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2 Americans stab Italian cop to death after drug deal gone wrong in Rome
Posted on 7/27/19 at 3:23 pm
Posted on 7/27/19 at 3:23 pm
Two American teenagers have confessed to fatally stabbing a police officer in Rome on Friday, according to authorities.
Deputy Brigadier Mario Cerciello Rega was allegedly killed by the two American college students shortly after they had stolen a backpack from an Italian man and then tried to extort the victim for "100 euros and 1 gram of cocaine," according to a police statement.
The Italian man agreed to pay the Americans after reporting the extortion attempt to police. The authorities attempted to arrest the Americans when they showed up for the exchange, but a scuffle broke out and Rega was stabbed and killed, Italian police said.
Rega worked for the Carabinieri, Italy's paramilitary police corps, in Rome. A spokesman said the officer was dressed in plainclothes at the time of the stabbing.
The two Americans, Finnegan Lee Elder and Gabriel Christian Natale Hjorth, both 19, and from San Francisco, were able to escape briefly, but investigators tracked them to their luxury hotel room and managed to detain them as they were planning to leave the country, authorities said.
"The two, once in the barracks, were questioned by the Carabinieri, under the direction of the magistrates of the Public Prosecutor of Rome, faced with overwhelming evidence, they confessed," the Provincial Command of Rome said in a statement, translated from Italian.
An Italian Carabiniere, paramilitary policeman, patrols near the site where his colleague, Carabiniere Vice Brigadier Mario Cerciello Rega was stabbed to death by a thief in Rome, Friday, July 26, 2019.
Police said they searched the Americans' hotel room, and a knife "of considerable size" was found hidden in the ceiling along with the clothes believed to have been worn during the stabbing. Authorities said they captured the crimes on surveillance video.
A decree of detention has been issued for the U.S. citizens for aggravated murder and attempted extortion, the Carabinieiri said.
The two are being held at the Regina Coeli district jail in Rome.
The pair were allegedly trying to buy drugs just before the stabbing, but were sold a fake substance, a spokesman from the Carabinieri's press office told ABC News. Authorities believe the man they stole the bag from was not involved in the drug deal, but may have told the Americans where they could purchase drugs before he was robbed of his bag, the spokesman said.
A car of the Italian Carabinieri, paramilitary police, is parked near a blood stain, the site where Carabiniere Vice Brigadier Mario Cerciello Rega was stabbed to death by a thief in Rome, Friday, July 26, 2019.
Early reports by Italian media that the Americans went to John Cabot University are not true, a school spokesperson told ABC News.
Italian Deputy Prime Minister Matteo Salvini posted a photo of Rega from his wedding last June on his Twitter account.
Salvini had said before the official announcement of the teens' arrests and confessions that they would make the culprits "pay dearly," according to The Associated Press.
Deputy Brigadier Mario Cerciello Rega was allegedly killed by the two American college students shortly after they had stolen a backpack from an Italian man and then tried to extort the victim for "100 euros and 1 gram of cocaine," according to a police statement.
The Italian man agreed to pay the Americans after reporting the extortion attempt to police. The authorities attempted to arrest the Americans when they showed up for the exchange, but a scuffle broke out and Rega was stabbed and killed, Italian police said.
Rega worked for the Carabinieri, Italy's paramilitary police corps, in Rome. A spokesman said the officer was dressed in plainclothes at the time of the stabbing.
The two Americans, Finnegan Lee Elder and Gabriel Christian Natale Hjorth, both 19, and from San Francisco, were able to escape briefly, but investigators tracked them to their luxury hotel room and managed to detain them as they were planning to leave the country, authorities said.
"The two, once in the barracks, were questioned by the Carabinieri, under the direction of the magistrates of the Public Prosecutor of Rome, faced with overwhelming evidence, they confessed," the Provincial Command of Rome said in a statement, translated from Italian.
An Italian Carabiniere, paramilitary policeman, patrols near the site where his colleague, Carabiniere Vice Brigadier Mario Cerciello Rega was stabbed to death by a thief in Rome, Friday, July 26, 2019.
Police said they searched the Americans' hotel room, and a knife "of considerable size" was found hidden in the ceiling along with the clothes believed to have been worn during the stabbing. Authorities said they captured the crimes on surveillance video.
A decree of detention has been issued for the U.S. citizens for aggravated murder and attempted extortion, the Carabinieiri said.
The two are being held at the Regina Coeli district jail in Rome.
The pair were allegedly trying to buy drugs just before the stabbing, but were sold a fake substance, a spokesman from the Carabinieri's press office told ABC News. Authorities believe the man they stole the bag from was not involved in the drug deal, but may have told the Americans where they could purchase drugs before he was robbed of his bag, the spokesman said.
A car of the Italian Carabinieri, paramilitary police, is parked near a blood stain, the site where Carabiniere Vice Brigadier Mario Cerciello Rega was stabbed to death by a thief in Rome, Friday, July 26, 2019.
Early reports by Italian media that the Americans went to John Cabot University are not true, a school spokesperson told ABC News.
Italian Deputy Prime Minister Matteo Salvini posted a photo of Rega from his wedding last June on his Twitter account.
Salvini had said before the official announcement of the teens' arrests and confessions that they would make the culprits "pay dearly," according to The Associated Press.
Posted on 7/27/19 at 3:24 pm to Dandy Lion
Italy doesn’t have the death penalty do they???
Posted on 7/27/19 at 3:25 pm to Dandy Lion
Travelling to Europe is as trashy as a carnival cruise at this point.
Posted on 7/27/19 at 3:26 pm to Dandy Lion
quote:Not my Americans
The two Americans, Finnegan Lee Elder and Gabriel Christian Natale Hjorth, both 19, and from San Francisco
Posted on 7/27/19 at 3:36 pm to Dandy Lion
some halfwit celebrity will eventually come to their defense
Posted on 7/27/19 at 3:38 pm to Dandy Lion
Italy, do with them as you wish
Posted on 7/27/19 at 3:38 pm to Dandy Lion
They are better off doing it there than here. European countries don’t believe in life sentences or even very long ones. These guys can do their time and still have a life. No clue what an Italian prison is like though.
Posted on 7/27/19 at 3:39 pm to ReauxlTide222
what the frick kinda names are those
finnegan?
finnegan?
Posted on 7/27/19 at 3:41 pm to The Egg
quote:
finnegan?
Never heard of Finn?
It's a common as frick Irish-based name.
Posted on 7/27/19 at 3:45 pm to jbgleason
Italian prison is full of lowly African illegals, mafia related members and petty thieves.
Mafia related members get good treatment though because the cops and people in power are functional but still corrupt over there.
Just look at how many times the Italians have changed their governments since 1945. They have had 65 different governments in power while the Brits only had 25 in the same period.
Mafia related members get good treatment though because the cops and people in power are functional but still corrupt over there.
Just look at how many times the Italians have changed their governments since 1945. They have had 65 different governments in power while the Brits only had 25 in the same period.
Posted on 7/27/19 at 3:49 pm to Dandy Lion
They’ll have to serve about 8 years
Posted on 7/27/19 at 4:02 pm to biglego
I’m not going to pasta judgement on them.
Posted on 7/27/19 at 4:09 pm to pensacola
From traveling Europe to prison cell
What a farfalle from grace. And likely end up without a penne to their name
What a farfalle from grace. And likely end up without a penne to their name
Posted on 7/27/19 at 4:16 pm to Dandy Lion
quote:
"The two, once in the barracks, were questioned by the Carabinieri, under the direction of the magistrates of the Public Prosecutor of Rome, faced with overwhelming evidence, they confessed," the Provincial Command of Rome said in a statement, translated from Italian.
I'd bet $1,000 those dudes got the shite beat out of them during that interrogation
Posted on 7/27/19 at 4:21 pm to pensacola
They gonna be in the canneloni time! They better learn some Italian!
Posted on 7/27/19 at 5:19 pm to The Egg
quote:
what the frick kinda names are those
finnegan?
Never seen an Irish Pub?
Posted on 7/27/19 at 5:21 pm to Dandy Lion
He’s Finnegan it in the arse
Posted on 7/27/19 at 5:22 pm to Mr Personality
Trump needs to get these guys out of there.
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