Wanted Criminal Escapes after Stealing Police Pistol

June 17, 2018June 17, 2018 Phillip Charlier 0 Comment

A suspect in Tainan City stole a police officer’s gun during an attempted arrest in Tainan City this morning, before escaping. Police officers on Patrol on Wusheng Road spotted Yang Zheng-xun outside a breakfast store at around 6:00am this morning. Yang, who has an extensive criminal record, including escaping from, and assaulting police officers, was wanted after being convicted on sexual assault charges, and sentenced to a five-year prison term. According to Apple Daily, Yang ran when he saw the

Violent Crimes

June 12, 2018 Phillip Charlier 0 Comment guns, Kaohsiung City, pen gun, shooting

A man who shot his wife’s uncle with a pen gun in Kaohsiung City yesterday, was arrested today after police identified his car parked outside a pawnshop. Mr Wang, 37, met his 35 year-old wife, at around noon, yesterday, outside a residential building in Gushan District to discuss terms of their divorce. Ms Wang was accompanied by her maternal uncle, Mr Guo. Negotiations over a the divorce settlement broke down, resulting in a dispute during which Guo swung a punch

Violent Crimes

June 9, 2018June 9, 2018 Phillip Charlier 0 Comment attempted murder, domestic violence, Kaohsiung, knife-attack

An elderly man in Kaohsiung City has been charged with attempted murder, after attacking his wife with a chopping knife, cutting her 20 times, before locking himself in a room and standing off with police for more than two hours. At around 9:00pm yesterday evening, June 8, 77 year-old Mr Ye quarreled with his 72 year-old wife, took a cleaver, and chopped at her face and body, until the knife started breaking along with the bones in his right hand,

Violent Crimes

June 7, 2018 Phillip Charlier 0 Comment arson, death

A man who was found guilty of setting fire to an apartment building in Chonghe District, New Taipei City, taking the lives of nine people in November, 2017, was sentenced to death, in a verdict handed down by the Taipei District Court today, June 7. [See previous story: 9 Dead in Apartment Fire: Arsonist Arrested] Li Guo-hui (李國輝), had argued in his defense that a tenant of the building had constantly provoked him, and that “voices” had told him to

Violent Crimes

June 6, 2018June 7, 2018 Phillip Charlier 0 Comment gang violence, homicide, murder, Pingtung County

A homeowner who allowed a man suspected to have shot a young soldier to death in Pingtung County claimed that he didn’t know the man was the suspect killer because news media blurred the face of the suspect in TV news reports. Hong Weizhi was arrested during a raid on a residence in Shanhua township, Tainan, at around 6:00am this morning, June 6. When the suspect was rudely awoken from his sleep, he shouted: “I surrender, I surrender. Please don’t

Violent Crimes

June 6, 2018June 7, 2018 Phillip Charlier 0 Comment fratercide, knife-attack, Taipei City

A man was brutally cut down and killed by his older brother in the middle of a road in Shilin District, Taipei City, this afternoon, according to reports in local media. The brothers had had a long-running dispute over land they had inherited. At around 2:00pm, the elder of two middle-aged brothers named Ho, attacked his younger brother with a kitchen cleaver in front of a residential building on Zhishan Road. The younger Ho, 56, attempted to run away, but

Crime and Criminals

June 2, 2018 Phillip Charlier 0 Comment abduction, kidnapping, robbery, Taipei City

A 40 year-old woman was abducted at knifepoint from a department store car park in Xinyi District, Taipei City, yesterday evening, and held for more than three hours before being rescued by police. A woman named Wang was having dinner with a friend at around 6:30pm, when she went to the B4 level car park to retrieve something from her car. When Ms Wang opened the door of the two-door BMW sports car, a man approached her from behind and

Violent Crimes

June 2, 2018June 2, 2018 Phillip Charlier 0 Comment Pingtung, road-rage, shooting

A man in Pingtung County was shot dead by gangsters who stopped his car during what police suspect was a traffic dispute in the early hours of this morning. The 23 year-old soldier named Ho, was returning for duty at a base in Kaohsiung City after taking a day’s leave. After filling up at a gas station on Yanping Road, Chaozhou township at around 3:00am, Ho pulled out onto the road and a car blocked his vehicle from the front.

Drugs

June 1, 2018 Phillip Charlier 0 Comment cannabis, marijuana

An American cram school teacher was arrested after a police raid on his apartment in Nangang District, Taipei City, uncovered a small cannabis growing operation in the apartment, along with the finished product, including buds and leaves, marijuana butter, and marijuana tincture. According to media reports including Mirror Media, police had been watching and investigating the 33 year-old man, named as “Kyle,” for some time after receiving a report that the man was growing cannabis in his apartment. During the

guns and drugs found in old tv set at recycling plant

Crime and Criminals

May 31, 2018 Phillip Charlier 0 Comment amphetamines, drugs, firearms, guns

Guns and drugs suspected of belonging to a man currently serving time in prison for drugs offenses fell out of a television at a recycling plant in Taichung City the other day. Police traced the origin of the TV to the home of the suspect’s family in Changhua County. The broken television had sat in the family home for more than 10 years. The Tsai family recently had a new television installed, and asked the technician to take away the

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May 28, 2018May 28, 2018 Phillip Charlier 0 Comment homicide, murder, shooting, Tainan City

A man who showed up to a property in Tainan City armed with baseball bats, to menace a debtor, died after he was shot 10 times by the debtor. The 36 year old man named Chen pulled up outside a privately owned shrine in Annan District in the early hours of the morning with accomplices. The men were armed with baseball bats, and apparently intended to menace the 41 year-old owner of the shrine, Mr Huang. However, Huang picked up

Crime and Criminals

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