Police Break Car Window, Release Alleged Crime Boss Unconditionally
Translated & summarized from Maariv by baba
Former crime organization head Eitan Chaya was released unconditionally by police after a three-day detention. His arrest in Tel Aviv involved an alleged confrontation where Chaya claimed officers assaulted him. Video of the arrest, showing police breaking car windows, led the court to order an investigation by the Police Internal Investigations Department.
The story in 5 lines · by baba
- Eitan Chaya, a former crime boss, was released unconditionally after a three-day detention.
- Police arrested Chaya in Tel Aviv while searching for another suspect.
- Chaya alleges officers assaulted him during the arrest, which was filmed.
- The court ordered an investigation into alleged police violence by Mahash.
- The arrest was related to an investigation into a criminal assault in Jerusalem.
Former crime organization head Eitan Chaya was released unconditionally on Thursday, three days after his high-profile arrest in Tel Aviv. Chaya was arrested by Jerusalem District detectives who were in Tel Aviv searching for another suspect. During the attempted arrest, a confrontation occurred, during which Chaya claims officers assaulted him without justification. Video footage of the arrest, which circulated on social media, showed police breaking the vehicle's windows.
Chaya was brought before the Jerusalem Magistrate's Court on Thursday, where police sought to extend his detention as part of an investigation into an assault on a criminal in Jerusalem that occurred about ten days prior. Police suspected Chaya and the other individual of involvement in the incident. The court granted the police's request, extending Chaya's detention by three days to allow for further investigative actions.
However, the court also addressed the alleged violence against Chaya, referencing the video evidence and ordering the material to be transferred to the Police Internal Investigations Department (Mahash) for review. Following the completion of the three-day detention and the police's investigative actions, Chaya was released from the Jerusalem police station without any restrictive conditions.
