After the death of a 16-year-old teenager in November 2023 at Crépol in Drôme, the mayor of Romans-sur-Isère was threatened. A man has just been arrested in Toulouse.
A dramatic news that descends into political extremism. On the night of November 18-19, a 16-year-old teenager died during a popular ball in Crépolin the Drôme. The young boys from a “difficult” town of Romans-sur-Isère, 20 km away, were quickly drawn into the investigation.
But this business quickly became political, taken over by the far-right movement that even organized a demonstration in Romani.
The networks are on fire. The mayor of Romans-sur-Isère, Marie-Hélène Thoraval, who expressed her concern on a continuous news channel about the drift of certain towns in her city amid drug trafficking and Islamist radicalization, is receiving death threats. Several times. The chosen one decides to file a complaint.
Death threats against an elected official?
Ten months after the death of Thomas and while seven suspects of the Crépol murder fleeing to Spain were arrested in Toulouse by the gendarmes on November 21, this case has a new continuation “Toulouse”.
This time, a simple identity check led to the arrest of a 21-year-old man on Monday evening, in the area of Place Jeanne-d'Arc, in Toulouse. During the identity checks, the police officers from the anti-crime brigade understood that the man in front of them was the subject of a search warrant issued by the Drôme police. It is believed that this individual threatened to kill the mayor of Romans.
Brought back to the police station where he spent the night, the suspect was picked up on Tuesday by investigators from the Drôme specialized and organized crime division, who came especially for the occasion. They returned to Valencia, where police custody continues under the authority of the Valencia Public Prosecutor's Office.