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Referee With Ankle Monitor Detained After Fleeing Police at Trelew Amateur Match

Chubut's justice system will now decide whether to revoke his electronic monitoring.

Overview

  • Officers on routine checks at Trelew's Marquitos complex over the weekend found an amateur referee wearing an electronic ankle monitor, a court device used to track people under house arrest.
  • When approached, he ran off and hid in someone else’s car before officers pulled him out and detained him.
  • He is now at the disposal of Chubut judicial authorities, who will decide whether to revoke the monitoring and move him to a prison unit.
  • Local outlets report he hit a police officer during the struggle, though full judicial details have not been released.
  • The stop came during broader controls that also seized 13 vehicles, and matches at the complex continued during the arrest.