He had fled by swimming into the Marne but was found months later for another theft

Swimming in the Marne is prohibited. Even though it's July and we're hot. But it is not for this reason that a minor born in 2008 is now being prosecuted.

That day, he drove a stolen vehicle. Maybe he didn't know? However, he fled when the Châlons-en-Champagne police wanted to carry out a check, Chemin du Perthuis in Châlons. The place, which runs along the Marne between the prefecture town and Compertrix, had offered the boy an opportunity to escape: he left by swimming, across the river.

Summoned to appear before the juvenile court

Since then, he has no longer been on the police radar. Until this Saturday, November 23, 2024, shortly before midnight. This time, it is in the Verbeau sector that a vehicle, reported stolen by its owner, is spotted in circulation, with two individuals on board.

Checked, both were finally placed in police custody and the driver of the vehicle was identified: it was the swimmer from July. He will be summoned later by the juvenile court. The second, also minor, might not get off easily either. He was in fact prohibited, by the courts, from going out at night.