Bicycle-seat thief returns to the scene and gets caught
Translated from German and summarized by DistantNews. Read the original for the full story.
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- Police in Landau arrested a 36-year-old man suspected of stealing a bicycle seat.
- The suspect returned about 30 minutes later and tried to install another seat on the bicycle, where he encountered its owner.
- He fled on foot but was detained in a nearby park and admitted the theft was a bad idea.
A bicycle-seat thief in Landau returned to the scene about half an hour after the theft and ran into the bicycle's owner, police said.
The 36-year-old man allegedly removed a seat from a bicycle parked at a public swimming pool on Sunday afternoon and stole it. He then came back and tried to mount a different seat on the bicycle.
Police said the suspect apparently felt remorse soon after the theft. When he encountered the bicycle's owner, he fled on foot, but officers who were called to the scene caught him in a nearby park.
The man admitted that stealing the seat had not been a good idea, according to the police report.
The 36-year-old suspect apparently felt remorse shortly afterward.
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Originally published by Die Zeit in German. Translated, summarized, and contextualized automatically by DistantNews, with a note on how the source frames the story. Not individually reviewed before publishing. How this works.
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