Jepara Police Arrest Perpetrators Of Motorcycle Confiscation Who Stabbed The Victim With Obeng

Jepara Police Chief AKBP Wahyu Nugroho Setyawan accompanied by Jepara Deputy Chief of Police Kompol Berry while educating the perpetrators of motorcycle theft at the Jepara Police Headquarters, Friday (11/24/2023). (ANTARA/HO-Polisi Jepara.)

JEPARA - Jepara Police, Central Java, arrested the perpetrators of the robbery of motorbikes with violence until the victim was injured. The perpetrator had fled to various areas. "In addition to arresting the perpetrator with the initials R (21), we also helped secure the motorbike belonging to the victim who was taken away from the area," said Jepara Police Chief AKBP Wahyu Nugroho Setyawan in Jepara, quoted by Antara, Friday, November 24. The arrest of the suspect involved personnel of the crime and violence (Jatanras) of the Central Java Police. The perpetrator, he said, was arrested in Blimbingrejo District, Malang City, East Java, on Wednesday, November 22 along with the victim's motorbike with the initials AR (21), a resident of Kancilan Village, Kembang District, Jepara. Previously, the perpetrator fled to Bantul, Jogja, Gresik, and Malang. After being arrested, the suspect was immediately taken to the Jepara Police for the investigation process. The evidence that was successfully secured includes a motorbike belonging to the victim, the victim's clothes, a knife, and a screwdriver. Meanwhile, the material losses suffered by the victim reached Rp. 24 million. Based on the confession of the perpetrator, the motive for the crime was purely because of the desire to take and control the victim's motorbike. The chronology of the incident began when the perpetrator, who is a resident of Bondo Village, Bangsri District, Jepara, asked his victim for help on Monday, November 13 evening, to be taken to a friend's house to discuss work issues. The two then made an appointment to meet somewhere, then went to the perpetrator's friend's house. With the victim's position riding a motorbike and the suspect riding a motorcycle. However, the perpetrator did not go to his friend's house but drove to Bangsri District. "Feeling suspicious, the victim asked to go home because his condition was late. Arriving at the forest of the poreng of Bondo Village, the victim asked for a replacement who was driving. Until the victim's position was riding a motorcycle and the perpetrator was riding a ride," he said. When crossing a deserted area, the perpetrator stabbed the victim from behind using a screwdriver many times until both of them and the vehicle finally stopped due to falling. The perpetrators also still beat and injured the victim's neck with scissors. After the victim was helpless, the perpetrator then fled on a motorbike belonging to the victim.

For his actions, the suspect was charged with Article 365 of the Criminal Code with a maximum sentence of 12 years in prison.