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A 15-year-old boy was arrested on suspicion of participating of the robbery that victimized the merchant José Geraldo Rizzo, 61 years old, in Jardim Limoeiro, in the Serra. The arrest of the suspect occurred minutes after the crime, on the morning of Monday (14), and a few meters from the place where the merchant was shot.
The suspect, according to the Military Police, was driving the car used by the criminals at the time of the assault. Still according to the military, the teenager confessed that he was called to drive the car and take the man to the scene of the robbery. In testimony, he said that he received R $ 1,000 to perform the service.
“The Military Police received the information that an individual in a vehicle had fled the scene. Just ahead, the Military Police managed to approach that vehicle. The driver tried to escape, but was arrested and later we verified that he was a minor ., 15 years old, with an extensive criminal record, “said Lt. Col. Leonardo Celante.
Despite his young age, the suspect is already an old acquaintance with the police. According to the prime minister, the robbery that resulted in the merchant’s death is already the fifth police incident in less than ten months, involving the teenager.
“He has a criminal pass in December 2019; he was arrested with a stolen vehicle. In February, he tried to rob a military policeman and steal that police vehicle. In July of this year, he was arrested with cocaine and marijuana, carrying out drug trafficking, and he was arrested again, now in August, also trafficking marijuana in the municipality of Serra, ”Celante reported.
The other suspect, according to the prime minister, fled on foot as soon as he shot the merchant. Police said they are working to identify this suspect, who has not yet been located.
The Military Police also confirmed that the victim had a suitcase with about R $ 53 thousand in cash and that, at the time of the crime, he went to a bank branch to make the deposit.
An acquaintance of the victim reported that this was the merchant’s routine. José Geraldo came every Monday morning to deposit the large amounts in the same bank branch. Even, according to the acquaintance, he used to go with an employee, but lately he preferred to go to the bank alone.
The lieutenant colonel warned people to avoid situations like this, of carrying large amounts of money. “That they adopt a different way of depositing large amounts of money, different from the one we saw today and that, unfortunately, ended in a tragic way,” said Celante.
The crime
José Geraldo, owner of a supermarket chain in Serra, was shot and killed in three shots at the door of a bank branch, on a busy street in Jardim Limoeiro, on Monday. After shooting the victim, the assailant allegedly took the gun from the dealer.
According to the police, the victim had a firearm. The merchant came to the rescue of the popular people in his own vehicle and was taken to a hospital, but he did not resist.
On Monday afternoon, José Geraldo’s family went to the Vitória Medical Legal Department (DML) to deliver the body. José Geraldo left a wife and three children.
The Civil Police will investigate the case and the Military Police will guarantee that the search for the second suspect in the crime will continue.
With information from the reporter Milena Martins, from TV Vitória / Record TV
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