Como, 36-year-old arrested for attempted hospital robbery

The Como State Police, on Sunday morning, arrested a person for attempted theft, aggravated by the victims' impaired defense and for having committed the crimes inside a hospital, morocchino of 36 years, illegal in the territory, with a police record, with various aliases and without a fixed abode.

Around 6.30am on Sunday, a patrol car was sent to a department of the S. Anna hospital in San Fermo della Battaglia (CO), as the 36-year-old was reported morocchino as the perpetrator of several thefts to the detriment of hospitalized people.

Once arrived, the agents took charge of the Moroccan, who In the meantime he had been stopped by a hospital security guard and collected the various testimonies of the guard and the health personnel.

From the summary of the facts, It is clear that the man, who arrived at the emergency room during the night with an ambulance because he was drunk, once recovered from his hangover, would have distanced himself from the medical staff and started a tour of the various departments of the hospital, when two nurses would have noticed him coming out of the room of a patient with a tablet hidden under his shirt. – the 36-year-old had clumsily hidden it while it was still on and with the display facing outwards – managing to get it back, returning it to the owner who had not noticed the theft.

Reported to security guards, the Moroccan, in an attempt to escape control, He then took refuge in a bathroom, where the police tracked him down. From the most thorough check and with the help of the hospital guard, The officers also found two wallets in a wastebasket in the bathroom where the man was, which later turned out to be the property of two hospital patients.

Taken to the police station, the man's criminal record emerged, along with several aliases he had previously used to identify himself, linked to further crimes against property and violations of the drug law. Due to his criminal record, his illegal immigration status, and the aggravating circumstance of having committed the thefts in a hospital and against victims with impaired defense, the 36-year-old was arrested.

Having informed the prosecutor of the arrest, he ordered that he be held at the police station pending trial under the fast-track procedure. Immigration police have already opened a file against the 36-year-old. Moroccan and, whatever his sentence, he will be treated with appropriate and effective administrative measures.