Verona, steals a woman's bag and runs away: 25-year-old arrested

Verona, steals a woman's bag and runs away: 25-year-old arrested.

He reached a woman from behind and took her purse kept in the bicycle basket and fled on foot, in an attempt to cover his tracks.

The criminal's escape, however, was short: the young man was, in fact, chased by some passers-by who they had witnessed the scene and then arrested by the police officers of the Verona Police Headquarters.

It happened on Monday, shortly after 15pm in Via Camuzzoni. The victim - a 41-year-old who was returning home by bicycle with her two children - she was reached and robbed by a young man who then fled with the stolen bag, climbing over the fence of a condominium area.

In a few minutes the thief - a 25-year-old already known to the police - However, he was reached by police officers who identified it thanks to the description provided by some passers-by and indications on the direction of the escape of the young man.

At the sight of the policemen, the young man threw the stolen goods on the ground and tried, in vain, to resist arrest.

In addition to the recently stolen bag, hidden among the young man's underwear, the Flying police officers also found a smartphone belonging to the young man he was unable to justify his possession.

At the end of the checks the young man is was arrested for aggravated theft, receiving stolen goods and resisting to a public official.

After validation of the arrest, the judge ordered the measure against him of the obligation to submit daily to the judicial police