Police and gendarmes joined forces to neutralize this gang which would have, at least, targeted isolated grannies. Three suspected criminals were presented at the end of last week before the criminal court of Versailles (Yvelines) They obtained the postponement of the case to prepare their defense, before being imprisoned.
Three men, from the Traveler community and aged between 33 and 69, were arrested on Tuesday April 9 near Brunoy (Essonne), after attacking a 93-year-old woman whom they were trying to rob. The police estimate that this team took action six times in Yvelines, Essonne, Seine-et-Marne and Seine-Saint-Denis for damage amounting to tens of thousands of euros. The Paris region is currently experiencing a wave of thefts by trick targeting elderly people in their homes. And business is increasing. One of them occurs in an elderly woman, usually a widow. A fake water agent enters the home and asks him to turn on the tap.