Verbania: 19-year-old arrested for aggravated theft at a lakeside bar

I Carabinieri of the Verbania Station have a 19-year-old from Verbania was arrested for Theft aggravated, running a detention order issued by the Preliminary Investigations Judge of the Court of Verbania.

The young man, already known to law enforcement for crimes against persons and property, had struck in the middle of the night in July, forcing the shutter of a bar on the lakeside of Verbania and fleeing with around 2.000 euros taken from the cash register.

According to the investigations, the 19-year-old had arrived on board a electric scooter, equipped with a flashlight, and acted quickly: in a few moments he took the money. Some banknotes fell to the ground but were recovered. Before leaving, the young man closed the cash drawer and the shutter.

It was a man who betrayed him eye-catching tattoo, clearly visible in the images of the video surveillance cameras, which allowed the military to identify him. After cross-referencing the images with the data already in their possession, the Carabinieri gathered further evidence useful for the investigation, which culminated in his arrest.

Boy was it taken to the Verbania prisonInvestigations are continuing to verify any connections with other similar thefts that have occurred in the area in recent weeks.