Voghera, series of home burglaries and scams against the elderly: 6 arrests in the Verolengo gypsy camp
The investigation has so far allowed 10 home burglaries and 2 robberies to be attributed to the association
Piedmont, series of home burglaries and scams against the elderly: 6 arrests in the nomad camp of Verolengo.
In the early hours of Monday 13 May, i soldiers of the Carabinieri Company of Voghera, with the help of the personnel of the Provincial Commands of Pavia, Turin and Vercelli, as well as the canine units of Volpiano, have 6 individuals held responsible for criminal conspiracy aimed at committing numerous robberies, home burglaries and scams were arrested committed in recent months in the provinces of Pavia, Alessandria and Vercelli.
The operation began at dawn, when The military raided the nomad camps of Verolengo, Vercelli, Mantua and Castelnuovo Magra (SP) triggering handcuffs for the gang members.
The investigative activity conducted by the NORM Operational Unit of the Voghera Company, which began in April 2023, arises from a series of home burglaries, robberies and scams carried out especially against the elderly and committed by individuals who used a black Volkswagen Golf GTI car with fictitious number plates, or cloned from other vehicles of the same make and model.
The subsequent scrupulous analysis, carried out using data extrapolated from license plate readers installed in the Province of Pavia, allowed us to identify aVolkswagen Golf GTI car, with identical characteristics to the one used by the criminals, but registered to a woman domiciled in a nomad camp in the municipality of Verolengo (TO), found to be the cohabitant of a person burdened by numerous criminal prejudices precisely for home burglaries and fraud against elderly people.
Thanks to the observation, control and shadowing services, the military managed to demonstrate theuse of the car with fictitious license plates by four male subjects, three of whom resided in the Verolengo camp and one in the Vercelli camp.
The investigation has so far allowed 10 home burglaries and 2 robberies to be attributed to the association (committed in Dorno on 4 December 2023 and one in Frassineto Po on 15 January 2024 and 2 frauds (committed one in Voghera and one in Cervesina using the technique of false employees of gas supply companies). The gang, in addition to the Golf GTI car, had access to a black Mini Cooper “S” car used to commit the same crimes.
Furthermore, the Carabinieri of the Voghera Operations Unit managed to ascertain that, inside the camp, in addition to the battery of four subjects, there was a second battery made up of three male subjects who was using another black Volkswagen Golf GTI car and which was returned responsible for home burglaries committed in the province of Vercelli with similar methods.
The investigation was conducted within the scope of Criminal Proceedings no. 2621/2024 mod. 21 of the Public Prosecutor's Office at the Court of Pavia, coordinated by the Chief Prosecutor Dr. Fabio Napoleone and directed by the Deputy Prosecutor Dr. Andrea Zanoncelli.
The investigation activities continue in order to complete the investigations relating to the responsibilities of the suspects and, above all, to charge the association with any further criminal episodes.
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