Castellammare. Shortly after 22,30:XNUMX pm yesterday evening during the normal territorial control services the carabinieri noticed a Fiat Panda in the city center, dark in color, dark balaclavas worn by the three in the passenger compartment.
The license plate is that of a car stolen a few hours earlier. The carabinieri have no doubts. They turn around, turn on their flashing lights and sirens: the chase begins.
The man driving the small car doesn't need any other cues to accelerate, foot pressed on the pedal, only thinking about escape.
He is skilled and, thanks to the compact size of the car, he manages to find his way around the streets of the Stabia centre. The soldiers do not give up on him, certain that sooner or later anxiety and haste will take over the wheel.
The prediction proves correct when the car enters a very narrow alley.
It is better to flee on foot, but the doors cannot be opened because the walls of the houses and some parked cars prevent it.
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So the three fugitives, like in the 80s fiction “The Dukes of Hazzard”, climb out of the windows but leave the Panda running which, thanks to a slight descent, slowly continues its journey until it crashes into another passing vehicle.
The carabinieri choose to follow the driver, the other two disappear in a few moments.
The man takes refuge in a building, runs furiously to the upper floors. The two soldiers know that he has no escape. They block the elevator to prevent him from other escape routes and in the meantime they follow him.
They will find him hidden in the darkness of the utility room, on the top floor of the building. Still wearing his balaclava and gloves.
22-year-old Vincenzo Barba arrested
He is 22 years old and his name is Vincenzo Barba. The same one who was arrested on October 2nd for an attempted theft in an appliance warehouse in Castellammare. Already subject to the obligation to report to the judicial police for that crime, Barba has been placed under house arrest, waiting to tell the judge about his last hours. He will have to answer for receiving stolen goods and resisting a public official.
Investigations continue to identify and track down the accomplices.
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