Crime - Window drilled out and broken into: Indictment
A 48-year-old man is allegedly responsible for 21 residential burglaries and attempted burglaries in Berlin and Brandenburg. The public prosecutor's office in Berlin has therefore charged the man at Tiergarten district court, as the authorities announced on Thursday. According to the public prosecutor's office, the man allegedly stole valuables worth almost 19,000 euros.
According to the information, eight of the burglaries and attempted burglaries took place in Hoppegarten, eight in Kaulsdorf, Bohnsdorf and Rudow, three in Wartenberg and one each in Neu-Hohenschönhausen and Biesdorf.
Investigators noticed the particular way in which the break-ins were carried out: The perpetrator had drilled holes in window frames at night and tried to turn the window handles with a wire, for example. According to the public prosecutor's office, there have been an increasing number of break-ins using this method in north-east Berlin and in the districts of Märkisch-Oderland and Barnim since mid-2022.
When the accused was arrested in North Rhine-Westphalia in August after one such burglary, the series of crimes in Berlin and Brandenburg also ended, it said. The man is in custody there as part of the proceedings in North Rhine-Westphalia.
Press release
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- The man's indictment for these crimes is being handled by the attorney general's office in Berlin, due to the severity of the convicted acts, including housebreaking and attempted burglary.
- The public prosecutor's office in Berlin, in collaboration with district courts like the one in Tiergarten, plays a crucial role in ensuring justice is served for crimes committed in Berlin and neighboring Brandenburg, such as this case of criminality.
- The public prosecutor's office also mentioned that the methods used in these incidents, like drilling out window frames for housebreaking, have become more frequent in the districts of north-east Berlin and Brandenburg since mid-2022.
- This series of attempted burglaries and housebreakings in Berlin and Brandenburg came to an end when the suspect was arrested in North Rhine-Westphalia, as stated by the public prosecutor's office, highlighting the interconnectedness of criminal activities across different regions in Germany.
Source: www.stern.de
