Rome: Serial robber stopped by the State Police. He robbed supermarkets by intimidating his victims with a gun

Just in January had scored 9 shots, 3 of which on the same day and a few hours apart.

Same clothing, same modus operandi: armed with a gun, he entered commercial establishments and threatened the victims having the money.

In just 2 cases the shot he hadn't hit the mark thanks to automatic cash register closing systems that had made them "inaccessible" to the same "insiders".

The man, a 55 year old Roman, homeless and already burdened by criminal records for crimes against property and the person, was stopped by the State Police.

The police officers were responsible for reconstructing the episodes from which unequivocal serious evidence of his guilt emerged. Capitoline Mobile Squad, who, together with the policemen of the Romanina police station, during an investigation coordinated by the Prosecutor's Office, have traced, point by point, the profile of his serial unlawful conduct.

With ease and unscrupulousness, distorting tattoos that could have framed him as hallmark, he entered a different supermarket each time, but always insisted on the same area, and threatened the cashiers, forcing them to hand over the money.

To intimidate them, he pointed a gun at them. gun, later found to be a replica without the red cap, similar to those issued to law enforcement and easily modifiable to become a functioning firearm.

Once the robbery was completed, finally, to evade the investigations, he hid theweapon and scooter with which he moved and he fled on public transport.

To fit the serial robber They were the testimonies of the victims combined with the cross-viewing of the images extracted from the video surveillance systems for commercial establishments targeted and of the Anagnina metro station, where the men of the Flying Squad had intercepted the same scooter captured by the cameras of the business where the last robbery had taken place.

Two days later, the 50-year-old Roman was intercepted by the police near the same metro stop, while he was busy tinkering with an accomplice. cellophane bag hidden by the bushes.

Inside, the officers found the same weapon presumably used to carry out the robberies.

Finally, the investigators' reconstruction is confirmed by the positive outcome of the search of his apartment, where the same items of clothing that the man was wearing in the various episodes for which he is currently under investigation were found.

The alleged accomplice also ended up in handcuffs, 34 year old Roman found in possession of 40 grams of hashish.