Suspect in Louvre robbery is former museum guard, social media influencer
The public is learning more about the four suspects arrested last month on suspicion of stealing France’s crown jewels from the Louvre museum. One suspect reportedly attracted attention as a social media star known for his motocross stunts. parisian.
The 39-year-old man, identified by officials as Abdoulaye N., was arrested at his home in the Paris suburb of Aubervilliers six days after the Oct. 19 robbery. His DNA was reportedly found on display cases and other discarded items at the scene, such as gloves, a reflective vest and a disc cutter. He is suspected of being one of two men who broke into the museum’s Apollo Gallery through an unsecured window before absconding on a motorcycle.
Abdoulaye N., known as Doudou Cross Bitume on social media, has reportedly posted numerous videos performing stunts on a motorcycle, traveling locally and providing tips on how to build muscle on YouTube, Instagram and TikTok. parisian and radio station. Some videos also show him riding a Yamaha TMax, which was also used in the Louvre escape.
The news outlet added that he also worked for companies including UPS and Toys R Us and as a security guard at the Pompidou Center and had 15 previous criminal convictions, including possession and transportation of drugs, driving without a license and causing danger to others. In 2014, he was convicted of robbing a jewelry store (Paris prosecutor Raul Becuo revealed last week that another suspect arrested in the Louvre robbery was said to have been convicted in the same robbery).
Abdoulaye N. was scheduled to stand trial on Wednesday, November 5, in another case of damage to public property in Bobigny, another Paris suburb, on charges of breaking a mirror and damaging a cell door, according to the French Ministry of Justice. He was detained in 2019 for another theft case but was later cleared. Associated Press.
Although the suspects were narrowed, the stolen jewelry has not been recovered.
