Partinico: the perpetrator of numerous thefts against tobacconists who had also stolen the offerings of the faithful in a church was arrested
The Carabinieri of the Partinico Company have executed a custodial order issued by the Preliminary Investigations Judge of Palermo, at the request of the Public Prosecutor's Office, against a 35-year-old local man, already known to the police, accused of aggravated theft.
Partinico: the perpetrator of numerous thefts against tobacconists who had also stolen the offerings of the faithful in a church was arrested.
The Carabinieri of the Partinico Company gave execution of a precautionary custody order in prison, issued by the Preliminary Investigations Judge of Palermo, at the request of the Public Prosecutor's Office, against a 35-year-old local man, already known to the police, on charges of aggravated theft.
The investigation activity, conducted by the soldiers of the local station, made it possible to outline a serious circumstantial framework, substantially accepted in the precautionary measure, against the man, held responsible for at least five thefts committed in the last four months in the Partinico municipality.
The criminal apparently took action several times, in four commercial activities, from which during the opening hours to the public and taking advantage of the distraction of the clerks, he had stolen the money present in the tills, until theft of numerous cartons of cigarettes taken one night after having forced the entrance door of a tobacco shop; even a church, from which he had, tempted the thief subtracted the offerings of the faithful, collected and preserved in the sacristy.
The investigative hypothesis that the same hand was behind all the episodes, given the times and methods of execution, was examined by the Carabinieri who, by putting into images from video surveillance systems, with some testimonies, they identified the modus operandi of the alleged perpetrator, identifying him and reporting him to the Judicial Authority who then issued the provision.
The suspect is currently confined in the “Lorusso Pagliarelli” prison in Palermo.
It is necessary to point out that today's suspect is, at present, only suspected of a crime, albeit seriously, and that his position will be examined by the Judicial Authority during the entire procedural process and defined only following the possible issuing of a conviction which has become final, in compliance with the constitutional principle of the presumption of innocence.
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