{"id":7127,"date":"2026-11-05T21:35:33","date_gmt":"2026-11-05T19:35:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.zakvisnyk.com.ua\/2026\/11\/05\/he-broke-into-a-home-beat-and-robbed-an-83-year-old-woman-a-22-year-old-robber-will-stand-trial-in-zakarpattia\/"},"modified":"2026-11-05T21:35:33","modified_gmt":"2026-11-05T19:35:33","slug":"he-broke-into-a-home-beat-and-robbed-an-83-year-old-woman-a-22-year-old-robber-will-stand-trial-in-zakarpattia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.zakvisnyk.com.ua\/en\/2026\/11\/05\/he-broke-into-a-home-beat-and-robbed-an-83-year-old-woman-a-22-year-old-robber-will-stand-trial-in-zakarpattia\/","title":{"rendered":"He broke into a home, beat and robbed an 83-year-old woman: a 22-year-old robber will stand trial in Zakarpattia"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>A young man broke into a pensioner\u2019s home in Velykyi Bychkiv, used force, took cash and gold, and fled into the forest. Police investigators have completed their investigation\u2014the assailant faces up to 15 years in prison.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Investigators from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zakvisnyk.com.ua\/en\/zakarpattia-news\/rakhiv-district\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.zakvisnyk.com.ua\/news-of-transcarpathia\/rakhiv-district\/\">the Rakhiv District<\/a> Police Department, under the procedural supervision of the Tyachiv District Prosecutor\u2019s Office, have completed the pretrial investigation and filed an indictment with the court against a 22-year-old resident of the village of Bedevlya in the Tyachiv District. The man is accused of committing a brazen robbery against an elderly resident of the village of Velykyi Bychkiv.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This was reported by the Transcarpathian Regional Police.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Timeline of the brutal attack<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The crime took place in late August in Velykyi Bychkiv:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Breaking into the home:<\/strong> The perpetrator took advantage of the fact that the front door of the 83-year-old woman\u2019s house was unlocked and entered the residence;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Assault and robbery:<\/strong> The young man immediately pounced on the defenseless homeowner, used physical force against her, aggressively demanded her savings, and took all the cash she had on hand along with her gold jewelry;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Calling the police:<\/strong> After the attacker fled, the injured elderly woman was able to ask her grandson for help, and he immediately called the police to the scene.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Apprehension of the Fugitive in a Forest Area<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Upon receiving the alert, police officers in Rakhiv District launched urgent investigative operations. As a result of coordinated efforts, police officers quickly tracked down and apprehended the suspect: the young man was hiding in a wooded area near the village.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">During a search, law enforcement officers seized part of the funds stolen from the victim from the detainee.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Punishment Under Martial Law<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The accused\u2019s actions are classified under <strong>Part 4 of Article 187 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine<\/strong> (robbery aimed at seizing property on a large or especially large scale, or committed by an organized group, or under martial law, or combined with the infliction of serious bodily injury).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Throughout the pretrial investigation, the suspect remained in custody without the right to post bail.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The case file has now been submitted to the court for consideration. For the robbery committed under martial law, the young man faces a sentence of<strong> 8 to 15 years in prison with confiscation of property<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Source:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/zk.npu.gov.ua\/kontakty-dlia-zvernennia\" target=\"_blank\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/zk.npu.gov.ua\/kontakty-dlia-zvernennia\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Main Directorate of the National Police in Zakarpattia Oblast \/ Tyachiv District Prosecutor\u2019s Office.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" data-id=\"5704\" src=\"https:\/\/www.zakvisnyk.com.ua\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/IMG_0127-1024x768.webp\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5704\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.zakvisnyk.com.ua\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/IMG_0127-1024x768.webp 1024w, https:\/\/www.zakvisnyk.com.ua\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/IMG_0127-300x225.webp 300w, https:\/\/www.zakvisnyk.com.ua\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/IMG_0127-768x576.webp 768w, https:\/\/www.zakvisnyk.com.ua\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/IMG_0127.webp 1280w\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" data-id=\"5705\" src=\"https:\/\/www.zakvisnyk.com.ua\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/IMG_0128-1024x768.webp\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5705\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.zakvisnyk.com.ua\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/IMG_0128-1024x768.webp 1024w, https:\/\/www.zakvisnyk.com.ua\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/IMG_0128-768x576.webp 768w, https:\/\/www.zakvisnyk.com.ua\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/IMG_0128-300x225.webp 300w, https:\/\/www.zakvisnyk.com.ua\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/IMG_0128.webp 1280w\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"766\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" data-id=\"5707\" src=\"https:\/\/www.zakvisnyk.com.ua\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/IMG_0125-1024x766.webp\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5707\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.zakvisnyk.com.ua\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/IMG_0125-1024x766.webp 1024w, https:\/\/www.zakvisnyk.com.ua\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/IMG_0125-767x574.webp 767w, https:\/\/www.zakvisnyk.com.ua\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/IMG_0125-300x225.webp 300w, https:\/\/www.zakvisnyk.com.ua\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/IMG_0125.webp 1280w\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"826\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" data-id=\"5706\" src=\"https:\/\/www.zakvisnyk.com.ua\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/IMG_0126-1024x826.webp\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5706\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.zakvisnyk.com.ua\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/IMG_0126-1024x826.webp 1024w, https:\/\/www.zakvisnyk.com.ua\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/IMG_0126-300x242.webp 300w, https:\/\/www.zakvisnyk.com.ua\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/IMG_0126-767x619.webp 767w, https:\/\/www.zakvisnyk.com.ua\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/IMG_0126.webp 1189w\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A young man broke into a pensioner\u2019s home in Velykyi Bychkiv, used force, took cash and gold, and fled into the forest. Police investigators have completed their investigation\u2014the assailant faces up to 15 years in prison. Investigators from the Rakhiv District Police Department, under the procedural supervision of the Tyachiv District Prosecutor\u2019s Office, have completed [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":5707,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1389,1510,1392],"tags":[2099,2095,2098,2096,2097,2100],"class_list":["post-7127","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-zakarpattia-news","category-rakhiv","category-rakhiv-district","tag-armed-robbery-in-velykyi-bychkiv","tag-crime-news","tag-rakhiv-district-police-department","tag-robbery-of-an-83-year-old-woman-in-zakarpattia","tag-transcarpathian-police","tag-tyachiv-district-prosecutors-office"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.zakvisnyk.com.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7127","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.zakvisnyk.com.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.zakvisnyk.com.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.zakvisnyk.com.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.zakvisnyk.com.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7127"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.zakvisnyk.com.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7127\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.zakvisnyk.com.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5707"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.zakvisnyk.com.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7127"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.zakvisnyk.com.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7127"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.zakvisnyk.com.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7127"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}