Parcel service driver in Schwandorf: On the trail of stealing!

In the district of Schwandorf, a 24-year-old parcel service driver is suspected of having stolen packages. The driver's employer informed the police after another package had disappeared. As a result, the Amberg public prosecutor's office ordered the suspect's apartment.

During the search, a disappeared package with shoes worth 110 euros and other electrical items with a total value of around 5000 euros were secured. Investigations showed that the 24-year-old had acquired these articles "cheap", but assumed that they were stolen. As a result, the public prosecutor's office initiated an investigation for embezzlement and stealing.

legal background to the case

The suspect is a Romanian citizen. In the course of the investigation, the public prosecutor ordered the naming of a deliverer to accept documents from the authorities. The origin of the ensured items must be clarified by further investigations.

With regard to the legal aspects of theft and embezzlement, Haufe.de reported that theft in accordance with Section 242 of the Criminal Code comprises the removal of foreign moving things. It is crucial that the crime object is not in the perpetrator's sole ownership. Keeping, contrast, regulated in § 246 StGB, is carried out by an illegal appropriation of foreign things. Both descriptions aim to protect property and require the strangeness of the matter.

The public prosecutor will take further steps in the coming days to clarify the exact circumstances of the incident and, if necessary, file charges.