Moto-ram against the restaurant in Naples, the owner: “We need checks, boom in thefts in the area”
He climbed aboard a moped and with the vehicle broke down the door of a restaurant to steal the cash register. If the gesture in itself is incredible, it is even more so at the place and time of yet another crime episode in the middle of the city: it happened yesterday morning, at 7.15 am, in one of the most popular streets for young people, vico Alabardieri. The criminal seems to have done everything by himself this time, without accomplices, the man once torn up the door, with the scooter turned into a ram, entered the restaurant and took away an amount that is between 150 euros and 400 euros, money that is normally kept in the room to give change. The whole scene was filmed by the cameras of the restaurant in front of the very popular Chiaia restaurant, the restaurant that suffered the blow is theAncient Dairy. Incredulous, when he reviewed the images, the owner of the restaurant Michele Silvestri.
The thief first looked around, then from the window he scrutinized if anyone was inside the room, finally he got on a scooter and with the vehicle he managed to break down the door. It happened shortly after 7am yesterday morning, when the restaurant was closed and most of the residents were asleep, but the whole scene took place in such a short time that even the loud noises caused by the breaking of the door made any intervention difficult. The owners of the restaurant immediately filed a complaint with the carabinieri, delivering both the images taken from the other restaurant in vico Alabardieri and the closed-circuit ones of the Antica Latteria. Now the soldiers of the Arma, thanks to the cameras, are checking from the license plate of the vehicle transformed into a ram, if the scooter was stolen or owned by the thief himself.
«It is not the first time they have come to steal – explains Michele Silvestri, the owner of the Antica Latteria – but on this occasion it was an absurd scene. Three years ago they entered the window and always stole the cash fund, now they have stolen it again and, almost as a practice, they have left intact PCs and equipment that they need to work. The damage is there, but let’s go ahead, we are repairing the door to continue working, but it is disheartening because not even the last time the perpetrators were caught ». The owners of the restaurant have also given the news of the raid on their Facebook page which shows the photo of the torn door: «This is a door – they wrote – whoever crosses it usually finds joy and smiles. To you who broke it tonight for a few euros I wish you a better life than you do today. God sees and provides dear quail thief! But with those few euros all lactic ferments! ». Silvestri also points out that during the pandemic the area was manned by many soldiers and agents to check compliance with social distancing, masks and Green passes. «Indeed – says Silvestri – the agents went undercover pretending to be patrons with the excuse of having to go to the bathroom. If we didn’t ask for the Green pass, we would get very high fines. Now those same agents would serve to guarantee the safety of those who for years have tried to keep a company alive by paying taxes and giving work to many people ». Silvestri also says that in recent days there have been several clubs in the area targeted by criminals.
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The regional councilor of Europa Verde also reported the incident, Francesco Emilia Borrelli, at the moment (waiting for the counts to be formalized) also elected for Montecitorio in the last political elections. «We are witnessing – underlines the exponent of the Greens – to a real emergency of thefts and robberies. There is not a day that passes without one of these crimes, often accompanied by unprecedented violence. The traders and the many good citizens of the whole Neapolitan area are exasperated and patience is now over. Many start to react and without a harsh reaction from the state we will soon mourn a dead man. We need a repression without discounts – he concludes – against those who are transforming our city and all its province into a far west without rules, where a sense of impunity reigns and the criminals are legitimized in continuing their criminal actions. Thats enough”.