A police investigation found that a 30-year-old man surnamed Yeh, who had been imprisoned for drug-related crimes and earned a living doing odd jobs after being released in March, had befriended a 19-year-old man surnamed Huang, who shared the same hometown with Yeh. Because neither man had had any work opportunities lately, they drew up a robbery plan, preparing a watermelon knife and black tape to conceal their scooter license plate. On the evening of Oct. 3, they went to Tamsui looking for targets.
Yeh and Huang found a man surnamed Chou sitting alone near a construction site. They approached him and threatened him with the knife. To save his life, Chou handed them NT$900. Since the two suspects both worked at construction sites, they knew those NT$900 could be all that Chou had earned in a day’s work. Seeing his agony, they returned a NT$100 note to him, saying that, “We are all poor miserable people,” and left.
Two hours later, they spotted a female scooter rider surnamed Pu on the road. They waited until she parked her scooter, and then Yeh approached her and politely said, “I am robbing you of your money. Please give me your wallet.” Astounded, Pu thought she had heard wrong, but seeing the watermelon knife convinced her that she was in fact encountering robbers. She complied and gave them her wallet with NT$2,800 of cash in it.
On Oct. 6, police from the Tamsui Police Precinct went to Yeh and Huang’s lodging to arrest them. The watermelon knife and other items, the victim’s wallet and other evidence were all confiscated. The two men admitted the crime, explaining that they were released from prison in March, but because they could not find any jobs and did not have enough money, they resorted to robbery. After questioning, the police arrested the two.
(Liberty Times, translated by Ethan Zhan)
警方調查，一名三十歲葉姓男子因毒品案入獄服刑，今年三月出獄後靠打零工為生，認識同鄉十九歲的黃姓男子。兩人最近沒有工作機會，竟擬定搶劫計畫，準備一把西瓜刀，以黑色膠帶黏貼機車車牌，十月三日晚到淡水尋找目標。
葉、黃二人在某工地發現落單的周男，持刀上前恐嚇。周為保全性命交出九百元。二嫌也是在工地討生活，知道這些錢幾乎是周男一天的薪水，見到他難過的神情，竟還他一張百元鈔，留下一句「咱都是艱苦人」才騎車離開。
二嫌兩個小時後，又在路上選定溥姓女機車騎士，待溥女停好車後，葉隨即上前禮貌地說「我要搶妳錢，皮夾請給我。」溥女當場傻眼，一度以為自己聽錯，但見對方手持西瓜刀，才確信自己遇到搶匪，乖乖交出包包，損失二千八百元現金。
淡水警分局十月六日到二嫌落腳地逮人，查扣西瓜刀等犯案工具、被害人皮夾等證物。二嫌承認犯行，供稱今年三月才剛出獄，因找不到工作，手頭緊才會搶劫。警訊後，將二人送辦。
〔記者黃捷／新北報導〕
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