Toledo 03.09.2022

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### Troube in Downtown Toledo

Police said they are looking for a suspect in the Sep. 3rd attempt B&E of a Toledo pawn shop.

Police said the suspect is injured, since at least 3 bullet cartridges were collected from the scene of the crime and blood was also found along with some organic matter.

The man entered the store at about 10 p.m., according to some witness accounts on the first two shots, and after a few moments, fired a third shot, our sources believe this was an amateur attempt at entering the store with the intention to steal its contents.

After an undisclosed amount of time, the man left the store.

The owner was not present during the incident, police said. No items have yet been confirmed to be stolen.

A search of the area by K-9 unit was unsuccessful. And the police is now looking into the CCTV and other evidence to find more about the event.

The attempt left at least a door with the need of replacement, and cleanup to be done, along with frightened neighbors that claim that this city has seen more and more crime with no action from the mayor.

The Mayor’s office is still to comment on the events of the night, with a press conference scheduled to happen early in the hours of the next Monday.

### Statement of the traveler’s camp

A small group of travelers have set up camp at a rural area in south Toledo.

The collection of several caravans arrived at Toledo South region early in the week and have since been visited by the City Council’s Gypsy Roma Traveler Team.

The authority has also served trespass notices - the first step in a process which can lead to a possession order and a warrant for eviction from the land.

Spanish Gypsy groups are calling for urgent action and protection after reports of people being shot upon by residents in what they believe what was an attempt to force them to abandon their camps in a small field.

In the early evening hours of the 30th of August, a 29-year-old called Álvaro Soto was shot upon multiple times, after settling for the night with his wife and 3 children.

The alleged attackers were arrested by local authorities and are now waiting for a court date to be set, soon to be moved closer to Madrid’s Juzgado de Instrucción Nº 32, where the court hearing will be taking place soon, the authorities say,

Identities of the subjects have not yet been released, with rumours pointing towards some local gang members from the southern region of metropolitan area of Madrid.

The group has been wrecking havoc since the start of the Summer and is yet to be fully understood what their intentions are of why they have been attacking the local population.

### Tech Corp closes deal with Europol

Ms Catherine de Boll, is stepping up its focus on public safety by adding thousands of new surveillance cameras on capitals across Europe.

The cameras are part of a $55 million investment in public safety. The plan will see more than 2500 city-owned cameras installed throughout the main capitals of Europe – adding to the 1580 cameras already located along the selected cities.

“The entire capitals, the neighborhoods, every street will be under surveillance”, Ms Catherine de Bolle, Executive Director of Europol on her second term as of May 2022 said, adding that the cameras will give law enforcement and community members “another layer of safety and protection.”

The cameras will be controlled and monitored by officers in the city’s surveillance center. They will be installed on street poles and will surveil intersections and other areas that authorities have identified as being in need of “more video coverage,” Europol Liaison Officer Ralph Kohn said.

Maria Marbello has lived in Madrid for four decades and said she welcomes the new surveillance cameras, arguing they make her feel safer when se goes for late evening strolls.

Bertha Cottman, a Berlin resident, also views the cameras favorably. “If it helps deter a crime or someone being assaulted, I’m all for it,” she said.

The cameras are set to start going up before the end of the year.

The money for the cameras is just part a $160 million injection of Federation funds for improvements in the European public security, including more Tech Corp projects and increase on their force.

“I think it has to be a ‘whole of Europe’ approach,” POR. Heiko Maas told The Evening Standard. “Europe won’t achieve its aspirations, its rightful place, unless everybody in the community does as well.”