{"id":163657,"date":"2026-09-22T07:34:48","date_gmt":"2026-09-22T11:34:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/sin-categoria\/pickpocket-gang-arrested-at-moncion-patronal-festivities\/"},"modified":"2026-09-22T07:34:48","modified_gmt":"2026-09-22T11:34:48","slug":"pickpocket-gang-arrested-at-moncion-patronal-festivities","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/national\/pickpocket-gang-arrested-at-moncion-patronal-festivities\/","title":{"rendered":"Pickpocket gang arrested at Monci\u00f3n patronal festivities"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Gang dedicated to pickpocketing during festivities in Monci\u00f3n dismantled<\/h2>\n\n<p>In a preventive operation carried out in the Cepillo sector, Monci\u00f3n municipality, National Police agents managed to capture four individuals linked to a criminal network that operated using the pickpocketing method during mass events and cultural activities.<\/p>\n\n<p>The detainees were identified by the authorities as Ronny Garc\u00eda Valdez, 39; Ruth Mar\u00eda P\u00e9rez and Yesica Altagracia de la Rosa Tolentino, both 34, along with Jos\u00e9 Miguel Santos. The intervention was carried out jointly by members of the Preventive Police and officers from the Regional Sub-directorate of Criminal Investigation (DICRIM), who caught the suspects in flagrante delicto while they were taking advantage of the crowds at the patron saint festivities.<\/p>\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Evidence seized from the detainees<\/h3>\n\n<p>During the search, police officers seized various items that were allegedly stolen from event attendees. Among the evidence collected are:<\/p>\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Nine cell phones, two of them wrapped in aluminum foil (a technique used to evade security systems).<\/li><li>Sum of money in Dominican pesos and US dollars.<\/li><li>A wallet containing bank cards and Metro cards.<\/li><li>Identity documents and a driver&#8217;s license in the name of a third party.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>The individuals involved and the confiscated items were immediately placed at the disposal of the Public Prosecutor&#8217;s Office to proceed with legal action and the corresponding legal purposes.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n<p>The National Police highlighted that these types of operations will remain reinforced in the Santiago Rodr\u00edguez province to guarantee the safety of citizens during the development of public activities.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Gang dedicated to pickpocketing during festivities in Monci\u00f3n dismantled In a preventive operation carried out in the Cepillo sector, Monci\u00f3n municipality, National Police agents managed to capture four individuals linked to a criminal network that operated using the pickpocketing method during mass events and cultural activities. The detainees were identified by the authorities as Ronny [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":163658,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12809],"tags":[13000,16353,6871,16352],"class_list":{"0":"post-163657","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-national","8":"tag-detention","9":"tag-mention","10":"tag-national-police","11":"tag-pickpocketing"},"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/163657","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=163657"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/163657\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/163658"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=163657"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=163657"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=163657"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}