Despite this, law enforcement officers claim that sufficient evidence has been collected against Mantas Vilčinskas, a 34-year-old man from Kaunas.
Criminologists tend to reject the version of a random attack with hooligan motives, because all the facts testify that the crime was planned in advance, with the aim of committing it in a specific object – a residential property in the Vilijampolė microdistrict.
It is suspected that this was done in order to take revenge on the owner of the private estate, who is engaged in business and lives there with his family. It cannot be ruled out that the attack could have been carried out in order to intimidate or blackmail the owner of the plot.
According to the officials, M. Vilčinskas worked with an accomplice, whose pre-trial investigation could not be established.
The case was recently transferred to Kaunas district court. Tauvilė Merkevičiūtė, assistant to the president of this court for media and public relations, informed the news portal lrytas.lt that the first hearing is scheduled for April 9.
The arson was committed on April 25, 2023, around 2 a.m. of the night
According to the prosecutor’s office, after climbing over the fence, M. Vilčinskas poured flammable liquid over two MAN trucks belonging to the owner of the estate.
Not only these heavy vehicles were badly burned, but also the Chrysler Grand Voyager parked nearby.
The flames also destroyed 60 square meters of paving stones, a fence, a gate, yard vegetation and other property. The loss amounts to almost 55 thousand. euros.
Almost 2 months after the arson, narcotic substances – cannabis – were found in M. Vilčinskas’ possession. This episode, for which the Kaunian admits guilt, is connected to the arson case.
In the meantime, the man from Kaunas, who is not working anywhere, denies his guilt due to the destruction of property.
The family affected by the arsonists claimed that they did not know M. Vilčinsko.
The authorities have no information that the accused belongs to the Kaunas mafia.
Previously, he was convicted three times for theft, possession of drugs, resisting law enforcement officers.
