For months many cars had been damaged with tires punctured by unknown persons, leading to thoughts of disagreements between residents or even of intimidation, revenge and retaliation, with investigations by the Carabinieri who, despite the stakeouts, had failed to identify those responsible: in the end , thanks to the installation of some cameras, the unexpected discovery of a dog, Billy, suffering from gingivitis, immortalized in the videos while attacking the tyres. The story happened in Vastogirardi, a town of 600 souls located in the province of Isernia in Molise.

The first report of damage dates back to the second half of last July for a car left parked in Piazza Giusto Girardi found with a punctured tyre: the carabinieri of the San Pietro Avellana station, after an inspection of the square and a series of investigations, are unable to trace the author of the gesture. At the end of October, another four incidents of punctured tires on cars left parked in the same square were reported: from the new investigations, this time more in-depth also due to the fear of intimidation, however, once again, nothing emerged. At that point the Command of the Carabinieri Company of Agnone organizes surveillance services with personnel in civilian clothes, but no other episodes occur and it is not possible to gather useful elements to identify the person responsible for the damage.

The intervention of the Investigative Unit of the Carabinieri of Isernia proves to be providential and, in support of Agnone’s colleagues, installs some cameras that frame the affected square, discovering, after a few days, the serial perpetrator of the damage: it is Billy, the dog of large size of one of the victims of the damage. The owner of the animal, unaware of its nocturnal raids, explained to the military that in recent months the dog had had gingivitis which led it to bite various objects; the woman will now have to compensate for the damage caused by Billy and prevent the damage from happening again.