Prague 9: The thief remained free for 5 months, stole a quarter of a million
The terror of Prague garages, cars and carriage houses, who was wanted nationwide, was arrested by the police in Prague’s Letňany. The 33-year-old man has already been sentenced three times in the past for property crime to a sentence behind bars, where he spent a total of seven years. The last time he was released was in April this year, but it didn’t last long, because the thefts started again.
“During his nocturnal thieving expeditions, he used his hand tools to break into underground garages, vehicles, strollers and other objects, where he took everything of value,” described police spokeswoman Violeta Siřišťová.
She was his favorite loot bicycles – it often happened that he arrived at the next crime scene on a stolen bicycle, where he stole another bicycle and left the previously stolen one there. “When he broke into a store in Žižkov, Prague, he was still lucky, because he was only “kicked” by the owner, who was sleeping in the establishment and who was woken up by the noise of the shop door being opened, but he still fled the scene,” Siřišťová described one of the cases .
The detectives knew well who he was, after an intensive search they also managed to find out his current whereabouts, so they were waiting for him. “The moment he returned from his nocturnal wanderings, he was surprised by detectives. For the use of coercive means, the criminal officers used groping, grabbing and the threat of a pointed weapon not only to prevent the escape of the suspectaleik overcoming the resistance that landed put,” said the spokeswoman.
During a thorough search, they found burglar’s tools and a lot of money, and during a house search, they found a number of stolen items and other tools, including a special lock picker. “For the time being, the police commissioner charged the man with ten acts of theft, trespassing and damage to another’s property, when the charges are expected to be extended to dozens of other crimes,” the spokeswoman added, adding that the damage caused amounted to a quarter of a million. Gauner ended up in custody.
The police arrested a recidivist who stole a quarter of a million in Prague. Police of the Czech Republic
The police arrested a recidivist who stole a quarter of a million in Prague.
Author: Police of the Czech Republic