A man stole a children's vehicle in Schweinfurt - and made a crucial mistake. The police targeted the 32-year-old.
- A man stole a children's electric vehicle in Schweinfurt and wanted to sell it on eBay.
- The victim discovered the report - and recognized the suspect.
- The 32-year-old is in custody.
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Schweinfurt - "Mirror, mirror on the window, let's see if I stay free?" The Lower Franconia police wrote about an incident in Schweinfurt .
Schweinfurt (Bavaria): Man wants to sell stolen goods on Ebay
The officials reported a burglar who broke open cellar raids during his raids in the Schweinfurt city area and stole several items. He then tried to sell them on a well-known internet platform for used items - probably meant Ebay .
However, a special stolen property was doomed to the thief, a 32-year-old from Schweinfurt. "In the period from the end of February to the middle of March, he broke into a cellar compartment on Geldersheimer Strasse and stole a child's electric vehicle similar to a BMW X6, " the police continued.
❓Mirror, mirror on the window, let's see if I stay free❓
The “plan” of this burglar looked something like this:
➡ Steal
children's electric car ➡ Sell car on the Internet
What he did not consider:
faces are also reflected in the windows of toy cars ! pic.twitter.com/u8HfOKTcYz
Schweinfurt: Woman discovers stolen goods on Ebay - suspect is reflected in the side window
In order to subsequently be able to present the stolen goods on the sales platform , he photographed the children's electric car . "The only stupid thing for him was that he forgot that his face was reflected in the side window of the vehicle and that he could be recognized," said the police in Lower Franconia.
“The 33-year-old victim got a hint when the facts were taken that stolen goods from cellar burglaries are often sold online. Therefore, she independently researched the internet for her lost vehicle, ”the police continued. After a short research, the woman found the vehicle, which was offered for a retail price of 120 euros.
Stolen goods offered on Ebay: woman recognizes suspects - it is her former neighbor
She also recognized the mirroring of the suspect's face and recognized her former neighbor. As part of the investigation, the suspicion against the former neighbor was confirmed. "This was done, among other things, by secured DNA traces at the crime scene, as well as a video recording of a shoplifting that contributed to the identification," it said.
The suspect has now been charged with three more break-ins . He has been in custody since the end of April.
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