Tenager on AutoKlau-Tour: Police reveals brazen thefts!

Tenager on AutoKlau-Tour: Police reveals brazen thefts!

St. Pölten, Österreich - The police have uncovered a number of car theft that were committed by a teenage gang. The case was accepted after the advertisement of a man who reported the theft of his vehicle on February 27, 2025 in St. Pölten. Further information led the investigators to a series of crimes that extended to the Vienna districts. The license plate boards of his stolen car were found on the banks of the Danube in Vienna. It is noteworthy that at the same place there were also license plates from a parked car. These thefts are related to a traffic accident with driver escape, which occurred on March 12, 2025 in Stockerau, one of the license plate plates.

On March 17, 2025, the police tried to control a car stolen in St. Pölten. However, the driver fled on foot, while all stolen license plates were found in the vehicle. The police were able to secure the car. In addition, on March 20, 2025, a 16-year-old from Vienna stood by the police and admitted his participation in the thefts. Together with a 17-year-old, who had stolen another car in St. Pölten in the night from March 6 to March 7, 2025, he committed several thefts.

arrests and further investigations

The also fleeting vehicle driver was arrested on March 21, 2025 on the basis of an arrest order. The 17-year-old, on the other hand, was only caught in Vienna on April 11, 2025, where he denied the statement. Both youngsters were brought to the Vienna-Josefstadt judiciary, while another 16-year-old was reported at large.

connection to burglary theft

In parallel to these car thiefs, investigations into a number of burglary thefts in which a 41-year-old Romanian citizen is considered a suspect. Between March 2022 and January 2024, he is said to have committed 166 burglaries in schools and workers all over Austria. After a arrest on November 29, 2024 and a prior detention due to a break -in into a school in Hallein, the residential address of the accused in Vienna was searched. The investigators found 23 screwdrivers, 2 side cutters, various clothes and 250 train tickets.

The intensive investigation of the Lower Austria State Criminal Police Office has led to the accused assigned burglaries worth over 933,000 euros. The majority of the prey consisted of cash and electrical appliances, which led to property damage of around 680,000 euros. While the perpetrator is confessed, he is currently in pre -trial detention in the St. Pölten prison. The linking of these two cases illustrates a worrying development of youth crime, which includes different aspects of the delinquency.

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