Boquete’s Hometown Crime Force in Action


News from Panama / Tuesday, June 28th, 2011

I got this Noticias from our hometown crime force called Alto Crimen who worked with local authorities in capturing a criminal so he can be put away.  While Panama can be a magnet for criminals, as they say in sniper school, “you can run but you will only die tired!”  Bravo Alto Crimen. 

June 26, 2011

At approximately 9:30 PM, Fredrick Allen Osburn, “Ozzie” was arrested and taken into custody in the vicinity of Las Ruinas Restaurant in a joint operation coordinated by Alto al Crimen and the local police authorities. 

Complete details will be provided later, but the successful arrest came about as a result of followup of a recent burglary in Los Molinos by Alto al Crimen, in which Ozzie offered to return certain stolen valuables in return for a payoff of $2000. A sting operation was organized by Alto al Crimen including  high -level elements of the DIJ and DIP police forces, a private investigator retained by Alto al Crimen and Ralph Henrich of Boquete Consulting Security, who posed as the son of the victim and went to meet Ozzie with the payoff money and a bulletproof vest. Over ten people were directly involved in the operation tonight, including a member of the Alto al Crimen board of directors. 

Ozzie was captured without incident and was found to be in possession of a 9mm Glock pistol, recently stolen from a guest at Rodrigo Marciacq’s Villa Marrita bed and breakfast, diamonds from the Los Molinos heist, burglary tools, checks, passports and other stolen items from recent crimes in the Boquete area.

Ozzie is facing a host of (this time for sure) very serious charges, which we will detail when they are formally made. 

Here is the whole story of the Legend of Ozzie