Overview

• Fire department drones equipped with thermal imaging cameras detected the 46-year-old hiding under brush about 100 meters from his tent on a Cham campsite.
• He was arrested without incident and remanded to a Justizvollzugsanstalt to serve a one-year, three-month sentence for diesel theft.
• On Monday morning, a separate inmate slipped out of the Amtsgericht in Düsseldorf during an extradition hearing.
• The escape unfolded around 10:30 a.m. outside the courthouse and triggered a large-scale operation across nearby neighborhoods.
• Authorities report no injuries so far and have declined to disclose the escapee’s alleged charges or level of danger.