In the Röthenbach b.
In Schweinau a man tried to break into a car.
When a witness confronted him, he attacked him and fled.
Nuremberg - The Nuremberg police arrested a 20-year-old man late on Saturday evening (May 8).
He had previously tried to buy a car in the Röthenbach b.
To leave Schweinau.
An observant witness made a suspicious observation late Saturday night.
He saw a young man who was about to forcibly break into a car parked on Berolzheimer Strasse.
The man spoke to the perpetrator, which immediately attacked him.
However, the witness was able to repel the attacks and made himself heard loudly.
The unknown perpetrator then fled, according to a message from the Central Franconian police headquarters *.
Thief wants to break into car in Nuremberg: police can catch offenders
After the police operations center had been notified, search measures were initiated in the local area.
The witness was able to describe the suspect very well and so police officers were able to find and arrest the 20-year-old as part of the manhunt.
He had apparently sustained hand injuries during the previous attempt to break into the car.
During a search, the officers from the Nuremberg * -West police station also found the alleged instrument and secured it.
Property damage of several hundred euros was incurred on the car.
The 20-year-old was reported, among other things, on suspicion of the attempted particularly serious case of theft.
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