They are now in prison without our name or age yet being known.
At the end of very tense police custody, twelve young people were referred Friday afternoon to the court of Créteil for a series of attacks on families of Champigny and Saint-Maur.
"Nine of them were remanded in custody and three were released as assisted witnesses," said Laure Beccuau, the prosecutor of Créteil on Saturday.
"Those who left were arrested on Wednesday during the SDPJ 94 in the squatted pavilion of Champigny," said a source close to the investigation.
But their possible role in the attacks is not established.
The others were recognized by the victims.
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Spit on a policeman
It is to determine the exact implication of each one that a judicial investigation was opened.
It relates in particular to thefts with organized gang violence and kidnappings.
For some, the offense has been reclassified as receiving stolen goods.
Before even investigating the responsibilities of the indicted, the investigating judge will have to identify them all.
“During police custody, some gave fanciful or borrowed identities, plague an investigator.
Others simply refused to speak or to have a DNA sample or a bone exam.
We cannot force them.
One of them even refused to come out of his cell.
He spat on a colleague.
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“During the first appearance examination before the investigating judge, some of them made a spontaneous statement, assures another source.
Others agreed to answer questions.
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Loot from other assaults?
Most of those who agreed to speak during police custody assured that they were minors, without this being verifiable.
Investigators are convinced that the three attacks that have occurred at night since the end of last week are not the only attacks allegedly committed by these young people in an irregular situation.
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"We found part of the loot stolen during the kidnappings but there are also objects that nobody recognized", underlines a source close to the file.
About fifteen phones have for example been found.
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According to this source, these young people, probably Algerians, squat since the beginning of December this pavilion of Champigny.
"A level has been crossed"
In any case, this series caused a stir in the city and in Saint-Maur.
“Usually, unaccompanied minors who fall into delinquency engage in assaults such as snatching, burglary or trafficking in cigarettes,” notes a police officer.
What marks the spirits in this affair is that a level has been crossed with kidnappings under the threat of weapons ”.
In Champigny, an elderly couple was attacked in their pavilion.
700 meters away, an entire family was assaulted in their home.
The father had in particular been assaulted and the mother forced to withdraw 4,000 euros from the distributor in the middle of the night.
In Saint-Maur, a son who realized that the weapon on display was fake had been molested.
