Agents of the Police Headquarters of Murcia belonging to the Provincial Police Brigade and the Police Judicial District of San Andrés, have arrested a neighbor of Murcia from 42 years as head of several counts of fraud and theft perpetrated on older people this city.
The form of action most frequently used by the detainee was posing as a utility company employee, so access to the homes of his victims on the pretext of performing a procedure performed with the maintenance of the facility or the review of billing and then collect small amounts, as payment for a course inspection or maintenance service.
To give credibility to his performance, sometimes in advance of the boxes and bare letters supply companies were directed to the homes of their victims, then present them to the same as charging documents.
At other times the coverage that was used for postal officer or employee of any other public or private institution, to access the interior of the home, where he took every neglect of residents to seize anything of value that you will find at your fingertips .
After making various efforts aimed at the identification and location of several events reported in recent weeks on the 2nd of May went on to arrest the person responsible for the facts, after it charged a fictitious invoice to a neighbor of Marqués de los Vélez of the city and attempted to act similarly in other homes in the same building.
The offender, who was taken into custody last May 3, has been arrested numerous times for actions similar to those described above.
This year there are five times that has been arrested on charges of burglary, theft, fraud and theft.
The National Police has started the program POLICE MAYOR, informative and preventive care in relation to crime directed against the legs of older population.
For this purpose, have published some pamphlets and a video with safety tips specific to that area, which are available for download or viewing on the website of the National Police, www.policia.es.
( http://www.policia.es/consejos/index.htm , under "tourism and security")
Within this program, the group of citizen participation in the Provincial Brigade of Murcia Public Safety is conducting a series of meetings and briefings and guidance on nursing homes and other groups with similar characteristics.
Source: Jefatura Superior de Policía de Murcia