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Police Say Intoxicated Man Shoplifted at Magdeburg Station, Then Exposed Himself After Release

The 40-year-old, already barred from the hub, registered 1.74‰ in a breath test, triggering multiple charges.

Overview

  • Federal police were called around 7:30 a.m. Tuesday after a bottle of vodka was stolen at Magdeburg Hauptbahnhof.
  • A store employee detained the suspect until officers arrived, according to the Bundespolizei.
  • At the scene the man threw the bottle to the ground and made an obscene gesture at officers.
  • Police processing showed he was under a station ban; he was briefly released after a report was filed.
  • Shortly afterward he exposed himself on the station forecourt, and authorities opened cases for petty theft, insult, trespass and exhibitionist acts.