While Frédéric is on patrol about thirty kilometers from Dax he is called urgently. An inhabitant of a subdivision has just immobilized himself a thief who attacked cars in his neighborhood.

Arriving there, he finds two men waiting wisely. The offender is sitting on the wall and does not oppose any resistance.

The individual used an old ax to break the windows of the cars. His booty: Three pairs of glasses, a camera and a knife.

While his colleague searches him, Frédéric decides to hear the inhabitant who stopped him, he wants to know the itinerary of the thief. This resident took real risks with the offender armed with an ax, things could have ended badly.

Before auditioning the thief, Frédéric wants to know exactly how many cars he has broken.

The young delinquent is taken to the gendarmerie. Before hearing him, Frédéric wished to continue his investigation in the early morning. Faced with the lie of the thief, he decided to check in daylight the number of vandalized cars, and on the spot he will discover many.

After an hour of research, Frédéric discovered eleven broken and searched vehicles in the same area. The offender lied to the gendarmes. Back to the brigade, Frédéric will soon discover that the young is well known for their services.

At only 16 years old the boy is recidivist. He will pretend that he just wanted to make some money by selling the items. As he is a minor, his mother was called to recover him. This is not the first time she comes to the gendarmerie, in front of her mother the young bursts into tears.