The two alleged perpetrators of at least 8 thefts committed in the city in recent months have been arrested

Saturday 27 April 2024 — 10.45am

On the orders of the Public Prosecutor’s Office of Livorno, the Carabinieri of the Livorno Company, at the end of a detailed and complex investigative activity, executed an order of precautionary custody in prison towards two people: a 38 year old foreigneralready under arrest for another cause, e a 51 year old from Livornoheld responsible for having committed 8 thefts from last February until today.

The meticulous investigations, started by the Carabinieri towards the middle of last February, have made it possible to reconstruct in detail the multiple dynamics of the suspects

managing to gather serious evidence of guilt against them which – after scrutiny by the judicial authorities – led to the issuing of precautionary custody orders in prison for both.

In particular, the investigative reconstruction of the facts began precisely last February 17thwhen the two suspects were noticed in a suspicious attitude by a caretaker of a sports facility who, seeing them sneaking around inside the structure, followed them and managed to immortalize them while they were intent on breaking the window of one Fiat Panda parked outside the factory to take possession of

a bag inside. Having seen the scene, the employee promptly alerted the victim who went to the police station the following day to file the complaint.

On March 18, the same two were seen near the “Villa Corridi” primary school, this time intent on breaking the window of a BMW parked there and taking away a school backpack. On that occasion the two were photographed by a passer-by who spontaneously handed the images over to the police. The immediate and in-depth investigations by the police made it possible to ascertain that the two, after having committed the theft, had left on board a moped stolen two days earlier and

always by the same pair of criminals.

The following day, March 19, another theft committed by the couple was discovered, when both were noticed by one of the victims as they fled after breaking the glass of his car and taking a bag; on that occasion too, the alarm was raised by the victim who put the two criminals to flight by abandoning the stolen goods.

Another serious predatory action by the couple discovered by the police, which took place on 27 March, when the pair of alleged thieves were filmed by the surveillance cameras of the “Galileo Galilei” school in Livorno while, after having entered inside, they were intent on to steal ten laptops notebooks supplied to the school.

The following April 4, the two were noticed by a policeman off duty, while they were walking away from a car. Having approached the car, the soldier realized that the two had forced the rear window and immediately worked to contact the owner who, having arrived on site, confirmed the theft of some bags and clothing. Also on the same day, the two entered the parking lot of a local company where they stole an electric scooter.

On the morning of April 11th, the couple entered the changing rooms of a commercial establishment where, by breaking into some lockers, they managed to take possession of some bags belonging to two women. At the time, one of the two offended parties, in the complaint, reported in addition to the alleged theft of the bag, also that they had suffered theft of money through the illicit use of their ATM card contained in the bag with which the perpetrators made some purchases. in various commercial establishments. From the investigations of the Carabinieri it was then ascertained that these purchases were also the work of today’s suspects, facilitated by the fact that the banking circuit does not usually require the use of the pin to make purchases of modest amounts.

From the detailed investigation activities conducted by the Livorno Carabinieri, it was also ascertained that the foreigner under investigation, even alone, would have committed crimes against property and in particular:

• on March 16 he was recognized, again through the analysis of video surveillance recordings, as the perpetrator of the theft of a moped stored inside a garage;
• March 19, he was referred for improper use of payment instruments because he used a prepaid card not in his name to make purchases.

The woman, however, after the arrest of the perpetrator (co-investigated in the various thefts) for mistreatment against her, on 6 April entered alone into a sports facility where she took the keys of a car stored inside a changing room.

In the executive phase, at the end of the investigations, in particular at the time of the arrest, the woman was surprised by the police in possession of narcotic substances or 1 grams of crash And marijuanaas well as a knife and a glass-breaking hammer (usually supplied with safety equipment on buses) for which she was reported for the crimes of illegal carrying of weapons or objects capable of offending pursuant to art. 4 Law 110/1975 e unjustified possession of altered keys or lock picks pursuant to art. 707 of the criminal code as well as being reported to the competent Prefecture for personal drug consumption. Everything was then seized and made available to the owner AG.

Today’s activity occurs just a few days after a similar operation, conducted by the carabinieri of the Livorno Centro station, which concluded with the arrest of the alleged perpetrator of another 8 aggravated thefts and receiving stolen goods, committed in Livorno between 7 September 2023 and 28 February last, and responsible for a continuous tax evasion committed in the same urban center on 24 and 26 February 2023.

The operation is part of the list of initiatives aimed at preventing and combating every form of predatory crime implemented by the Provincial Command of the Carabinieri in the urban center of Livorno, as shared at the recent Committee for Public Order and Security held at the Prefecture of Livorno.

In respect of the rights of the persons under investigation, they are to be considered presumed innocent in consideration of the current phase of the proceedings – preliminary investigations – until a definitive finding of guilt with an irrevocable sentence.