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Krefeld Driver Ordered Held After Officer Dragged During Parking-Lot Escape

A judge ordered the 20-year-old into pretrial detention following his arrest, pending an attempted homicide investigation.

Overview

  • Police were called Friday evening to a supermarket parking lot on Hafelsstraße in Krefeld after reports of drifting vehicles.
  • Officers checked the IDs of two men and a woman and found the 20-year-old’s car displaying license plates flagged as stolen.
  • A 24-year-old police officer was dragged several meters as the suspect sped off, suffering head injuries.
  • After an intensive search, officers arrested the suspect on Monday and presented him to a magistrate on Tuesday.
  • The court ordered Untersuchungshaft, and prosecutors are pursuing proceedings that include a suspected attempted homicide.