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The Civil Guard arrested two people for an alleged crime of theft and declared that the intention was to be "occupants" of the home

The Civil Guard arrested two people for an alleged crime of theft and declared that the intention was to be "occupants" of the home

MASPALOMAS24H Thursday, September 29, 2022

The perpetrators were surprised by the owner of the home after returning home.
in the town of Santa Brígida

The authors state that their intention was to occupy the home

 

On September 8, the Civil Guard of the Main Post of San Mateo and Tejeda arrested two people, a 26-year-old man with a criminal record and a 22-year-old woman, as alleged perpetrators of a crime of attempted robbery with force. after being surprised by the owner of the property after being away to do some shopping for a short period of time and upon arriving home he found the couple in his
property, which they had accessed after jumping a wall about two meters high, in the town of Santa Brígida.


Knowledge of the facts


The Civil Guard was made aware of the events that occurred following a notice received from the Santa Brígida Local Police, who were at the scene preventing the escape of the perpetrators of the events since the owner of the home notified them. quickly by surprising the authors at their home.

 

For this reason, the Civil Guard, in the exercise of its functions, immediately went to the scene to identify the two people who entered the home by scaling a wall around two meters high.

 

Furthermore, assessing the circumstances of the event, the occurrence of a criminal flagrancy proven to have been surprised by the owner of the home moments before the arrival of the Police Forces, having
absent from the house for a period of less than one hour and the owner proving the ownership of the property as well as the apparent habitual use of the home, all of his belongings being found inside.

 

Due to everything that happened, the Civil Guard agents proceeded to arrest the couple for the possible commission of an alleged crime of attempted robbery inside a home since they were caught red-handed.

 

The detainee along with the proceedings are delivered and placed at the disposal of the corresponding courts of Las Palmas de GC.

 

 

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