Asiaone - Crime

Burglar ignored cash, took watches instead

Wed, 15 Feb 2012 16:00:00 GMT

Mr Jasper Teo found his bedroom in a mess when he got home on Saturday night. -TNP

German man scammed S'pore woman of $3,500

Wed, 15 Feb 2012 16:00:00 GMT

Man said he wanted to come to Singapore to ask for her hand in marriage, but he did not show up. -TNP

Man nabbed for trying to bribe police officer

Wed, 15 Feb 2012 16:00:00 GMT

A flick knife with a blade of 7cm was found in his baggage during an X-ray screening at the custom checkpoint. -TNP

Malaysian man nabbed for theft in private houses

Wed, 15 Feb 2012 16:00:00 GMT

The 24-year-old is suspected of breaking in and stealing from a house on Phoenix Road. -TNP

Debtor-turned-runner nabbed at Tampines roadblock

Tue, 14 Feb 2012 16:00:00 GMT

The suspect is believed to be involved in several cases of loanshark harassment in Tampines estates. -AsiaOne

Underage maid pleads guilty to killing employer

Tue, 14 Feb 2012 16:00:00 GMT

The prosecutor said the offence was premeditated and the attack on Sng was "brutal and savage". -AsiaOne

Four unemployed men charged with murder in Geylang

Tue, 14 Feb 2012 16:00:00 GMT

Rengasamy was found with serious injuries at the junction of Geylang Road and Lorong 20. -AsiaOne

Policeman almost had his left ear severed

Tue, 14 Feb 2012 16:00:00 GMT

A policeman almost had his left ear severed after a man he was arresting bit him in a struggle. -The Star/ANN

41-year-old arrested for entering casino with false ID

Mon, 13 Feb 2012 16:00:00 GMT

The suspect who was under an Exclusion Order (EO) attempted to enter the casino with his wife's ID. -AsiaOne

Man who lost $4k to gambling said he was robbed

Mon, 13 Feb 2012 16:00:00 GMT

He made a false report to the police in order to hide his losses from his mother. -AsiaOne

Body under CTE flyover: Victim's face swollen beyond recognition

Mon, 13 Feb 2012 16:00:00 GMT

His brother had to go back to the motuary for a second time before he could identify the victim. -AsiaOne

Malaysian man arrested for housebreaking

Mon, 13 Feb 2012 16:00:00 GMT

He is suspected of breaking into a house at Phoenix Rd and Yuk Tong Ave. -AsiaOne

End of line for monk on the run

Mon, 13 Feb 2012 16:00:00 GMT

When the police interrupted his chanting and put handcuffs on his hands, Xu was very calm and seemed resigned to his fate. -China Daily/ANN

Smuggler won't face execution in China

Mon, 13 Feb 2012 16:00:00 GMT

The 53-year-old from Fujian province stands accused of running a multibillion-dollar smuggling group. -China Daily/ANN

Kidnapper who wanted money for milk nabbed

Mon, 13 Feb 2012 16:00:00 GMT

SAC Adnan said the case was being investigated under Section 3 (1) of the Kidnapping Act 1961. -The Star/ANN

Curtain falls for rubbing wrong way

Mon, 13 Feb 2012 16:00:00 GMT

Reflexology centres with rooms separated by curtains to provide "extra" services were raided as the police crackdown on vice-related activities intensified. -The Star/ANN

Man murdered in Geylang yesterday

Mon, 13 Feb 2012 16:00:00 GMT

The victim, believed to have been assaulted, was sent to Tan Tock Seng Hospital but he died at about 3.10am. -myp

'Silence of the Lambs' rapist loses bid to stay in Australia

Sun, 12 Feb 2012 16:00:00 GMT

He posed as a policeman in 1999, abducting a 21-year-old woman at gunpoint and locking her in a backyard shed with padded walls. -AFP

Police investigating murder in Geylang

Sun, 12 Feb 2012 16:00:00 GMT

The man was found injured at the junction of Geylang Road and Lorong 20 Geylang at about 2.20am on Feb 13 but succumbed to his injuries. -AsiaOne

Just-freed convict rapes sister

Sat, 11 Feb 2012 16:00:00 GMT

A man released from prison just three days ago allegedly raped his younger sister after punching and slashing her with a sword. -The Star/ANN

Eight arrested in bribery probe at Murdoch's Sun

Sat, 11 Feb 2012 16:00:00 GMT

Britain's top-selling newspaper The Sun was in crisis Saturday after police arrested five of its journalists over bribery allegations. -AFP

One more expat jumps bail and flees

Sat, 11 Feb 2012 16:00:00 GMT

Of three expats in 2010 Suntec fight, one sentenced to jail but two jump bail. Victim says 'I am full of rage now'. -TNP

Body found under CTE classified as murder

Sat, 11 Feb 2012 16:00:00 GMT

The body was found lying face up, clad in a dark-coloured shirt and light coloured trousers. -TNP

Man jailed for stealing motorbikes for joyrides

Sat, 11 Feb 2012 16:00:00 GMT

He got a further four months for riding while under disqualification. -TNP

Man arrested for allegedly smuggling drugs into S'pore

Fri, 10 Feb 2012 16:00:00 GMT

The Singaporean man was trying to smuggle 558g of Ice and 100 Ecstasy tablets. -TNP