A court imposed three months of Preventive prison A man accused of subtracting a bank card and using it to make consumption for more than 100 thousand pesos. According to the Public Ministry, Antonio Alberto Arias, aka the lameIn addition, it was passed through journalist.
The precautionary measure imposed by Judge Rigoberto Sena of the Judicial Office of the Permanent Attention Service of the National District was requested by fiscal attorney Juan Manuel Vicente, attached to the Community Prosecutor from the Sánchez road, who presented evidence that links Arias With the fact.
According to the accusation, the incident occurred on June 1, 2025, around 2:00 pm, at Casa San Pablo, Avenida Romulo BetancourtSouth viewpoint. While the victim, Jonathan Vicente de la Cruz, participated in an event, the accused took advantage of an oversight to insert his hand in his pocket and subtract a credit card from Banco Santa Cruz.
The authorities say that shortly after Arias He used the card In several commercial establishments, accumulating consumption for a total of 108,750 pesos. When noticing the unrecognized positions, the victim filed a complaint in the detachment of the South viewpoint, which began the inquiries in charge of the Department of Criminal Investigations (DICRIM).
Following your steps
As part of the process, The researchers They moved to one of the stores where he made one of the consumption, located on Winston Churchill Avenue. There, when reviewing the security cameras, they identified Arias as the person who made the purchase, being also recognized for having been previously investigated for similar crimes.
The accused was arrested on July 23, 2025, in compliance with an order issued by the coordination of the Courts of the Instruction of the National District.
The Public Ministry explained that the facts attributed to Antonio Alberto Arias constitute violations of articles 379 and 401 of the Dominican Criminal Codethat sanction theft and falsehood.
Coercion measure for another case
Recently the accused was taken to justice by the journalist Odil Blessedaccused of committing the same crime was imposed as coercion periodic presentation, economic guarantee and impediment of exit from the country.
