Syracuse: Five thefts solved, four people reported by the Carabinieri

The Carabinieri of the Syracuse company have the perpetrators of five thefts were identified and three people were reported for aggravated theft, one for attempted theft, they are two men, a 40-year-old from Syracuse and a 28-year-old originally from Foggia and a 41-year-old from Syracuse. The 40-year-old, with a criminal record for crimes against property, has been identified as author of two thefts committed on March 19 in Ortigia, in a bar and on a van parked in via Cortile Gaetani. The man, taking advantage of a moment of distraction by the employees of a bar located in Piazza Duomo, had stolen 400,00 euros in cash from the cash register, shortly after, he had broken the window of a catering van and had stolen a further 500 euros.

The Carabinieri of Ortigia, thanks to the timely analysis of the video surveillance systems, also traced the identity of the perpetrator of a theft committed on the night of March 14 in via Evento. The perpetrator, 28 years old, together with an accomplice who is being identified, had stolen construction equipment and building site material from a house undergoing renovation. The Carabinieri of Ortigia have also a 41-year-old woman with a criminal record was identified and reported for aggravated theft for property crimes, caught red-handed after having removed the anti-shoplifting system and Several items of clothing were stolen from two shops of the “Archimede” Shopping Centre; the promptness of the intervention allowed the stolen goods to be recovered and returned to the owners of the commercial establishments.

The Carabinieri of the Siracusa Radiomobile Unit, who intervened following a report from some citizens, have 35-year-old with criminal record for property crimes arrested, while he tried to break into the coin compartment of the vending machine selling drinks and snacks with a screwdriver, located in a waiting room of the “Umberto I” Hospital in Syracuse.