Shopping thief strikes a detective and flees - police are looking for clues!
Shopping thief strikes a detective and flees - police are looking for clues!
An incident in Bremerhaven-Lehe has once again refreshed the concerns about safety in retail. On Wednesday morning around 5:00 a.m., a shoplifter was caught by a detective in a consumer market on Rudloffstrasse. As , the perpetrator is decided to leave the business tobacco steal.
However, everything went wrong for the long finger: the detective put him, which caused a violent argument. The perpetrator reacted with punches, head kicks and even hit the detective with a beer bottle before escaping towards freedom. The police have already started investigations into predatory theft and is now looking for witnesses. The fleeting man is about 25 to 35 years old, described with dark hair and slim stature. He wore gray work pants, brown shoes, a dark jacket and an orange-white t-shirt.
another example of the problem
This is not the only incident in Bremerhaven who keeps the police in suspense. On June 19, 2025 there was a similar incident in a supermarket on the northern Hafenstraße, such as Presseportal . An unknown perpetrator stole, while several employees of the regulatory office were nearby. When you wanted to stop the thief, the latter fought hard, which led to an order officer fell and injured himself. The thief managed to escape and left the stolen good.
The police took up immediate search measures at the time, but the perpetrator remained undetected. The injured employee was taken to the hospital after the first aid, which underlines the seriousness of the situation.
The development of shoplifting
The worrying events are in the context of a worrying statistics: According to the current figures of the police crime statistics, which were published on April 2, 2025, there is a decline in the indicated shoplifts in 2024 in comparison to 2023 href = "https://einzelhandel.de/presse/aktuelleM reports/14779-polmiichliche-kriminalstatistik-keine-en-entwarung-beim-charging" class = "source_3"> retauer.de notes, this decline of only 4.9 percent with simple charging and 6.8 percent in the case of heavy charging steel is no reason The all -clear.
The economic damage caused by shop theft is estimated for over two billion euros for 2024. Many dealers refrain from filing a complaint because the bureaucratic effort and the low conviction rate often do not appear justified. HDE general manager Stefan Genth demands that politics do not ignore these high numbers and provide a legal adjustment to combat shop theft.
The incidents in Bremerhaven clearly show that safety in retail remains a continuous topic that is linked to tense discussions about laws and the social handling of theft.
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