On June 15, the duty unit of the Lutsk City Department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs received a call from the prosecutor of the city of Lutsk, Ruslan Chernota, who reported that at 00:50, near the building where he lives, he had parked a Mercedes-Benz 500 automobile. At that moment, three unknown persons pushed him aside, openly seized the vehicle and disappeared in an unknown direction. The scene was attended by an investigative-operational group of the Lutsk City Department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, the head of the Ministry of Internal Affairs in the region, police colonel Mykhailo Lebid, as well as the regional prosecutor Andriy Hil. This was reported to the Western Information Corporation on June 15 by the Central Public Relations Service of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine in the Volyn region.
To solve the crime, an investigative-operational group was created from among experienced employees of the regional prosecutor's office and the regional police department
The regional prosecutor's office opened a criminal case under Articles 289 (illegal seizure of a vehicle) and 345 (threat or violence against a law enforcement officer) of the Criminal Code of Ukraine.