Misterbianco: He robs a betting shop, but is immediately arrested by the Carabinieri

As part of the activities connected to the plan for the intensification of preventive services in the territory, established by Provincial Command of the Carabinieri of Catania, aimed at prevention and combating illegality with the aim of increasing the level of real and perceived security, as well as countering more widespread criminal phenomena, such as predatory crimes such as theft and robberies, the Carabinieri of the Misterbianco Tenancy, on the basis of the evidence collected to be verified in court, have a 58-year-old convicted felon arrested of the place, because responsible for "aggravated robbery".

The criminal in fact, with hood on and neck warmer pulled up to the nose, around 16:00 pm he entered a betting center of the country and, keeping his hand in his pocket as if he were holding a weapon, he ordered the shop assistant to open the safe.

The terrified employee replied that she didn't have the keys, so the robber headed towards the cash register and grabbed the 540 € which contained, then giving itself to the escape.

The Operations Centre that received the alarm immediately sent out a patrol, already employed in a patrolling service of the territory, which reached, in a very short time, the betting center.

I Carabinieri, after having reassured theemployed and make sure that he had not suffered any type of injury or physical damage, they collected his testimony, including a detailed description of the robber, then, they started the research.

At some point, during the ongoing research of the fugitive, the crew, which was also patrolling the peripheral Sieli road, spotted a man who was hitchhiking and that matched the description provided by the clerk of the robbed business.

Of course the Investigators of the Misterbianco Arma, they decided to stop him, adopting all the necessary operational methods to prevent his escape.

Il 58enne, in fact, having noticed the presence of the Carabinieri, tried to walk away, but it was immediately blocked and made safe.

The exchange of information between the patrol soldiers and those working in the Operations Centre has allowed us to ascertain, in real time, that the man had many reports regarding property crimes.

Even though he continued to deny any involvement in the robbery just committed, the Carabinieri, strong in their investigative experience, have deepened the checks without being fooled.

Their intuition proved correct: during the search, the 540 euros stolen shortly before were found in the man's pockets.

At that point, on the basis of the evidence collected to be verified in court, the military arrested him arrested.

The robber was taken to the Catania penitentiary in Piazza Lanza at the disposal of the Judicial Authority, which then validated his arrest, without prejudice to the presumption of innocence of the suspect valid now and until a final conviction.