A few crime stories from around the PRD this week:
One night, three stick-ups
Wearing masks purchased at the pharmacy and wielding plastic guns from a toy store, three post-90s punks in Heshan robbed three pedestrians in Heshan earlier this week. One of their victims was chased into a supermarket and beaten, then removed of his cash and cellphone. Police detained the out-of-province young men, two aged 17 and the other 21, at an internet cafe the following evening. (Southern Metropolis Daily)
Employment scam turns deadly
In Dongguan, a young Hunan native is now in police custody after stabbing one operator of an employment services racket outside the bus terminal in Houjie town. 
Having previously given the job agency 300 RMB to help him find work, frustration at ongoing lack of any offers gave way to his decision on February 15 to take a knife and, unable to recover his money, in broad daylight stab to death one male employee of the employment agency. Police arrived with the stabbing victim already dead on the street, and detained his killer following a 10-minute standoff. Police later ventured to the job agency only to find that their files had been burnt and the other employees long gone. An investigation is said to be underway. (Yangcheng Evening News)
Text messages in lost phone betray corrupt cop
A Nokia N82 was found on the weight room floor of a recreational club in Guangzhou’s Longgang district on early this week. 
After browsing SMS messages stored in the phone, first the man who found it learned that the phone belonged to a local cop, then with further snooping came to understand some of the various shady services the cop provides in exchange for lucky money packets. After getting in contact with the owner, who promised 1,000 RMB in exchange for the phone, a time and location was set to hand it back. Instead of the cop, a woman showed up, and when she refused to pay the additional several RMB spent trying to track down the phone’s owner, the police were called. With an incident report opened, the incriminating text messages then became grounds for a separate case now involving the Longgang Public Security Bureau discipline and supervision department. (Southern Metropolis Daily)
