In one of the villages of Lviv district, a 36-year-old Lviv resident who was renting accommodation is suspected of robbing the 78-year-old owner of the house. This was reported by law enforcement officers of the Lviv region.
According to the investigation, the incident took place on 23 October at around 12:00. The man entered the room of the 78-year-old woman from whom he was renting the accommodation and openly took possession of her money in the amount of 10 thousand hryvnias, after which he fled.
Operatives of the criminal police, investigators and employees of other units of Police Department No. 3 of Lviv District Police Directorate No. 2 established the fugitive’s whereabouts and detained him under Article 208 of the Criminal Procedure Code of Ukraine.
At present, a decision is being made on notifying the detainee of suspicion of committing a criminal offence under Part 4 of Article 186 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine (robbery). The sanction of this article provides for a penalty of imprisonment for a term of seven to ten years.
The pre-trial investigation is ongoing, under the procedural supervision of the Pustomyty District Prosecutor’s Office. During martial law, the maximum penalties are provided for theft, robbery, aggravated robbery, extortion and a number of other criminal offences.