MESSINA – Was arrested in flagrante delicto by the Flying policemen for having given fire in the window of a bar Of via Cataniathen trying to avoid capture by giving himself over hasty escape through the city streets aboard a motorcycle result – from subsequent investigations – object of theft.
The facts
The young man, a 18 year old from Cataniahad been seen by a policeman off duty while, with his face almost entirely misrepresented by a garmentwas pouring liquid contained in a plastic bottle on the bar windowthen crouch down and start the fire with a lighter.
The 18-year-old, once the flames began to blaze, has started therefore his leakfollowed by the free agent, quickly reaching a scooter with the engine left running and setting off at high speed along the tram lane.
Immediately, while the agent free from duty has alerted there Room Operationala police officer employed in the territory control service has the fleeing young man was intercepted And began to chase himasking for the help of the other squad cars.
The escape
Despite the warnings of the policemen, who several times they ordered the fugitive to HALTthe 18 year old he didn’t make any sign of stoppingand indeed accelerated its pacetaking numerous roads in the wrong direction and exposing to grave danger road users and the State Police operators themselves.
Having arrived in the Contesse area, the fugitive – exhausted by the constant proximity of the Flying Police officers – he got rid of the motorcyclethrowing it in the direction of the officers, and he tried to escape on footbut it was promptly blocked by the operatorsgot out of the service cars, while offering extreme resistanceelbowing and pushing them, to the point of causing them some injuries.
Finally the young man was insured and searchedand the officers have on him found the lightermost likely the same one used for start the fire shortly before.
The arrest of the 18 year old
Meanwhile, another steering wheel she went towards the burning shop window and, pending the arrival of the firefighters, he started to extinguish them with the fire extinguisher supplied to the company car.
Once the firefighters arrived, they finally took care of the complete extinguishing of the fire.
In light of what happened, the Flying police officers therefore proceeded with the arrest of the 18 years old for the crimes of damage followed by fire, resistance and injury to a public official, receiving stolen goods.
In prison awaiting validation
Finally, at the disposal of the Judicial Authority, the police took the arrested man to the local prison, awaiting validation by the Judge for Preliminary Investigations.
The above, for the purposes ofexercise of the constitutionally guaranteed right to freedom of the press It is in the respect for the rights of suspects which, in consideration of the current phase of preliminary investigations, are to be presumed innocent until the irrevocable sentence which ascertains the responsibilities and with the clarification that the trial, which will take place in cross-examination with the parties and the defenses before the third and impartial judge, may also conclude with proof of the absence of any form of responsibility on the part of today investigated.
