24-Year-Old Arrested in Maddaloni for Attempted Extortion and Mistreatment in the Family

The 24-year-old was stopped by the Carabinieri at his home in Maddaloni, in the Caserta area, where, In a fit of rage, he had just physically attacked his own mother, who had refused to give him the money he needed. The immediate intervention of the military of the Arma began shortly before midnight, following the request for help received on the emergency number "112", by the woman. The same, with a trembling voice and very worried for her safety, reported to the operator on duty at the Operations Center of the Carabinieri Company of Maddaloni, that her cohabiting son, with the sole purpose of extorting money from her, was attacking her and, in a state of great agitation, was destroying her house.

The Carabinieri of the Maddaloni Station, as soon as they arrived at the reported address, found someone waiting for them in the courtyard of the house the woman who, visibly shaken and unable to utter words, pointed to her son not far from her. The young man, who in a state of great agitation had momentarily withdrawn into a corner, was immediately stopped and taken to the barracks. After being reassured by the military, the mother reported that the 24-year-old, shortly before, had asked her for money and that, when she refused, he had started to pull her and threaten to kill her, destroying, in a fit of rage, some terracotta vases present in the house.

She then showed the police the obvious signs left by the son on the outside of the building's door, against whom he allegedly attacked with kicks and punches in order to enter the house, and to rail violently against her. During the formalization of the complaint She also specified that she has been suffering mistreatment and violence from her son for some time and that the reason for this is always linked to the latter's constant requests for money.

Following the complaint and the immediate investigations, which allowed us to frame the episode in a context of repeated physical and psychological abuse carried out, in the last period, by the young man towards his mother, The carabinieri arrested him and took him to the Santa Maria Capua Vetere prison. He will have to answer for attempted extortion and mistreatment in the family.