While driving around Casoria stealing expensive palladium mufflers from parked cars, she runs away at the sight of the police and makes her accomplice run away. She is arrested, he is wanted.
The protagonist is Maria Astuccia , a 35-year-old local woman already known to law enforcement. Carabinieri from the Casoria mobile radio unit arrested her for aggravated theft, resisting a public officer, and criminal damage.
The woman and an accomplice were removing the catalytic converter from the muffler of a parked car. When they realized they were in trouble, they got back in their vehicle and fled. They didn't get far because after a few meters they lost control and ended up in a wall. Then against the patrol that was chasing them.
The driver managed to escape, but the woman remained trapped in the vehicle. Once stopped, officers searched the car and found four catalytic converters and a battery-powered flex cable. The 35-year-old's arrest was confirmed. She is currently in prison in Pozzuoli. The search for her accomplice continues.
