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I'm sorry to hear about this.
However, once again, those of us who have walked strongly suggest people DO NOT LEAVE MONEY OR CREDIT CARDS OR PASSPORTS in their backpacks. Those should be in a money belt on your person AT ALL TIMES. I just don't have any capital letters that are bigger than these.
And frankly, I wouldn't suggest taking anything you cannot afford to lose on the Camino, especially leaving it in your backpack.
Sorry but I am venting: so why release this person when they have been caught red-handed, multiple times? It makes zero sense.The problem is not confined to Melide. A Santiago news website reported this morning on the arrest of a thief in an albergue who has been arrested and then released multiple times. One of several such reports this summer.
https://www.elcorreogallego.es/sant...rinos/idEdicion-2018-09-30/idNoticia-1139635/
Probably because a life sentence isn't considered appropriate for petty theft. It is hard to figure out what is appropriate!why release this person when they have been caught red-handed, multiple times?
I took the article to mean that they had arrested the person and had released them on bail before the trial. My assumption must be wrong?Probably because a life sentence isn't considered appropriate for petty theft. It is hard to figure out what is appropriate!
I took the article to mean that they had arrested the person and had released them on bail before the trial. My assumption must be wrong?
HAH! I totally read that as "I sleep with a small crossbow in my sleep sack"
I had a new Camino hero for a minute!!
People are coming from overseas to do this!? That's good be aware of: I always assumed people coming from afar were 'safe.' Hmmm. Maybe not.I was four days out on the Via de la Plata, this year, when I met a very loud guy, abrasive, Brazilian. Though the night he emptied the fridge, took everything that he fancied, from the backpacks and apparently left at 5 am, before everyone else woke to find their gear ransacked. Police called, everyone then moved on, in pursuit of the Brazilian. As we met others further up the walk, they recounted the same event occurring, the only problem was that the fellow had moved down the track in a reverse direction. Thus evading pursuers.
I've worked in places where there has been a fridge thief, probably didn't like the the food they had brought in for lunch so took somebody else's. This happened on a regular basis the culprit was never discovered.People emptying fridges just strikes me as sad. Someone without enough food or the means to get it.
It's easy to judge thieves, but life is seriously hard for some people, and there is less and less of a
Trust in God but tether your camel ... always good advice.Jolanda, who stayed at the Municipal Albergue in Melide 29th, awoke this morning to discover that there had been some serious thefts. Jolanda will explain here-
In the early moring we discovered that many backpacks was opened and also taken out of the dorm to be opened. Some pilgrims report money (one guy alone lost 200 euros, a girl a smartphone, another a credit card And documents and the credencial, a pair of shoes, and even breakfast from the fridge!).
We also found a couple of unhauthorized persons inside the albergue, one of them said he was the son of the hospitalera, we don't know if they found open doors (as they told us), or if they had the keys.
The police came after 1h, I was there when they arrived. Later ( I was downstairs), it was reported to me that the police suggested people who had lost items and money should continue walking (!), and make a police report at the next town the next morning (?!). My backpack had been removed by the intruders and I found my things outside the dorm on the stairs and other people found their belongins and backpacks in the kitchen and on the ground floor, and on the stairs up to the second floor. We found it strange that none of the pilgrims were not disturbed during the theft, and that the police did not question the two guys that we found in the albergue (the son of the hospitalera and his girlfriend) or record the pilgrims complaint or loses.
Some pilgrims were able to identify two youths who they suspected could be involved, one with red hair who the police know about because they said they know someone with red hair is stealing from the albergues.
Hahahaha, funny thing I also read "crossbow".HAH! I totally read that as "I sleep with a small crossbow in my sleep sack"
I had a new Camino hero for a minute!!
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