On November 1, the Mossos arrested a woman in Baix Penedès (Tarragona) accused of 8 thefts from apartments, a violent robbery, 2 scams and 2 robberies with force in homes for the elderly, in which she deceived by pretending to be pregnant and needing to drink water or use the bathroom to access the interior.
According to what the Mossos d'Esquadra reported this Wednesday, the detainee, who is 40 years old and has a forty-year criminal record, had a prison order in force on the day of her arrest, three outstanding arrest warrants and a hundred judicial injunctions for similar crimes.
The woman allegedly committed all these crimes in the Tarragona towns of Cunit, Segur de Calafell (Calafell) and El Vendrell, and was arrested just after robbing two homes of elderly people in the first of these towns, in which stole money and jewelry.
In all cases, the detainee always looked for elderly people with mobility or cognitive problems to gain their trust. Once the victim was chosen, he followed her to her home to gather information about her, such as her name, and thus begin a minimal relationship of trust and closeness.
Later, once he had gained the trust of his victims, he approached them at their house and, with the excuse of being pregnant, asked them if he could come in to drink a glass of water or use the bathroom. Once inside the house, and taking advantage of the limitations of her victims, she stole money and jewelry from them.
The police investigations, led by the Investigation Unit of the El Vendrell police station, began after the Mossos learned that a series of crimes had been committed that followed the same modus operandi and in the same geographical area, which They took place between the months of June and November.
One of the robberies stands out for the amount, in which the criminal took jewelry valued at around 12,000 euros, and another in which she stole jewelry from a woman who was unable to stay in bed, a crime she committed in the victim's room. and in front of her without her being able to do anything.
