also carried out a theft during an event in the San Francesco cloister – AndriaLive.it

The Local Police of Andria has identified and referred to the Judicial Authority the perpetrator of the crimes of theft and receiving stolen goods which occurred on two different days.

It was a woman’s report of the theft of her bag that triggered the checks. The facts date back to the months of April and May 2024. The investigations led to the identification and referral to the Judicial Authority of a fellow citizen of Andria aged around 40.

Specifically, on 3 April last the man, in conjunction with a demonstration held at the San Francesco cloister, located in the City Palace, taking advantage of the multitude of people present and mingling among the participants, had entered a room used for the occasion in the wardrobe, stealing a bag containing numerous personal effects.

The man, who subsequently went to a “Compro Oro” shop, used the credit card found in the stolen bag and made no. 4 transactions of 25.00 euros each, for which there is no need to enter the PIN, for a total amount of 100.00 euros. The owner of the bag, informed by the home banking system, through a series of text messages of the transactions carried out, went to the local police offices to report the incident.

While, on May 15th, the same individual went to Via Firenze to the parking lot used for storing bikes, inside the gym located there, making himself responsible, once again, for the theft of a pedal bike assisted. The owner of the vehicle mentioned above, having ascertained that her bike was missing, also went to the Local Police Headquarters in Andria to report the unfortunate episode.

The Agents, through the analysis of the recordings of the security cameras in the areas involved and the subsequent development of the investigations, managed to identify and refer the man responsible for both thefts to the Public Prosecutor’s Office at the Court of Trani.

It is necessary to point out that today’s suspect is, at present, only suspected of a crime, albeit seriously, and that his position will be examined by the Judicial Authority during the entire procedural process and is defined only following the possible issuing of a conviction which has become final, in compliance with the constitutional principle of the presumption of innocence.