Pionki. Apartment break-in. Valuables disappeared. Two arrested

In recent days, a theft has occurred in Pionki. “Two men entered the apartment through an open window while the residents were away and stole valuable items, which they packed, among other things, in a suitcase stolen there. The men opened the door from the inside and one of them left the apartment, avoiding the owners, while the other wanted to hide in the stairwell,” Justyna Jaśkiewicz from the Municipal Police Headquarters in Radom described in a statement.

When the residents entered the house and saw that a theft had occurred, the owner went out to the staircase to check if anyone was there. As the officers determined, that was when he was attacked by the perpetrator, who then fled.

After receiving information about the incident, local police officers began to identify the perpetrators. “A few hours after the incident, at night, the Commander of the Police Station in Pionki and the Deputy Head of the Criminal Department of the Police Station in Pionki detained a 19-year-old hiding in the bushes, who attacked the owner of the robbed apartment,” Jaśkiewicz added. The officers detained the second suspect in the crime, a 21-year-old, the following day. The police also recovered some of the stolen items.

Both detainees were taken to a police cell. They were taken to the prosecutor's office, where they heard the charges.

The younger man will be held accountable for armed robbery and will spend the next three months in custody. This crime carries a penalty of up to 10 years in prison.

The older man has been charged with theft and faces up to 5 years in prison. He was placed under police supervision.