Ravenna, August 30, 2026 – Perhaps the situation has improved. Law enforcement controls have helped to scale down the phenomenon and even the Pro Loco, in recent days, had invited to read the situation with greater confidence. But in Piangipane the concern does not yet seem to have completely subsided. It takes just one episode, or even just a report, to rekindle that feeling of insecurity that has accompanied the town in recent months.
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The latest alarm bell comes from the local community’s social media. A resident posted a video and a message directly addressed to parents, after noticing some young people entering her garden late at night. “I don’t post much – she writes – but if someone recognizes themselves in this video or some parent recognizes their child who enters private gardens late at night without being invited, stop or have these senseless and shameful acts stopped.”
The woman also announces the intention to “take serious measures,” implying that this time, they do not want to limit themselves to reporting on social media. The post, with references to voices and names that the resident claims are recognizable in the footage, brings back to the forefront an issue that has long been discussed in Piangipane: that of groups of very young people who, especially in the evening hours, gather in certain areas of the town.
FdI: “Serious acts”
In recent days it was the Fratelli d’Italia city councilor Patrizia Zaffagnini who harshly intervened on the issue of security, claiming that the town was dealing with a baby gang capable, in her opinion, of moving from vandalism and uncivil behavior to more serious episodes. Also targeted was the fire that broke out inside a construction site in an abandoned private area on Via dello Scorpione, close to residences, a place indicated as one of the evening meeting spots for young people.
A clear reading, that of Zaffagnini, who emphasized how, when youth discomfort “systematically turns into vandalism, fires, and crimes,” it enters the field of juvenile delinquency and as such the phenomenon must be addressed by the institutions.
Dominichini, Pro Loco: “Situation improved”
Of a different tenor was instead the assessment of Umberto Dominichini, president of the Pro Loco, who a few days ago spoke of an “improved” situation. The phenomenon, he explained, had been scaled down also thanks to the intervention of the local police and the carabinieri, who intensified controls after reports arrived from the town.
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