Beuel and Bonn city center Bonn police arrest alleged bike thieves
Police arrested two alleged bicycle thieves on the weekend, one of them in Beuel and one in Bonn city center. Alert citizens made police aware of the two men.
On Sunday evening at around 6:50 pm, police say a person was attempting to steal a bicycle locked up in front of the Beuel train station. Passers-by watched the suspect as he took a cutting device from a plastic bag and tried to cut the bike lock with it. After the witnesses called police, a police patrol arrived and took the 36-year-old suspect into custody, seizing his cutting tool. The man had no known previous criminal record, according to police.
Already on Saturday evening, police reported taking another alleged bike thief into custody. At around 10 pm in Bonn inner city, witnesses observed a suspicious person in another attempt to steal a bicycle. The bike was parked in the area of Rathausgasse. A police unit was alarmed and they found an 18-year-old crouched down and working at the bike locks. One of the locks had already been cut. The alleged culprit was under the influence of alcohol.
Police seized the lock cutter and took the suspect into custody. The man was already known to police from previous offenses involving violence and property violations and narcotics violations.
(Orig. Text: ga.de / Translation: ckloep)
