This honeytrap teenager, believed to be part of a gang involved in a string of robberies and rapes, broke both her legs after cops burst into a room, causing her to flee and fall from a wall.
The suspect has been named as Thalita Silva Teixeira, 19, and she was arrested in the south-eastern Brazilian city of Belford Roxo after a string of robberies that took place in the Itaipu and Shangri-La neighbourhoods.
The young woman was arrested during a joint action by Civil (investigative) and Military (preventive) police in Belford Roxo, which is located in the state of Rio de Janeiro, on Monday, 3rd January, after they received information about a series of robberies.
She was reportedly seen going around on a motorcycle, riding pillion behind her boyfriend and carrying a rifle.
Police spokesperson Alexandre Netto said: “The suspicion is that, with her beauty, she identified potential victims for the criminals. They have strong military power and go to their homes, subjugating them and stealing goods.”
Netto added: “Between five and six victims were assaulted. At the end of the afternoon, with the help of the Military Police, we were able to locate her. The others fled.”
The spokesperson also explained that upon realising that she was about to be arrested, the suspect fled, but she broke both her legs when she fell off a wall. It is not clear in whose residence she was arrested.
She had to be carried by members of the Military Police to the police station so that she could have both her legs put in casts.
The Civil Police also discovered that the 19-year-old woman apparently has a four-year-old child with a member of a local militia who is currently in prison.
The arrest comes after a string of robberies that also included rapes, including on vulnerable people, between 9th and 25th December.
The gang members are said to have stolen various items from their victims and are even said to have raped and sexually assaulted their female victims, including, in one case, a mother and her 13-year-old daughter.
The police are also looking for three other suspects, whom they have named as Luan Nascimento Duarte Silva, 18, who is believed to be Teixeira’s current boyfriend, Darlan Nascimento Duarte Silva, his brother, and a man named as Fabiano da Hora.
The brothers and Da Hora are also said to be involved in murder and attempted murder.
The three suspects are currently at large. The police investigation into the criminal organisation is currently ongoing, and Teixeira has a hearing regarding whether or not she will be remanded in custody today (6th January).
