect on June 1, 2021. It is clearly stipulated in the form of law that for children who are not subject to criminal punishment because they are not under the legal age of criminal responsibility, after being assessed and approved by the special education steering committee, the administrative department of education, together with the public security organs, may decide to conduct special corrections and education. At the same time, the abnormal behavior of minors is divided into bad behavior, serious bad behavior, etc., and hierarchical intervention and correction are carried out. In the face of the rule of law, there can be no "gold medal to avoid death". The breakthrough in juvenile legislation is a valuable progress in the rule of law and has given a "new weapon" to prevent juvenile delinquency.