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The Guardian
4 days ago
- General
- The Guardian
Utah teenager located safe and in good health after going missing in April
A 15-year-old Utah girl, who vanished in April, has been located safe and in good health in Colorado Springs, authorities confirmed late Sunday night. According to Sgt Shaun Becker, Alisa Petrov walked into the Colorado Springs police department earlier that evening and identified herself. Officials stated she appeared to be unharmed and physically well. Alisa had last been seen six weeks ago on 21 April, captured on surveillance footage leaving a train platform in Provo. That marked the last known sighting of her until this week's development. Investigators have not yet disclosed how she traveled to Colorado or whether she was coerced or detained during her time away. Detectives are now coordinating efforts to reunite Alisa with her family. Her father, Nikolai Petrov, had previously said that the family's priority was her safe return rather than pursuing arrests or placing blame. 'Obviously, it's best if she just walked in the door and said 'Hey, I'm back,' that would be the best outcome,' he said in an interview with KUTV. The circumstances surrounding Alisa's disappearance remain largely unclear. Officials have not released information about where she stayed over the past six weeks or the specific reasons behind her decision to turn herself in. A more detailed statement is expected, according to Becker, as authorities work on an official news release. In a Facebook post, Nikolai Petrov shared the good news. 'We are all really happy that Alisa is found and looking forward to seeing her!' he wrote on Facebook. 'Special thanks to the South Jordan Police Department who worked on weekends, and to the Salt Lake City FBI who helped them. Thank you to all of our friends for your help and support.' The day she went missing, Alisa was dropped off at Canyon Grove Academy in American Fork, roughly 32 miles south of Salt Lake City. However, she never attended classes. Instead, she purchased supplies at a nearby Speedway gas station and persuaded a man to drive her to a local train station. From there, she traveled to Provo, about 14 miles away, where she reportedly asked multiple individuals for assistance in purchasing a bus ticket to Las Vegas. Her goal was to meet 35-year-old Matthew Nicholas Menard, whom she had been in contact with. The teen's mother Olga had previously told the Daily Mail that Alisa had saved about $1,000 from birthday gifts and allowance money, which she kept after turning 15 on 16 April, just five days before she disappeared.
Japan Times
27-05-2025
- Japan Times
Osaka police arrest two men in ¥100 million home burglary
Two men have been arrested on suspicion of stealing a safe containing roughly ¥100 million ($702,500) from a company president's home in Osaka Prefecture last year, in a case authorities believe may be linked to yami baito, or shady part-time jobs, according to media reports. Jo Ochiai, 23, and Takeshi Tamura, 34 — both unemployed and without fixed addresses — were detained on theft and related charges, NHK and other media reported Monday, quoting the Osaka Prefectural Police. The burglary took place in late August last year at the home of a woman in the city of Sayama, Osaka Prefecture. According to reports, the woman left her residence for about an hour to have lunch, locking only an inner door for ventilation while leaving the outer door unlocked. When she returned, the inner door's lock had been tampered with and a safe was missing. The stolen safe reportedly contained about ¥100 million in cash and six commemorative coins. Investigators believe the suspects may have had advance knowledge of both the cash and the location of a spare key inside the home, MBS News reported. Roughly a month after the burglary, Ochiai was arrested in the city of Osaka for a separate hit-and-run incident. During that arrest, officers discovered approximately ¥21 million in cash in his vehicle — with ¥1 million and ¥10 million bundles wrapped in paper bands — believed to be proceeds from the burglary, the report said. Police later identified Tamura as the second suspect through a review of surveillance footage from the vicinity of the Sayama crime scene. Investigators used a relay-style analysis of multiple security cameras to track the suspects' vehicle and movements. Tamura, who was out on bail for a separate theft case at the time, was arrested and charged with violating the code of criminal procedure for failing to return to his court-ordered residence. According to MBS, both men have past indictments for theft involving different accomplices, strengthening police suspicions that they were recruited through a yami baito opportunity. Authorities say such schemes are increasingly associated with decentralized criminal structures known as tokuryū, or 'anonymous and fluid' criminal groups that recruit accomplices on an ad hoc basis through illicit online job postings.
CTV News
21-05-2025
- CTV News
Safe and guns stolen from Woolwich home
An image of a safe, similar to one stolen from a Woolwich home, is seen in this undated stock image. (Courtesy: Waterloo Regional Police Service) The Waterloo Regional Police Service is looking for a safe with several guns inside which was stolen from a Woolwich home. On Monday, police were told about a break-in at a home in the Kraft Drive area. They were told sometime between May 16 and May 19, someone got into the house and stole a black safe with gold accents and a turn-dial lock. The safe had several firearms inside. Residents in the area are being asked to check their security footage for suspicious people, vehicles or activity.
