High-Value Watch Thefts and Vatican Employee Arrest in Rome

Robbery yesterday just before 1 pm on Donatello street in Rome. A 40-year-old in a car was approached by two armed people on a scooter who made him hand over the watch he was wearing on his wrist, valued at 38,000 euros. They fled immediately after. Officers from the Villa Glori police station are investigating. Sonia Bruganelli robbed in Rome: "I was scared, fortunately, my children were not in the car with me." A Vatican employee attempts to sell a stolen valuable watch. He tried to sell a valuable watch stolen from an apartment in Rome. For this reason, a Vatican employee has been reported by the police after a quick investigation conducted in collaboration with the Vatican City Gendarmerie. It all started with a theft report filed by a citizen at the Porta Pia police station for a watch, stolen from his home along with other items, which he then saw for sale on an online site. The officers contacted the seller pretending to be buyers and set up a meeting. Once it was verified that the watch was the stolen one, they checked the 54-year-old, who arrived at the meeting with a car registered to the Vatican City, as he was employed as a warehouse worker. In his home, numerous valuable watches and material used to certify the product's warranty, as well as tags for pricing the watches, were found and seized. Also seized was money for about 5000 euros hidden in various rooms. The Gendarmerie carried out a search in his office and also found other watches. The 54-year-old is under investigation in a state of freedom for receiving stolen goods. Investigations are underway to determine the origin of the seized material. The theft from Sonia Bruganelli. While she was in her car on Farnesina road, in Rome yesterday afternoon, two people on a scooter approached her and snatched a valuable watch from her wrist before fleeing. The victim of the theft was Sonia Bruganelli, ex-wife of Paolo Bonolis. "The fear was great but fortunately, they did not hurt me," said Bruganelli according to the newspaper 'Il Messaggero'. Investigations by the Rome Trionfale carabinieri are underway to trace the perpetrators.