Armed crowd in Charenton-le-Pont: the five adults arrested will be tried in November

One lowers his head and will sleep in jail on Monday evening.

His four friends, placed under judicial supervision, heave a sigh of relief.

This Monday afternoon, due to an overloaded hearing during the immediate appearances at the Créteil criminal court, the trial of five young men, aged 18 to 20, was postponed.

Arrested at the same time as five minors, they are all suspected of having participated in an armed crowd in Charenton-le-Pont, early Friday evening.

Alerted by local residents, the police found themselves faced with around thirty people who immediately fled.

In addition to the ten suspects, the police had got their hands on a disturbing arsenal: an axe, a knife with an impressive blade, baseball bats...

All banned from staying in the department

“Attention gentlemen, you are all banned from Val-de-Marne and you are prohibited from communicating with each other, recalls the president.

If the police see you in the area, you go straight to jail pending trial.

In the event of a new confrontation, it would also be a pity for your names to appear in telephone conversations.

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A warning could not be clearer to break the logic of clashes between young people from Charenton-le-Pont and Alfortville.

A few hours before the facts, the police had already dispersed several people to avoid clashes, on a footbridge.

As for the causes of this hatred?

"We don't have a specific reason.

This would be linked to a confusion going back years, deplores a person close to the file.

On the other hand, certain exchanges on social networks, in particular Snapchat, leave no room for doubt.

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Ambiguous messages found on cell phones

The investigators notably discovered messages like "I'm staying in town to set up the expedition" or even simpler with a "we must fight", when another evokes the recovery of a hammer, or even more worrying with a " Take firecrackers to shoot it”.

These almost clannish behaviors sometimes lead to dramas like in Champigny-sur-Marne.

Last April, a 20-year-old man attacked with a knife never got up.

Of the five minors, two were exonerated, one will have to perform a compulsory internship as for the other two, they will be summoned before the juvenile judge next December.

The adult trial will take place in November.