The entrance gate smashed, two prefabricated classrooms crushed and the lawn of the establishment trashed. This is the spectacle of desolation that the students and staff of the Saint-Joseph La Salle college in Tinténiac, northwest of Rennes, discovered twice in December.
The first intrusion took place during the weekend of December 9 and 10. On Monday, December 11, when classes resumed, an abandoned backhoe loader was discovered in the school courtyard. The following Monday, the scenario was repeated with further damage noted and still the same construction equipment, stolen from a quarry, which had been used to commit the crimes.
One placed in pre-trial detention, the other under judicial supervision
After these two wild trips, a blatant investigation into those responsible for theft and damage was opened and entrusted to the Combourg gendarmerie brigade. It led to the arrest on Tuesday of two individuals identified thanks to a DNA fingerprint taken from the backhoe loader and thanks to the analysis of the establishment’s video surveillance, indicates in a press release Fabrice Trémel, public prosecutor of Saint-Malo .
During their custody, the two suspects admitted the facts. They will be tried on February 23 before the Saint-Malo judicial court for aggravated theft, aggravated damage to the property of others and willful damage to property intended for the public utility. While awaiting trial, one of the two defendants was placed in pre-trial detention and the other under judicial supervision. A psychiatric assessment was also ordered for each of the two accused.