(fg) Jewellery, gold and cash were stolen by brazen scammers from a pensioner on Bethnal Green Street on Friday afternoon. The crooks called the woman several times on Friday and pretended that the victim’s daughter had caused an accident with a fatal outcome. A prison sentence for the daughter can only be averted with a correspondingly high bail. The elderly woman packed up her savings and handed over the valuable jewellery, money and gold to a 30 to 35-year-old collector on Bethnal Green Street around 5 p.m. The dark blonde woman was about 1.70 meters tall, wore dark clothes and black boots. The picker is said to have driven up in a taxi. After the assets were handed over, the stranger got back into the taxi and drove away. The criminal police in Offenbach have started the investigation and are now asking for information about this woman on 069 8098-1234.
Law enforcement officials point out once again that the real police never ask for cash or valuables over the phone. The officials therefore advise:
- Be skeptical when on the phone claiming an emergency
of an acquaintance or relative is described and you go to
surrender of assets will be requested. understand
If in doubt, call the police yourself. - Take the time to verify callers’ details.
A healthy distrust of the callers is not
Rudeness. - Since the victims are mostly elderly people should
Family members warn of the dangers of such phone calls
to draw attention. - You can get more helpful prevention tips from the
criminal police advice centers of the police headquarters or
on the internet at www.polizei-beratung.de.
(fg) On Friday morning there was a hit-and-run in the Tannenmühl roundabout, in which the 1-series BMW of a 59-year-old man from Seligenstadt was hit; however, the polluter made off in the direction of federal highway 448. According to initial findings, the 59-year-old was driving his black BMW around 6:50 a.m. in the outer of the two lanes of the roundabout and intended to exit at the exit for federal highway 448. The driver of a dark car was traveling on federal highway 45 and apparently overlooked the BMW that had the right of way, which is why the two cars came into contact. The BMW suffered damage to the front fender of around 2,000 euros. Without paying attention, the person who caused the accident drove away. Please send information to the police in Heusenstamm, who can be reached on 06104 6908-0.
(fg) An unknown person fled unfinished things on Saturday evening after an attempted break-in into a single-family house on Bonner Weg (single-digit house numbers). At around 6:30 p.m., the perpetrator threw a stone through the living room window and then probably intended to break into the house. Due to the loud noise, a resident who was on the first floor at the time of the attempted break-in switched on the light. The burglar then gave up on his plan and fled. The criminal police are now looking for witnesses who may have observed the unknown and are asking for witness information by calling 069 8098-1234.
(fg) After a hit-and-run on Saturday afternoon in a Seat Leon parked in Bahnhofstrasse, the police are looking for witnesses. The owner had parked his car around 1 p.m. on the east side of the station in the parking lot there. On his return around 2 p.m. he found scratches on the front and rear passenger doors. The damage amounts to several hundred euros. Whistleblowers please report to the police station in Neu-Isenburg on 06102 2902-0.
Main-Kinzig district
Who can provide information about a fire in an apartment building? – Hanau
(fg) After the fire in a stairwell of an apartment building in Lamboystraße (20th house number), the criminal police assumed arson to be the cause. On Saturday morning, around 5.30 a.m., the fire brigade and police responded to the reported fire. Bicycles were apparently set on fire in the stairwell there; the fire on the wheels also caused property damage to the residential property. Overall, the damage caused is estimated at around 40,000 euros. A local resident was taken to a hospital for further treatment with suspected throat gas intoxication. Residents and other witnesses should contact the criminal police on 06181 100-123.
(fg) A fine of 700 euros, two points in the driving aptitude register and a three-month driving ban can be expected for a 19-year-old Offenbacher who was clearly too fast on Sunday afternoon on the federal highway 43a between the Hanau-Wolfgang junction and Hanau-Hauptbahnhof. Officials from the Langenselbold police motorway station were deployed in a civilian patrol car (ProViDa), which is equipped with special video technology to record speed and other traffic violations. At around 1:25 p.m., the civil patrol was initially on the Autobahn 66 in the direction of Frankfurt. Shortly before the Hanauer Kreuz, a black Mercedes CLS 500 caught the attention of the vehicle in front of it and thus apparently fell short of the distance to it. The patrol car then sat behind the Mercedes, which continued to drive on federal highway 43a in the direction of Dieburg. The speed is limited to 100 kilometers per hour between the Hanau-Wolfgang junctions and Hanau main station. Since the car was obviously traveling too fast, the officials carried out a speed measurement, which, after deducting the tolerance, resulted in a reproachable speed of 217 kilometers per hour. The 19-year-old, who was then stopped and checked, exceeded the permitted speed by 117 kilometers per hour. During the check, the officials also found that the Offenbacher had only had a driver’s license for around six months. The responsible driver’s license office was informed of the speed violation. In addition to the fine, the driving ban and the points in the driving aptitude register, there will probably also be a corresponding advanced seminar.
(cl) Unknown persons attacked two petrol stations in Nidderau within 15 minutes on Friday evening. At around 8:10 p.m., two male perpetrators, who were estimated to be between 20 and 25 years old and were described as around 1.80 meters tall with a normal stature, first entered the sales area of a gas station on Eugen-Kaiser-Strasse and demanded a knife from the employee Cash. However, the employee was able to scare the bandits away so that they fled without having achieved anything. A quarter of an hour later, the same perpetrators, both wearing a hooded jacket and surgical mask, presumably attacked a gas station on Konrad-Adenauer-Allee. While one of the two robbers stayed in the entrance area of the sales room, the other threatened the employee with a knife. The strangers fled with their booty. A police helicopter was also used as part of the intensive search measures. The Hanau Criminal Police Department takes tips on 06181 100-123.
(cl) Cash and jewelery were taken away by thieves during a burglary from a detached house in Johann-Sebastian-Bach-Ring (single-digit house number) on Saturday. Between 1:35 p.m. and 9:15 p.m., the strangers pried open the patio door to the family home and stole their loot. In another burglary in the street “Schießhütte” (20 house numbers) it is not yet known whether the burglars took anything. A resident discovered a pried open kitchen window around 7:50 p.m. It cannot be ruled out that the crime could have happened shortly before. Witnesses are asked to contact the Hanau criminal police on 06181 100-123.
(fg) On the night of Sunday, tool thieves were out and about on Niedergründauer Straße and broke into a Renault Kangoo parked in the area of the 10 house numbers. In order to get to the tools in the car, the thieves smashed the rear window. They then took with them, among other things, a laser device, a cordless screwdriver, a concrete grinder and other electrical tools. The damage to the car amounts to around 150 euros. The crime happened between 6 p.m. Saturday night and 9 a.m. Sunday morning. Whistleblowers should contact the criminal police on 06181 100-123.
Significant damage after a fire in a family house – Wächtersbach/Hesseldorf
(cl) After a major fire on Saturday evening in Weilerser Strasse, the experts on the cause of the fire at the Hanau Criminal Investigation Department have started their investigations. Around 7:20 p.m., emergency services from the fire brigade and police moved to the family home. There, a shelter with the wood stored underneath and the immediately adjacent facade of the residential building caught fire. The residents were unharmed. Since their house is currently uninhabitable, the residents are staying with friends for the time being. The resulting damage is estimated by the police at around 350,000 euros. According to initial findings, arson cannot be ruled out. The Hanau criminal police asks for information on 06181 100-123.
(fg) Several calls were received at the police station in Schluechtern on Sunday morning, shortly before 5 a.m.: Unknown persons had dug manhole covers in Steinauer Straße, Hollerstraße and other surrounding streets and placed them in the middle of the road. A patrol crew and employees of the responsible road maintenance department promptly removed and lifted the “dangerous obstacles”. The police are now investigating the attempted dangerous intervention in road traffic. According to initial findings, four masked young people who were apparently drunk could be responsible for the manhole covers that were lifted out; the youths were seen near the crime scene around 5:35 a.m. Please contact the security guard at the police station in Schluechtern on 06661 9610-0.
