The National Police arrested a man for alleged theft on several occasions – three in particular – from the same business in Salamancaat the point of a gun and a knife to intimidate the seller while he took the money from the cash register himself … register. After his arrest, he was imprisoned for taking loot. around a thousand euros.
Due to the increase in violent thefts in commercial establishments committed in early in the morning In the capital Charra, “a system was put in place for the search and arrest of a man whose characteristics were similar in three of them”, as reported on Tuesday by the Government Sub-delegation in Salamanca.
The alleged perpetrator “intimidated the saleswoman with a knife”. large dimensions» when he tried to steal. The latest incident took place last Saturday evening, December 13, after 4 a.m. The man took advantage of the fact that the door to the business establishment was open while two customers were inside.
“He came in and asked the saleswoman a question about a product, and she said they didn’t have it, pulling a bill out of one of his pockets. gun with which he intimidated her, by going to the cash register and taking the money that was inside”, around sixty euros, indicated the same sources.
Flee the place
The saleswoman began to shout at him and another employee, upon hearing her, came out from inside the establishment with a stick in his hand and threatened the author, who, realizing her presence, “left the premises in haste”.
They called the agents who, on site, met the saleswoman, who told them about the events that had occurred and provided them with the clothing characteristics of the author and his physical description, emphasizing that “he had the face covered with a mask“, they considered.
Later that night, officers on duty saw a man in Ledesma’s cart. ride a bikewho, after detecting the presence of the police, suddenly turns around with the intention of avoiding them, so that the police continue to be intercepted in a nearby street.
The man was identified and “voluntarily” told officers that he had “never been to the commercial establishment in which the violent theft was committed”, without any location being specified. It was also verified that the clothes he was wearing perfectly matched those described by the victim, as well as the physical description provided.
Given the events described and after carrying out the necessary investigations, he was transferred to the police stations. The detainee is also considered the author of “three other thefts with intimidation committed the previous days, in the same establishment” and with the same “modus operandi”. All of them acted “in the early hours of the morning, taking the money from the cash register himself and threatening the seller with a large knife in each of them.” The total amount of what was stolen amounts to an amount almost a thousand euros.
Police also searched his home, where they found the weapon used in the latest incident, which turned out to be an air gun, as well as several of the items of clothing he used to commit the crimes (hat, neck gaiter, pants and sweatshirt).