The flying squad of the local General Prevention and Public Rescue Office arrested a 44-year-old from Crotone for the crimes of resistance and violence against a public official, personal injury, threats and illegal possession of weapons. The operators intervened following a call on the emergency number 112 as the applicant reported that his brother, in a strong state of agitation, was intent on turning their apartment upside down, as well as threatening him and his mother with death. a knife.
Once the officers arrived on site, after having tracked down the applicant and his mother hidden in a car several meters away from the house, they saw the reported subject near the front door, who, at the sight of the officers, attacked them brandishing a hedge shear and holding a large kitchen knife in his right hand. The aforementioned attempted to hit the officers several times, one of whom suffered a trauma to his wrist, which made it necessary to use the taser, the electric pulse gun, which allowed the operators to block and disarm him.
The man was transported to the local hospital, where tests revealed the use of narcotic substances, as well as a high blood alcohol level; therefore, he was arrested and associated at the local prison, available to the Public Prosecutor’s Office at the Court of Crotone.
