Vercelli: caught stealing money and valuables in the gym

Frugava in bags left unattended in the gym and stole money from the victims’ wallets and other valuables. A 28-year-old from Vercelli arrested.

Last week the State Police arrested a man red-handed for the crime of aggravated theft. “The investigations began following a series of aggravated thefts, consumed inside the men’s changing rooms of a well-known city gym – explain from the Police Headquarters – Specifically, more users had complained and reported the theft, inside their bags , left unattended in the gym locker room, of money and other personal effects“.

The Mobile team began an investigation which led to the identification of a man who, since June 2020, had been responsible for several thefts. The thief, after making sure that no one was nearby, acted undisturbed by looting the bags of the gym-goers. The agents of the Flying Squad have set up a service that led to his arrest in the act of crime: he was subjected to house arrest pending the validation hearing, after which the judge for preliminary investigations validated the arrest and ordered the precautionary measure against the twenty-eight year old from Vercelli the obligation to sign.