The criminal had been convicted 12 times for property theft directly in Kyiv
After recently serving his sentence, he was caught again, this time for his 13th theft, just before the New Year.
As reported by the Kyiv police communication department, city operatives apprehended the offender for committing a pickpocketing incident in a shopping center. He stole a mobile phone from a minor girl.
At the scene, law enforcement discovered that while in a stationery store, a 14-year-old girl had placed her device in her pocket. The nimble thief immediately noticed this, approached the girl, and snatched the phone.
Police officers reviewed surveillance footage, identified the suspect, and subsequently arrested him. He turned out to be a 39-year-old local resident, previously convicted 12 times for property crimes in the capital. Now he is headed back to prison for about eight years.
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