Man arrested for hitting car, fleeing scene then filing false violent robbery report

The Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) in Kenya, arrested a man who had filed a false report claiming to have been violently robbed.

DCI nabbed Richard Muriuki who gave the false report about an accident he was allegedly involved in.

Muriuki filed the report at Langata Police Station on the night of October 20 with detectives immediately swinging into action.

According to DCI, Muriuki had reported that a white Nissan had hit his Toyota Fielder at the Nyayo Stadium roundabout on Mombasa road, forcing him to stop.

He went on to allege that three men, one brandishing a knife jumped out of the Nissan, confronted him and took off with his vehicle.

However, upon investigating the matter further, DCI detectives uncovered that his report was a hoax.

Instead, he had on the night of the incident hit the said Nissan and on realising his mistake, he fled the scene leaving his vehicle unattended.

“Detectives tracked down his Toyota Fielder to Industrial Area Police Station, where our Traffic counterparts had towed it for causing an obstruction. It was not robbed from him as alleged and has been lying at the Police Station since the night of the incident,” the DCI said.

Muriuki will be arraigned in court and charged for giving false information to a public officer, contrary to section 129 (a) of the penal code.