Naples – A wheelie in the dead of night, a gesture of defiance that turns into a dead end, in the most literal sense of the word. Thus ended the mad dash of three young people—two sixteen-year-olds and a seventeen-year-old—hunted by the Carabinieri in the San Giovanni a Teduccio neighborhood.
It's last night, along Via delle Repubbliche Marinare, the arterial road that cuts through Barra and the Villa neighborhood. The Naples patrol car comes across a Honda SH 125cc scooter. Three young men are on board; none are wearing helmets. A halt is called, but their only response is to flee.
The scooter, driven by the 16-year-old, rears up on one wheel in a spectacular and dangerous wheelie, then shoots off at full speed. A chase ensues. In the desperate rush, the two passengers try to free themselves of the heavy "luggage": first a telescopic baton, belonging to the other 16-year-old, and then a switchblade, owned by the 17-year-old, fly from the vehicle. The weapons, immediately located, are recovered and seized by the police.
Their escape, however, is short-lived. After just a few hundred meters, their hopes of escaping the Carabinieri are dashed against a wall—literally. The three, in fact, slip into a dead-end alley, finding themselves with the road blocked and the "Gazelle" behind them. It's time to surrender.
Arrested without further consequences, the three boys—all with no criminal record—were charged. The sixteen-year-old driver, who has never held a driving license, will face charges of resisting a public officer. His two friends, however, face a far more serious charge: a trial before the Naples Juvenile Court for weapons possession.
After the usual formalities, the young people were all handed over to their parents. The scooter was impounded. An episode that ended without any injuries, but left its mark: a night of recklessness that reached a dead end, both for the streets of Naples and, perhaps, for their young lives.
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Munnezz
Poor mothers with children and daughters