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Cover Your Fingertips with Glue so You Don't Leave Footprints: the Trick Betrays the Robber

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He covered his fingertips with glue so as not to leave footprints during the robberies, but precisely this device allowed the police to recognize him. A 53-year-old Roman was arrested in flagance after a blow at the post office in via Boccea: according to the investigators, he had adopted the same trick in previous assaults, including the recent one at a supermarket in via Baldo degli Ubaldi. The man had already been arrested in 2023 for robberi…

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He covered his fingertips with glue so as not to leave footprints during the robberies, but precisely this device allowed the police to recognize him. A 53-year-old Roman was arrested in flagance after a blow at the post office in via Boccea: according to the investigators, he had adopted the same trick in previous assaults, including the recent one at a supermarket in via Baldo degli Ubaldi. The man had already been arrested in 2023 for robberi…

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He had devised a system not to leave footprints, without sacrificing the freedom of movement of his hands: he covered his fingertips with glue, entrusting to that thin film the task of subtracting him from the typoscopic reliefs. The trick, instead of guaranteeing anonymity, became a distinctive element, which helped to bring the investigators of the Police of [...] The article Back to hit a post office, taken the robber without footprints comes…

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The glue on the fingertips to avoid leaving fingerprints, the face covered and a scooter with the plate hidden to guarantee the escape. A system designed not to be identified, but that has become an investigative trace. It is so that the agents of the XIII District Aurelio have risen to a Roman [...]

(The following text is taken in full from the press note sent to the Agency Opinion) // /// He had devised a system not to leave footprints, without sacrificing the freedom of movement of the hands: it covered the fingertips of glue, entrusting to that thin film the task of subtracting it from the typoscopic reliefs. The trick, instead of guaranteeing anonymity, has become a [...]

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Agenzia giornalistica Opinione broke the news on Monday, November 9, 2026.
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