The firefighter had been a volunteer for less than a year. His behavior pushed him out of the ranks. On February 15, 2022, in Yutz, he hijacked the alert messaging system used by firefighters. He used his superior’s account and broadcast a degrading message that targeted the officer on duty. “The facts are distressing,” summarizes the lawyer for the two firefighters concerned. It didn’t fly very high, indeed. The words used evoked “a little penis that smells of fish”, recalls the council, denouncing “an attack on the honor and respectability” of the victims.
The author, ex-volunteer firefighter, would have acted “out of revenge”. He was summoned to the Thionville Criminal Court on Tuesday. But he didn’t show up. He was tried in his absence for a whole series of misdeeds. Because other offenses precede his not very glorious passage to the barracks of Yutz.
Imprisonment and compensation
Justice notably caught up with him for having used a flashing light and a siren on his personal van, without being authorized to do so. He is also being prosecuted for several frauds, against a stationery company, a site tool rental company, a garage. Finally, he recognizes damage committed in an elevator shaft to harm a company that had dismissed him. These various offenses were committed between Thionville, Luxembourg and Belgium.
The 22-year-old, born in Belgium, has already been convicted in the past for degradation and fraud. This time, the Thionville court pronounced ten months in prison against him. A quantum that the sentence enforcement judge can adjust. In addition, the defendant will have to compensate the civil parties constituted in this file. Or 200 euros for each of the two firefighters targeted by his actions in Yutz. And 15,000 euros to reimburse the company, forced to repair the damaged elevator.
