In Giugliano in Campania the Carabinieri of the mobile radio section of the local company are walking along Via Santa Maria a Cubito when they notice a Fiat Punto. The military has long been involved in an investigation aimed at preventing thefts and the car in question was among those reported because it was probably used by a “battery” of thieves.
The halt is not respected and so the chase begins. The race lasts several kilometers between dangerous maneuvers and ramming attempts. The driver – the only one on board – abandons the car in Via Madonna del Pantano and tries to escape on foot into the countryside but, after a brief scuffle, he is stopped by the police and one of the soldiers is injured. The boy is 16 years old and is a resident of the Giuglianese Roma camp in via Carrafiello. Other carabinieri from Giugliano’s company arrive and the investigations begin.
In the vehicle, burglary tools, bottles of liquor, receipts from a betting shop, various stationery and money were found. However, the investigations continue and it is ascertained – thanks also to the contribution of the agents of the local police station and the Carabinieri of the Tenenza di Quarto – that the 16-year-old, presumably in the company of 5 other people, had become the protagonist of 6 other episodes that occurred during the night.
The first is an attempted theft in a hotel in Varcaturo, the second episode is instead a theft in a restaurant in via Staffetta. Not happy, the thieves attempted to steal from a shop in Giugliano on via Casacelle and then searched a betting center on via San Nullo.
The battery was not satisfied and so they also stole the cash register inside a Chinese restaurant in via Ripuaria and then robbed some boxes of a lorry driver who was parked in a parking lot of a shopping center in via Santa Maria a Cubito in Giugliano. Further investigations made it possible to attribute to the group of thieves 2 other episodes which occurred in Quarto in a private post office in via Seitolla and in a betting center in via Masullo. The 16-year-old was arrested and transferred to the Colli Aminei first reception center in Naples. The injured carabiniere will have it for 10 days, for him a sprained ankle.
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