Caltanissetta, raid on the church of Sant’Agata: two young men in their twenties arrested by the police. Sacred objects looted in gold

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Two other accomplices were reported, a twenty-year-old girl and a twenty-four-year-old boy, who made poles outside the church.

Police officers from the anti-theft section of the mobile squad arrested Nisseni Giannone Salvatore, 20, and Naselli Alessio Pio Raul, 25, in the act of aggravated theft in competition. Two other accomplices, a girl of twenty and a boy of twenty-four, were denounced in a state of freedom for the same crime. Tonight, shortly before two o’clock, a mobile brigade patrol, engaged in territorial control services, intercepted the two young men, Giannone and Naselli, who, leaving the church of Sant’Agata al Collegio, with step quickly, they headed toward Largo. Barrel with gut in hand. The above, once they got to the car, when they saw the police on board, they rushed through the streets of the historic center. The flying squad officers set out to pursue them and noted that the fugitives had disposed of the envelope and were later recovered. The career of the two criminals ended shortly after, in via Vancheri, where the aforementioned were blocked by other patrols of the mobile brigade, who came to help their companions. Inside the envelope the police officers found a gold brooch, a sanctuary of consecrated hosts, a container with holy oil and numerous coins of various denominations, for a total amount of 161 euros. After the inspection carried out in the Scarabelli library, a place already subject to robberies in recent days, and the vision of video surveillance cameras installed in the area, the policemen reconstructed the dynamics of the events. The two detainees, shortly before one o’clock, after having damaged the entrance door of the library, entered the library itself, damaging a vending machine for drinks and snacks, removing the coins. They also damaged the vending machine at the adjacent musical high school and eventually entered the church, where they indulged in robbing holy objects and committing acts of vandalism. In particular, they raped the display case of the sleeping Virgin, from which they took an arm and stole the gold clasp that closes the robe. They damaged the altar, removed the sanctuary of the consecrated hosts and the container of holy oil, uprooted and stole all the candlesticks from the church, hiding them behind a door, probably to come back for them later. While the two detainees carried out the looting, the two denounced, outside the church, they acted as posts. The owners of the companies “STIM srl“AND”Vending IntorreThe owners of the automatic machines from which the money was taken have decided to donate the stolen sum of 161 euros to the parish priest so that he partially recovers the damage suffered. All the stolen sacred material was returned to the priest. The detainees, after the formalities of the rite, at the disposal of the local Public Ministry Prosecutor, were transferred to the Caltanissetta prison at the disposal of the judicial authorities. Giannone Salvatore, just a week ago, was arrested by the mobile squad for aggravated robbery; target of the aforementioned, once again, two vending machines for drinks and snacks located in the external area of ​​a commercial establishment in the capital.

Nisseni Giannone Salvatore, 20, and Naselli Alessio Pio Raul, 25, were arrested by police from the anti-theft section of the mobile squad in the act of aggravated theft in competition. Two other accomplices, a girl of twenty and a boy of twenty-four, were denounced in a state of freedom for the same crime. Tonight, shortly before two in the afternoon, a mobile brigade patrol, engaged in territorial control services, intercepted the two young men, Giannone and Naselli, who, leaving the church of Sant’Agata al Collegio, With brisk steps, they headed toward Largo. Barrel with gut in hand. The above, once they got to the car, when they saw the police on board, they rushed through the streets of the historic center. The flying squad officers set out to pursue them and noted that the fugitives had disposed of the envelope and were later recovered. The career of the two criminals ended shortly after, in via Vancheri, where the aforementioned were blocked by other patrols of the mobile brigade, who came to help their companions. Inside the envelope the police officers found a gold brooch, a sanctuary of consecrated hosts, a container with holy oil and numerous coins of various denominations, for a total amount of 161 euros. After the inspection carried out in the Scarabelli library, a place already subject to robberies in recent days, and the vision of video surveillance cameras installed in the area, the policemen reconstructed the dynamics of the events. The two detainees, shortly before one o’clock, after having damaged the entrance door of the library, entered the library itself, damaging a vending machine for drinks and snacks, removing the coins. They also damaged the vending machine at the adjacent musical high school and eventually entered the church, where they indulged in assaulting holy objects and committing acts of vandalism. Specifically, they violated the display case of the sleeping Virgin, from which they took an arm and stole the gold clasp that closes the robe. They damaged the altar, removed the sanctuary of the consecrated hosts and the container of holy oil, uprooted and stole all the candlesticks from the church, hiding them behind a door, probably to come back for them later. While the two detainees carried out the looting, the two denounced, outside the church, acted as posts. The owners of the companies “STIM srl“AND”Vending IntorreThe owners of the automatic machines from which the money was taken have decided to donate the stolen sum of 161 euros to the parish priest so that he partially recovers the damages suffered. All the stolen sacred material was returned to the priest. The detainees, after the formalities of the rite, at the disposal of the Public Ministry of the local Public Ministry, were transferred to the Caltanissetta prison at the disposal of the judicial authorities. Giannone Salvatore, just a week ago, was arrested by the mobile squad for aggravated robbery; target of the aforementioned, once again, two vending machines for drinks and snacks located in the external area of ​​a commercial establishment in the capital.