This is a case that has helped resolve several cases. According to information from France Bleu Périgordthe driver wanted after a hit-and-run between Gironde and Dordogne was arrested this Wednesday, November 5. After five days on the run, he was arrested in Pineuilh in Gironde.
Jewelry, computers and perfumes stolen in Dordogne
At the home of this 45-year-old man, the gendarmes found several stolen objects which correspond to the reports made by residents who were burglary at the beginning of November in the Vélines sector. There are many jewelry, computers and perfumes.
All stolen items are being returned to the victims.
Arrested after five days on the run
This man driving an Opel Corsa caused an accident in Sainte-Foy-la-Grande on October 31, before fleeing. The municipal police of the Gironde commune set out in pursuit. In the meantime and after checks, the municipal police realized that the man was also driving a car stolen from Bergerac.
The driver left the Gironde before joining the Dordogne at the wheel of the Opel Corsa. It caused a second material accident in Saint-Méard-de-Gurçon before managing to outrun the municipal police officers. The police helicopter sent urgently found the stolen car in front of the cemetery of Port-Saint-Foy-et-Ponchapt in Dordogne. The man fled on foot.
Tried and sentenced at the Libourne Criminal Court
At the end of his police custody, the forty-year-old was tried in immediate appearance at the Libourne Criminal Court for refusal to comply and for the thefts. He was sentenced to six months in prison, subject to change, and six months in prison with suspended probation.
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