Overview
- Officers from the División Investigación Comunales 1 Sur intercepted the identified man outside a residence on Anchorena 500 following surveillance informed by forensic analysis of the café footage.
- A roommate at the Abasto address surrendered the 1916 Militelo violin, which was seized for safeguarding and is slated for restitution to its owner, Guillermo Olguín.
- The detainee was identified as Carlos Reyes, 33, a Peruvian national with prior records for theft and robbery, with measures ordered by Criminal and Correctional Court No. 48.
- Investigators are working to locate and charge the two other individuals who appeared in the security video and to clarify each person’s role in the theft.
- Olguín, a professional violinist with the Teatro Argentino de La Plata and a UNA instructor, had publicized the case after reporting that a 911 call did not bring an immediate police response.