We are Friday 30 September , around 11 pm, in the Central Hospital area. A driver was spotted traveling in a reported stolen car.
Three police officers from a Nancy BAC crew approach him as he is stopped at a traffic light.
The driver then reversed and the police chased him on foot.
The driver must then stop due to a vehicle traveling normally in his lane and coming behind him.
The three policemen approach. The driver restarts the car as he turns to his left to resume the flow of traffic. The policeman, who was in front of the vehicle, was then forced to step aside to avoid the collision and used his service weapon.
“Neither the policeman nor the driver were injured. However, the policeman is granted an ITT for a day due to the psychological shock suffered, “according to François Pérain, Nancy’s prosecutor.
A new chase ensues and the driver ends up stopping. He was then arrested and taken into custody.
Attempted murder
The man, born in 1993, had not returned to Center of semi-liberty of Maxéville from 28 September. He was serving a one-year prison sentence handed down on January 5, 2022 for burglary and driving without a license and another sentence of 4 months in prison for theft and driving without a license handed down on October 18, 2021, according to the indictment. .
On 30 September he was driving without a license and under the influence of drugs.
The driver was to be brought before a judge this Sunday, October 2, as part of a dismissal of the CRPC (appearance for prior admission of guilt) for “flight”, then before an investigating judge for “attempted murder on a depositary public authority resulting in an ITT of less than 8 days, “refusal to comply, driving without a license and driving under the influence of alcohol.
“Investigations are continuing into the defendant’s involvement in several thefts he allegedly committed during his escape,” the prosecutor said.
