Overview

• Police in Duisburg say a 49-year-old fled a hotel burglary early September 2, was stopped with a remote electroshock device, suffered minor facial injuries, was examined in hospital and taken into custody.
• Prosecutors presented the Duisburg suspect to a judge the same day, and he is now held on suspicion of particularly serious theft as officers probe items he discarded, including a hammer, coin box, gloves and multiple IDs.
• Essen officers arrested a 35-year-old on August 30 on Viehofer Straße after recognizing him during a patrol, and he is suspected in four city-center break-ins between July 28 and August 6.
• One Essen burglary involved a stolen cash register containing about €1,000, and searches tied to the arrest recovered burglary tools and suspected stolen goods that were seized.
• Investigators from Kriminalkommissariat 41 had identified the Essen suspect, an arrest warrant was issued on August 18 by the Amtsgericht Essen, and police are reviewing the provenance of recovered items.