Avezzano – “Give us 2000 euros immediately if you don’t want us to set fire to you in the bar”. This is the tenor of the threats addressed directly to a trader who owns a bar on the outskirts of the city. They were said to have been uttered by two local criminals. Fortunately, the threats were not followed by facts and the two accomplices ended up in prison on charges of extortion.
The police arrested them operational core of the Avezzano companyto whom the victim turned to report the facts. Thus, the nightmare experienced by the young shopkeeper ended, who yesterday allegedly suffered the extortionate demand of 2000 euros, under penalty of burning down the business she managed.
The victim himself, frightened by the threatening attitude and fearing for himself and for the premises managed, nevertheless managed to gain time by accepting, at first, the claims made. Immediately afterwards, however, she found the strength to go to the police and report what was happening to her.
When evening fell, coinciding with the closing time of the shops, the two, as announced during the first meeting, returned to the place to collect at least part of the sum requested. At the appointment, in addition to the injured party, the military of the Arma stationed nearby also showed up. Before intervening, the officers managed to monitor the scene and then stopped the perpetrators of the crime as soon as they collected a few hundred euros handed over by the victim.
These are two local criminals, a 52-year-old and a 45-year-old, who thought it was a mistake to focus their sinister attention on the management of the commercial activity. However, they did not take into account the determination of the woman and of the carabinieri themselves who were called to resolve the dangerous affair, now brought before the Avezzano Public Prosecutor’s Office, which has entered the two in the register of suspects for the crime of complicity in extortion. The validation hearing before the investigating judge of the Avezzano court will be scheduled in the next few hours.
