Overview
- Paris prosecutors charged a 37-year-old man with organized theft and criminal conspiracy and a 38-year-old woman with complicity in organized theft, with both denying involvement and remaining in pre-trial detention.
- The new charges raise the total formally charged to four after seven arrests overall, while three of five people detained in this week’s raids were released without charge.
- A magistrate cited a risk of collusion and disturbance of public order in detaining the woman, who lives in La Courneuve, according to court reports.
- Two earlier suspects, aged 34 and 39 from Aubervilliers, have partially admitted involvement; DNA on a getaway scooter led to one arrest at Charles de Gaulle Airport and investigators point to additional forensic traces.
- The jewels have not been recovered; thieves used a vehicle-mounted lift and power tools to raid the Apollo Gallery in daylight on Oct. 19, escaping in under eight minutes with eight crown-jewel pieces, with one damaged crown found outside.