Off-Duty Policeman Spots Car Theft in Progress, Leading to High-Speed Chase

They were spotted by an off-duty policeman while on board a Lancia Ypsilon - with one person on board - pushing a Fiat Panda with the engine off and two people inside it, along the provincial road 335, in the Marcianise municipality's countryside. This happened last night and the alarm was raised by a policeman from the Marcianise company who, off-duty, was returning to the barracks. The intervention of the patrol from the operational and radio-mobile nucleus was immediate and, at the sight of the military, the occupants of the Fiat Panda immediately got out of the vehicle and fled on foot into the surrounding countryside, losing their tracks. The driver of the Lancia Ypsilon, on the other hand, suddenly accelerated and drove away towards Naples. This resulted in a dramatic chase that went on until the city center of Naples, in Corso Vittorio Emanuele III, right next to the steps of San Pasquale, where the policemen managed to stop the fugitive's car. The man at the wheel, got out of the car and tried to escape on foot but was promptly caught and stopped. Immediate checks revealed that the Fiat Panda they were pushing on sp 335 had been stolen on the evening of January 29 in San Nicola la Strada and that the Lancia Ypsilon had also been stolen some time ago. The 45-year-old man from Castel Volturno was reported in a state of freedom and will have to answer for theft with violence on things and resistance to a public official. Investigations are ongoing by the Carabinieri of the Marcianise Company.