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Snow Tracks Lead Police to Suspected Burglar in Bamberg

The 31-year-old remains in pre-trial detention pending the investigation.

Overview

  • Residents awoke around 5:15 a.m. Friday to a window smashed beside their front door at a single-family home on St.-Getreu-Straße.
  • Multiple patrols followed shoeprints and blood in the snow into a nearby wooded area and detained a 31-year-old around 9 a.m. between Gaustadt and Wildensorg.
  • Police say the man injured his hands while breaking the pane, leaving visible traces that guided the search.
  • Two police dog handlers assisted in the search before the arrest.
  • A judge issued a warrant that afternoon on suspicion of attempted aggravated residential burglary.