The investigations by the Oristano State Police regarding the thefts in the apartment led to an arrest, a man residing in the Sassari area who was found in possession of a Beretta pistol with abraded registration number and shot in the barrel , which he kept hidden in the car.
The investigations by the third section of the Mobile Squad had started after the theft that took place last January at the home of a 92-year-old who had been stolen about 2 thousand euros in cash that the old woman kept in a closet in the bedroom.
The searches against the arrested person and two other accomplices - all residing in the same town in the province of Sassari - made it possible to recover the weapon and other sources of evidence that placed them on the scene of the crime the day he was brought to term.
To persuade the woman to let them into the house, the three used the excuse of asking her if there was any land for sale in the area . Last year the mobile squad had arrested 3 people, again for theft in the apartment against the elderly: the group managed to get in by offering cheese and wood for sale.
(Unioneonline / ss)
