Haifa DJ Faces Aggravated Robbery and Theft Charges After Dating App Attack
A 37-year-old DJ in Haifa faces severe charges of aggravated robbery, assault, and a string of business thefts, including attacking a dating app acquaintance who fell from a balcony.
A 37-year-old DJ faces multiple serious charges, including aggravated robbery, assault, and a string of thefts across Haifa. According to indictments filed by the Haifa District Prosecutor's Office and the Coastal District Police, the suspect exploited a dating app to target a victim, subsequently assaulting him and causing him to fall from a balcony.
The initial encounter took place after the defendant met a man via a dating app. During a ride in the victim's car, the suspect claimed his parents had passed away and obtained a loan of 2,300 shekels with a promise of repayment. Approximately a month later, after meeting again at Louis Promenade and a café in Haifa, a dispute arose over the unreturned funds. When the victim refused an additional request for 1,000 shekels, the suspect lured him to his apartment.
According to the charges, the defendant attacked the victim, threatened to kill him, and snatched his pouch. As the victim attempted to flee, he fell from a balcony, dropping roughly three meters to the ground. The assailant pursued him down, exploited his injuries to seize the pouch containing 1,700 shekels, and destroyed his mobile phone. Following a police complaint, prosecutors filed an indictment at the Haifa District Court for aggravated robbery, assault, fraud, and obstruction of justice, alongside a request to detain the defendant until the end of proceedings.
In a separate case filed at the Magistrate's Court in Krayot, the defendant is accused of burglarizing a restaurant on HaAtzmaut Street in Haifa, stealing 300 shekels from the register. Additional charges detail thefts of luxury perfumes worth approximately 9,000 shekels from multiple Super-Pharm branches, olive oil and a pastry worth 249 shekels from a Carrefour store, and 950 shekels from a café register. Defense counsel Sagi Ako stated that his client fully cooperated with investigators and expressed confidence that the truth will emerge during court proceedings.
