Operation conducted by the Carabinieri of Palagianello in collaboration with the Grottaglie police station
On the morning of May 20, 2024, the Carabinieri of the Palagianello station arrested a 39-year-old from Taranto, the last of the three investigated for residential burglaries against elderly people. The precautionary measure order in prison was issued by the GIP at the Court of Taranto at the request of the local Public Prosecutor’s Office.
Last May 17, a joint operation by the Palagianello Carabinieri Station and the Grottaglie Police Station led to the arrest of two accomplices of the 39-year-old. The searches for the last suspect, which continued unabated, made it possible to trace him aboard a car along the streets of Taranto.
The investigations, conducted in synergy with the Taranto Public Prosecutor’s Office, reconstructed various episodes of theft. The suspects, posing as ENEL or Aqueduct employees, entered the victims’ homes under the pretext of reading the meter. Once inside, they distracted the elderly and stole cash, jewellery, watches and furnishings.
All the victims, elderly and alone, were particularly vulnerable to this type of crime. The arrested 39-year-old was also taken to the Taranto prison, at the disposal of the judicial authorities.
inserted in News on 22 May 2024 at 12:07
