The 46-year-old Romanian was surprised by the carabinieri when he was charging his electric car in a socket belonging to the town hall of Vergato, a commune in the province of Bologna, the Italian press writes. The law enforcement officers reported him, and now he is charged with aggravated assault.

A man who was charging his Tesla electric car in an outlet belonging to the city authorities in the Apennines was caught by an employee of the city hall, local publications Il Resto del Carlino and Reno News note.

He informed the Carabinieri, who accused the Romanian of continuing the aggravated robbery. The law enforcement officers caught him right during refueling and asked him to turn off the car.

It all started when a city hall employee saw on surveillance cameras that a man made a habit of charging his white Tesla electric car at a city station.

The man was repeatedly filmed stealing electricity.

The Carabinieri caught him red-handed on May 23, when it turned out that the man had loaded the car four times at different times and days in the previous days.

The man, who was already known to the police, explained that a person from the commune told him that he could use the town hall station to charge his car, but the carabinieri did not believe the Romanian’s version and he would be investigated for aggravated theft. in extended form.