40s Sex Offender Who Damaged Electronic Ankle Bracelet Caught Within 12 Hours

A sex offender in his 40s who damaged an electronic ankle bracelet and fled was apprehended within 12 hours. Photo by Ministry of Justice Incheon Probation Office Western Branch provided.

[Asia Economy Reporter Yoo Byung-don] A man in his 40s, who was under probation supervision by the Ministry of Justice for a sex crime, damaged his location tracking electronic device (electronic anklet) and fled, but was caught in less than a day.

On the 8th, the Western Branch of the Incheon Probation Office under the Ministry of Justice announced that they had apprehended Mr. A (44), who damaged and fled with the electronic anklet he was wearing due to a previous sex crime conviction.

Mr. A, a resident of Incheon, damaged the electronic anklet and fled from a public parking lot in Sang-dong, Bucheon-si, Gyeonggi-do, at around 11:25 p.m. the previous day.

The police, who received a report from the Ministry of Justice, rushed to the scene, but Mr. A had already disappeared, and only the damaged electronic anklet he was wearing was found.

The Western Branch of the Incheon Probation Office and the police, who publicly issued a warrant for Mr. A and began tracking him, analyzed closed-circuit television (CCTV) footage and confirmed that Mr. A was in Ansan-si, Gyeonggi-do, at around 2 a.m. that day.

Subsequently, after receiving a tip that Mr. A was spotted near Oryu Station in Guro-gu, Seoul, they searched the area together with the Guro Police Station and apprehended Mr. A at around 11:30 a.m. that day in a motel with his girlfriend in her 20s, just one day after his escape.

Mr. A was previously imprisoned for committing sexual assault and was released in May 2019. He was ordered to wear the electronic anklet for 10 years.

A representative of the Western Branch of the Incheon Probation Office stated, "It is understood that Mr. A crossed from Incheon to Bucheon, damaged the electronic anklet, passed through Ansan, and fled to Seoul. We are investigating the circumstances of the electronic anklet damage with Mr. A."

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