Jewellery store employee in Santa Cruz to be charged with aggravated theft and complicity
Only the shop worker will be charged in connection with the robbery at a jewellery store in a shopping centre in Santa Cruz. Two Colombian detainees have no connection to the robbery.
Employee accomplice to robbery: charged with aggravated theft at precautionary hearing
According to El Deber, prosecutor Gerardo Balderas confirmed that only the woman arrested on Monday will be charged in relation to the robbery at a jewellery store located in a shopping centre in Santa Cruz de la Sierra. The precautionary measures hearing has been set for Tuesday.
The charges against the employee include aggravated theft in the degree of complicity and criminal association. Security cameras at the establishment recorded the woman opening display cases and handing jewels directly to the robbers during the robbery.
Balderas clarified that, after four hours of taking statements, the evidence gathered points exclusively to the shop employee as the only person linked to the crime at the moment.
In parallel, two Colombian citizens detained in Villa Primero de Mayo have been ruled out as participants in the jewellery store robbery. The prosecutor was categorical: the two arrested individuals have no connection to the robbery. However, both will face a separate investigation for illegal possession of firearms, having been found in possession of weapons during their detention.
Source: El Deber