Valenti had been on the run for a month

June 29, 2024, 10:08 am

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CATANIA – He had been on the run and untraceable for over a month. Confined to house arrest in his own home, he had disappeared without a trace. The agents of the Police Headquarters, Capture Section, identified and tracked him down in the area of ​​Corso Indipendenza at the end of a long series of stakeouts.

He ended up in handcuffs the 50-year-old convicted felon Maurizio Valentia criminal, subject to an order of execution for imprisonment issued by the Public Prosecutor’s Office at the Ordinary Court of Catania. He must serve a sentence of 10 years and 7 months of imprisonment.

The crimes are criminal conspiracy aimed at drug trafficking as well as various crimes against property.

A curriculum of respect

Convicted of various crimes, including criminal conspiracy aimed at drug trafficking and armed robbery, historically linked to the clan “Hat – Bonaccorsi”, also by virtue of the relationship with the well-known Concetto Bonaccorsi, already at the top of the fringe Bonaccorsi understood”Carateddi” of the mafia clan, Maurizio Valenti had been arrested in the past as part of various operations by the local District Anti-Mafia Directorate, the last of which “Chameleon“, of June 2020, in which the Flying Squad had dealt a severe blow to the clan’s top structures”Hat – Bonaccorsi”.

The investigators had understood that Valenti had not left Catania, and could have hidden in the city area between “Saint Christopher” e “San Berillo Nuovo”, and moving around driving a dark-colored scooter.

Chase and arrest

Aware of the agents, he made a hasty escape while driving a scooteron which a counterfeit license plate had been applied, so that the transit of the motorcycle would not be detected at the checkpoints located along the city streets.

A dangerous chase then ensued during which, after a fall, the two policemen succeeded to cut off the fugitive’s path and block him. Valenti was associated with the Catania – Piazza Lanza District Prison at the disposal of the Judicial Authority.

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