{"id":465967,"date":"2018-02-20T15:30:29","date_gmt":"2018-02-20T15:30:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2018\/02\/20\/suspected-mobile-phone-thief-escapes-death\/"},"modified":"2018-02-20T15:30:29","modified_gmt":"2018-02-20T15:30:29","slug":"suspected-mobile-phone-thief-escapes-death","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2018\/02\/20\/suspected-mobile-phone-thief-escapes-death\/","title":{"rendered":"Suspected mobile phone thief escapes death"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"medsection1\">\n<!-- End of html generated by this->header() --><\/p>\n<p class=\"floatLeft\">General News of Tuesday, 20 February 2018<\/p>\n<p class=\"floatRight\"><strong>Source: <\/strong>dailyguideafrica.com<\/p>\n<p>2018-02-20<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-left\">\n<p class=\"article-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/73059411.295.jpg\" alt=\"Suspect Evans Hackim Dks\" title=\"Suspect Evans Hackim Dks\" width=\"295\" height=\"193\" \/><span class=\"image_caption\"><span>Suspect Evans Hackim<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"noPrint\">\n<div id=\"537626303\" style=\"width:300;height:250;margin:0;padding:0\">\n<p>\t\t  <noscript><iframe loading=\"lazy\" id=\"b2ad7fa7fd\" name=\"b2ad7fa7fd\" src=\"http:\/\/ghanaweb-d.openx.net\/w\/1.0\/afr?auid=537626303&amp;cb=151125813973067\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" width=\"300\" height=\"250\"><a href=\"\/\/ghanaweb-d.openx.net\/w\/1.0\/rc?cs=b2ad7fa7fd&amp;cb=151125813973067\"><\/p>\n<p>\t\t  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/1519140629_128_ai\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/iframe><\/noscript><\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"clear:right\">But for the timely intervention of the Winneba Police, a 25-year-old man, who was accused of stealing a mobile phone, would have been lynched by a mob.<\/p>\n<p>Evans Hackim, according to police reports, stole a mobile phone that was being charged in a client\u2019s shop under the pretext of selling air fresheners.<\/p>\n<p>Three other mobile phones, suspected to have also been stolen by suspect, were discovered in his bag during a search by the police.<\/p>\n<p>The Winneba District Crime Officer, ASP Reverend John Agbemebiase, when contacted, said around 2:45 pm on Friday, October 16, 2018, police had information that a suspected thief had been attacked by a mob.<\/p>\n<p>The police rushed to the scene and managed to save Hackim, who was later transported to the police station for safe keeping.<\/p>\n<p>The said techno mobile phone was also recovered by the police.<\/p>\n<p>Information indicated that Hackim came to the shop of the complainant under the pretext of selling air fresheners but ended up stealing a mobile phone.<\/p>\n<p>Three additional mobile phones, including Motorola, Samsung and Techno, were also found in his bag.<\/p>\n<p>In his caution statement, the suspect confessed that he stole the three other mobile phones from different shops that same day.<\/p>\n<p>He led the police to those shops that he visited to allegedly steal the phones.<\/p>\n<p>The victims have since reported at the police station to identify their phones.<\/p>\n<p>He said the suspect has provisionally been charged with unlawful entry and stealing and would be arraigned before court after police investigations.<\/p>\n<p><!-- uploaded by: 48 updated by: -1 --><\/p>\n<p><!-- Start of html generated by this->footer() -->\n<\/div>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a style=\"display:none\" rel=\"follow\" href=\"http:\/\/megatheme.ir\/\" title=\"\u0642\u0627\u0644\u0628 \u0648\u0631\u062f\u067e\u0631\u0633\">\u0642\u0627\u0644\u0628 \u0648\u0631\u062f\u067e\u0631\u0633<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>General News of Tuesday, 20 February 2018 Source: dailyguideafrica.com 2018-02-20 Suspect Evans Hackim But for the timely intervention of the Winneba Police, a 25-year-old man, who was accused of stealing a mobile phone, would have been lynched by a mob. 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