Trying out his luck
Boon Wongsawang is arrested.
Pattaya police nabbed Boon Wongsawang, 29, at his girlfriend’s place in soi Krom Tee Din 2 of Bang Lamung district, about 700m from the scene of the crime.
Mr Boon stole the ring from a shop, unnamed in news reports, on Dec 2 to raise money to feed his online gambling and drug habits.
He made off with a ring of 1 baht gold weight worth 45,000 baht, which he sold later in Pattaya.
After committing his spur-of-the-moment robbery, he was pictured on CCTV running from the store, taking off a jacket, and hailing a motorcycle hire taxi.
He jumped off the bike in soi Krom Tee Din 2 to evade pursuing police but initially left the area rather than taking shelter with his girlfriend, who lives in the soi.
He opened a room in the Khao Mai Kaeo area as he waited for public interest in the robbery to fade, but locals recognised him from news reports, forcing him to flee to his girlfriend’s place, where police caught him on Dec 4.
Police had heard his girlfriend lived in soi Krom Tee Din 2, and turned up there. He gave up without a fight.
Speaking after his arrest, Mr Boon said he had been working as a security guard at a local hotel but lost his job.
“He was walking around with no particular destination in mind, and sleeping by the side of the road,” news reports said.
“He took a rest in front of a department store when he noticed a gold shop inside the entrance. Few people were about so he walked in pretending to be a customer interested in a gold ring.
“They showed him a ring and he decided to keep it. He said farewell to the staff (‘I’m off now, okay?’) and ran out the door,” they added.
Police say he sold the ring to buy ya ba pills, gamble on the internet, and buy a phone for his girlfriend.
He had previously sold some of her belongings to pay off a gambling debt and needed to make amends.
Pattaya police, who charged Mr Boon with theft, urged him to turn over a new leaf once he has served his punishment.
They also issued one of their regular pleas to pawn shops to take a good look at goods offered by customers and report any suspicious items to the law.
Just another victim
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| Chalongrat 'Ta' Kongosot |
A city vagrant who has spent many years inside jail for violent offences admitted killing a man sleeping by the side of the road, but can’t say why he did it.
Don Muang and Metro Police Division 2 police nabbed Chalongrat “Ta” or “Pump” Kongosot, 36, close to Phaholyothin Rd in Thanyaburi district of Pathum Thani on Dec 2.
He admitted killing a man sleeping by the side of the road in the Kan Kheha skytrain area, where he normally sleeps, on Nov 28.
Chalongrat, who has served time for murder and assault, among other offences, said he was drunk and walking along the road randomly. CCTV caught him crossing a road barrier where he came across the sleeping man, who was not identified.
Chalongrat said he hit him over the head with a rock to knock him out, and tried to molest him sexually, but found he could not finish the job. He dragged him to the side of the road and tried again, once again with no luck.
“I was scared he would regain consciousness, so hit him with the rock again, I am not sure how many times,” he told police.
He left him there with his pants down, but covered the body with banana leaves to disguise it. However, a passerby noticed the body when it began to decompose.
After killing the man, Chalongrat went back to the skytrain station, where he came across a pensioner who gave him a free ride on the skytrain to Rangsit, when they split up.
“After that, I was selling old stuff to make ends meet when police nabbed me,” he said. Police had heard the suspect had taken shelter in the 200 Years Market area in Rangsit, and tracked him down there.
Chalongrat admitted he had never met the victim, and is not sure why he decided to take his life.
A check of his record found he has been in and out of prison for years.
In 2006, Chalongrat was jailed for killing one of his parents and freed 10 years later.
In 2017, he was jailed for jointly committing a robbery, assault causing serious injury, and unlawful detention. He was freed in 2021.
Then, two years ago, he was jailed for assault causing serious injury, and released at the end of last year. For his latest offence, police charged him with murder with intent, and disguising a body.
The man from over the way
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| Piyanid tried to have sex with his neighbour. |
A woman in Chaiyaphum slapped an intruder in her bed when he tried to penetrate her in her sleep.
“B”, 33, complained to Sap Yai police when the man, Piyanid (no surname given), 26, her immediate neighbour, climbed into her bed and tried to have sex. Her husband was away at the time.
“My husband had gone out into the field to look for mice and had not yet returned, so I figured it was not him,” she told police. “I slapped the intruder in the face twice and called out for help.”
The intruder fled, but B said she knew who it was, and told police. Piyanid, who admitted the offence when police turned up, said he was drunk at the time, and would like to apologise to the victim.
When police arrived he was resting on a wooden bed in front of his house as if nothing had happened. “I was drinking at a friend’s house with 10 people and had a friend take me home. That’s when I decided to let myself into B’s place,” he said.
He had also taken ya ba pills five days before, which may have contributed to his recklessness. Police nabbed him for molesting her and illegal entry.
Gruesome discovery
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| The scene by the motorcycle at the side of the road. |
An unfortunate motorcyclist in Surat Thani was hit with such force by a hit-and-run driver that his head was cut clean off.
Tha Chana police were looking for the driver who hit a motorcyclist in Prasong sub-district on Dec 4.
A badly damaged motorcycle was found by the side of the road. Ten metres down, police found the body, unidentified in news reports. They also found parts of the vehicle which hit him.
Five metres away, they found the motorcyclist’s head in the bushes. The impact of the collision took off his head.
Locals say the victim, 52, works at a rubber plantation about 2km from his home. They suspect he went out to buy some supplies and went past turnoff to his place.
He stopped his motorcycle and was about to turn around when the vehicle hit him. The driver fled the scene. Police, who are looking for the driver, sent the body for an autopsy.
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