Viennese broke into at least 34 Austrian municipal offices

A 41-year-old is said to be responsible for burglaries in municipal offices in Lower Austria, Burgenland, Upper Austria, and Styria. The comprehensively confessing suspect was arrested and taken to the Wiener Neustadt prison, reported the State Police Directorate in St. Pölten on Tuesday. The financial damage amounts to a total of 39,000 euros, and the sum of property damage is estimated at at least 174,000 euros.

Burglaries in Municipal Offices: Suspect Arrested in Vienna 15

A total of 41 offenses were attributed to the Austrian citizen, with the majority being burglaries in municipal offices in the four federal states from October 2024 to June. According to the police, the suspect mainly took cash, but also mobile phones, tablets, and vouchers.

Officers from the Lower Austria State Criminal Police Office took the 41-year-old into custody on June 3 in Vienna-Rudolfsheim-Fünfhaus. Stolen goods from a burglary in Styria were secured in the man's apartment. Small amounts of narcotics were also discovered.

(APA/Red.)

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