Three young men and two minor teenagers suspected of having participated in the attempted burglary of the Parisian home of presenter Anne-Sophie Lapix were presented Wednesday to an investigating judge with a view to possible indictment, according to the prosecution, requested by AFP.
The Paris prosecutor's office confirmed that it had requested the indictment of the five suspects arrested during the night from Saturday to Sunday, born between 1998 and 2006, for armed theft committed by an organized gang.
Growing practice
Presenter Anne-Sophie Lapix was the victim of an attempted burglary at her Parisian home during the night from Saturday to Sunday, while she and her family were there, we learned from a police source on Sunday.
The practice of home-jacking (a burglary while the person is at home) of celebrities seems to be booming in the Paris region.
The singer Vitaa, the radio host Bruno Guillon and even PSG players have been victims in recent months.
The attempted burglary of the house, located in the wealthy 16th arrondissement of Paris, of the presenter of the 8:00 p.m. news on France 2, married to Arthur Sadoun, boss of the third world communications group, Publicis, took place around 3:00 a.m., according to a police source.
According to this source, the burglars were disturbed by one of Anne-Sophie Lapix's sons and fled.
Police officers, who were conducting discreet surveillance near the home of the 51-year-old journalist, arrested five people and took them into police custody.
Police discovered a handgun, balaclavas and a roll of tape in a vehicle used by the suspects.
From January to November 2023, the police headquarters recorded a total of 288 home-jackings in Paris and its immediate suburbs, or 49 fewer than over the same period in 2022. But celebrities seem to be increasingly targeted.