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15 burglaries. $30,300 worth of loot. Places attacked at night include homes, a childcare centre and one religious organisation. No one would have guessed that the burglar's day job would be a police officer. Yesterday, staff sergant Mohamed Faisal Mohamed Yusoff pleaded guilty to five counts of housebreaking and theft. The judge considered the other ten similar charges, and sentenced the officer to 5 years' jail for burglaries carried out between last August and this February. According to The Straits Times report, Mohamed Faisal broke into the properties by using a screwdriver to prise open windows and sliding doors. The Sunshine Tots and Kids childcare centre in Frankel Avenue and homes in Geylang, Siglap and Paya Lebar were some of the locations he hit. The court was told the officer broke into the premises of Shalom Singapore religious organisation at midnight. Mohamed Faisal took $2,000 from the donation box, three gold bracelets and three gold anklets from a drawer. However. his biggest haul and downfall took place in an unlocked house along Mountbatten Road. He made off with $6,900 worth of valuables, including $2,400 in cash, two laptops, an iPad and its charger. Police were called when the owner returned home to find his items missing. Investigations led to Mohamed Faisal's subsequent arrest. The court was not told Mohamed Faisal's motive, but he had expressed regret for his actions in his written mitigation. The officer was attached to the divisional intelligence branch of the Central Police Division headquarters. According to The Straits Times report, he is believed to have been suspended from duty since his arrest. Mohamed Faisal's five-year jail sentence was backdated to when he was held in custody - Feb 26. He could have faced a jail term of up to 14 years and a fine of up to $10,000. Source: http://www.asiaone.com/News/Latest%2BNews/...427-342410.html Source: http://www.straitstimes.com/BreakingNews/S...ory_793143.html

A 24-year-old father of two has been given a two years' jail sentence by a Singapore court for breaking into his former workplace and stealing a cash till and the two-dollar bill in it. Ansar Anwar, a Malaysian, broke into a Sakae Sushi outlet at Parco Bugis Junction and forced open the rear door of the restaurant at about 6am on 28 June. With a screwdriver, Ansar pried open the cash till only to find $2. He took the cash till and left the restaurant but he later dumped the till and used the money to take a bus back to Johor Bahru. According to The Straits Times, Ansar was working at Sakae Sushi as a cleaner from 2007 to 2009. He returned to Singapore on 26 June to look for a new job and to borrow money from a friend. Having found none, Ansar decided to steal from his ex-workplace. The father of two was caught at Woodlands Checkpoint when he returned to Singapore on 2 July. A second person known as Dila was found to be involved in the housebreaking, but the man could not be found. Despite stealing only $2, Ansar could have been jailed for up to 14 years.

http://sg.news.yahoo.com/blogs/singaporesc...-045624142.html A 24-year-old father of two has been given a two years' jail sentence by a Singapore court for breaking into his former workplace and stealing a cash till and the two-dollar bill in it. Ansar Anwar, a Malaysian, broke into a Sakae Sushi outlet at Parco Bugis Junction and forced open the rear door of the restaurant at about 6am on 28 June. With a screwdriver, Ansar pried open the cash till only to find $2. He took the cash till and left the restaurant but he later dumped the till and used the money to take a bus back to Johor Bahru. According to The Straits Times, Ansar was working at Sakae Sushi as a cleaner from 2007 to 2009. He returned to Singapore on 26 June to look for a new job and to borrow money from a friend. Having found none, Ansar decided to steal from his ex-workplace. The father of two was caught at Woodlands Checkpoint when he returned to Singapore on 2 July. A second person known as Dila was found to be involved in the housebreaking, but the man could not be found. Despite stealing only $2, Ansar could have been jailed for up to 14 years.

警方前日逮捕一名入屋行窃的窃贼，令人惊讶的是，窃贼年仅12岁。这名目前仍在求学的华族男孩相信涉及至少四起发生在义顺地区的入屋行窃案。 据了解，男孩往往轻易地从正门走入没有上锁的住屋单位，然后顺手牵羊。他一共偷窃了250元现金及一台价值2500元的手提电脑。 警方掌握男孩的身份后，前晚在其位于义顺的住家将他逮捕归案。 入屋行窃罪一旦成立，触犯者将面对最高10年的监禁。 Source: omy Agar translation: Police arrested a burglar yesterday and the alarming thing is he is only 12. This ethinic Chinese boy is still studying and believed to be responsible for at least 4 burglaries around Yishun area. It is understood the boy would enter apartments that were not locked and help himself. He has stolen about $250 in cash and a$ 2500 laptop. Ah boy faces 10 years of detention if convicted.

ALL THESE TO CATCH A BAREFOOT 'BURGLAR' Police dogs Gurha soldiers Cops in uniform, plainclothes Special ops vehicles May 26, 2008 FOR just one young man suspected of breaking into a house, the police dispatched a large force to seal a hill. ? Picture: Shin Min Daily After an extensive search lasting four hours, they captured the suspect. At about 6.30am yesterday, police got information that there was a break-in at a house on Arcadia Road off Adam Road. They immediately sent a patrol car to check. A Shin Min Daily News reporter, who got a tip-off from a reader, rushed to the area and saw six police cars. Three policemen, with a police dog each, searched the nearby wooded area. Another police dog awaited orders. It was 10.30am when police sent seven 'red cars' carrying policemen believed to be from Special Operations Command to the area. Some 20 plainclothes and uniformed policemen started surrounding the hilltop, conducting a thorough search operation. Not long later, Gurkha soldiers and more special forces policemen arrived to join in the search, Shin Min Daily News reported. An hour after, police nabbed a man who looked to be in his 20s. He was handcuffed with his hands behind his back. This man wasn't wearing any shoes as he walked out. His head was held low. He wore a dark blue T-shirt and pants. Residents said he looked familiar, and that he could be a foreign worker from a nearby construction site. A police spokesman confirmed that they detained a man suspected of breaking-and-entering, and they are still investigating. At the hilltop of Arcadia Road, there are two condominiums and several colonial-era black-and-white bungalows. It is understood the burglary had happened in one of those bungalows. After taking the man away, police continued to search the wooded area to ensure he had no accomplices. They wrapped up the search at 12.20pm. http://newpaper.asia1.com.sg/news/story/0,...,165754,00.html?