Overview
- Police say the 14-year-old arrived with his mother on Thursday evening and admitted he and a 16-year-old friend broke open the machine.
- He handed over seven plush toys to officers, and both youths now face allegations of theft from a machine and property damage.
- According to the confession, the pair had played the claw machine until their money ran out, then smashed a pane to grab the toys.
- Roughly 30 seconds after leaving, they returned and tore down two ceiling cameras, yet the recordings had already been saved.
- The incident occurred Wednesday between about 14:30 and 15:30 at the self-service E‑kiosk Snack O'Clock on Wilhelmshöher Allee 103 in Kassel, with damage estimated at around €1,000.