A 41-year-old woman was robbed on the night of Friday, November 13, near the La India monument on PR-1 in Caguas, the Puerto Rico Police Bureau reported. The woman was walking in the area around 7:30 PM when two individuals intercepted her; one of them, using intimidation and threatening her with a syringe, took $100 in cash from her.
Both individuals left the scene after the robbery. The woman suffered no physical injuries. Agent Kevin Yadiel Orta Villanueva, assigned to the Caguas District, carried out the preliminary investigation and referred the case to the Robbery, Extortion, Property, Assault and Missing Persons Division (DIREPAPD) of the Caguas Criminal Investigation Corps (CIC).
The Police Bureau said anyone with information that helps clarify the case can call 787-343-2020, or provide it through X at @PRPDNoticias or the agency’s Facebook page. The report notes at least one other criminal incident in Puerto Rico this year in which a syringe figured as an element of the crime. In August, in Vieques, a woman reported being assaulted after a man approached her and injected her with a substance in her arm.
Police were alerted on Sunday, August 16, around 11:00 PM; the preliminary investigation said the victim was in the Villa Hugo sector on road 200 of the island municipality. The woman said an individual she could identify allegedly injected a white substance into her right arm with a syringe, then left in a vehicle. She was taken to a hospital for evaluation and exams, and her condition was described as stable.