Police have a peculiar way of addressing crimes and one of the ways to nab the criminals is by using sketches of them. Police always try to get a sketch of the suspect so that it becomes easy for them to get hold of them. Sketches have also led to many arrests all across the world. There are also specialists who make these sketches. Police are benefitted from the fact that they have leads to go ahead in the case. It is always easy to approach the case and arrest the suspect when they have an idea about how this suspect would have looked.
Recently, a witness created a cartoonish sketch of the suspect to arrest him. The cartoonish sketch was initially ridiculed for its simplicity. But, in fact, that simple cartoonish sketch helped the police to track down the suspect. As per the statement of Police authorities in Pennsylvania, they have now identified the suspect of the theft case. And, it became possible only because of that cartoonish sketch provided by the witness.
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Apart from that sketch, Police were also provided physical description of the suspect. With all these information at hand, Police was able to zero down on the suspect. The sketch initially helped Police to narrow down the search. The suspect who was identified as Hung Phoc Nguyen was a 44 years old thief. Nguyen was charged with an accusation of impersonating an employee at the Central Market in Lancaster.
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Nguyen was successful in taking cash away from a stand when the employee stationed there went for some other works. Nguyen fled from the Central Market in Lancaster with an unidentified amount of cash.
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The cartoonish sketch which was provided by the witness had stark similarities with the suspect. The witness had also provided a fair bit of details about Nguyen’s physical descriptions.
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“The suspect was described as a male 30-40 years of age, 5’04” tall, petite build and was possibly South American or Asian. The suspect was further described as having straight, black hair that covered his ears and that he had wide-set cheekbones and a pointed chin.”
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The Police department also hailed the sketch that was provided to them by the witness. They said that despite the simplicity of the sketch, it was very helpful in nabbing the thief. They were quite happy about the sketch.
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“While the sketch provided by the witness may have appeared amateurish and cartoonish, it, along with the distinctive physical descriptors, jogged the memory of at least one investigator to provide a potential suspect name.”
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There were few officers who were quite able to zero down on the suspect Nguyen based the sketch provided to them. Police officials also got a lot of information regarding the physical description and the modus operandi of the theft. All these information were quite useful in getting hold of the suspect.
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After the identification process has been completed, the Police department is asking the people to immediately report about the suspect whenever they spot him.
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The police department has said that anyone who will be having the information about the current location of the suspect, should immediately report to them. They are also appealing to the public to remain vigilant about this suspect. They should be alert about the face of the Nguyen.
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The theft happened at the Central Market in Lancaster on January 30. The witnesses at the market described to the Police that the suspect was a male possibly between the ages of 30 to 40. The witness had also said that the suspect was "petite build" and "possibly Asian or South American". All these information was enough for the Police department to sift through the records to identify the suspect.
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The police department also issued a news release in which they mentioned that the details of the suspect were described to them as he was someone with "straight, black hair that covered his ears" and "wide-set cheekbones and a pointed chin."
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The success, in this case, proves a thing or two. It says that it is very easy to identify the suspect once you have an accurate sketch in your hands. Also, it says that witnesses are very important when it comes to identifying a suspect.
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