Police officers caught and detained a man suspected of assaulting and robbing a Ugandan citizen in Bucharest’s Sector 4

A 31-year-old Ugandan citizen was assaulted and robbed on Friday morning in Bucharest’s Sector 4. The suspect, a 30-year-old man, allegedly took his mobile phone after asking the victim to transport him by car for payment.

The incident took place at around 4:00 a.m., when Police Station 26 was notified of a robbery. According to the initial investigation, the victim was driving his personal vehicle, and the suspect either approached him or was approached by him in order to reach an address. At a traffic light, the suspect allegedly asked for the phone to make a call, then resorted to violence and fled with the device.

The victim pursued the man, who abandoned the phone nearby. The suspect was caught by officers from Police Station 26, with support from officers at Police Station 15, and taken in for questioning. After the evidence was gathered, he was detained for 24 hours, and the judge subsequently ordered his pre-trial detention for 30 days.

At the time of the offense, the man was already under judicial supervision and was being electronically monitored in another case. The investigation is continuing under the supervision of the Prosecutor’s Office attached to the Sector 4 District Court, on charges of aggravated robbery.