Rostock: Burglars steal wedding gifts +++ Police stop 17-year-old drunk wrong-way driver +++ Man steals a pack of milk during burglary +++ Selected panorama news from Germany
News of Tuesday July 25, 2023
After the party: unknown persons steal wedding gifts and greeting cards from the newlyweds
Rostock, Mecklenburg-West Pomerania: Unknown persons stole the gifts and all the greeting cards from a newlywed couple after a wedding party. The party had celebrated on Sunday night until around 2 a.m. in the Rostock city port. The newlyweds stored the gifts at the venue and wanted to pick them up later, police said on Monday. When the groom got there around 11 a.m. on Sunday, he noticed the break-in and informed the police. They found that the perpetrators had also broken into a neighboring shop.
Source: DPA
Man steals a carton of milk during burglary
Tuebingen, Baden-Württemberg: A burglar stole at least one pack of milk from an apartment in Tübingen – and was photographed by a witness. So the police had an easy time: According to information from Monday, a patrol recognized the 38-year-old and arrested him. A police spokesman said the motive for the theft was unclear. According to the information, the man entered the ground floor apartment through an open window on Sunday and was photographed. There was nobody at home.
Source: DPA
Police stop 17-year-old drunk wrong-way driver
Neubrandenburg, Mecklenburg-West Pomerania: A novice driver from Austria should remember a car ride in Mecklenburg for a long time: the police are investigating a wrong-way trip against the 17-year-old. He was caught by officials driving the wrong way around the multi-lane city ring road in Neubrandenburg, a police spokeswoman said on Tuesday. The driver from Upper Austria, where police officers noticed the smell of alcohol and slurred pronunciation on Sunday at the car window, breath alcohol was measured at 1.46 per thousand.
In addition, the young man is said to have been traveling in his father’s car. His youth driver’s license, which he acquired in Austria, is not valid in Germany, it said. The 17-year-old had to hand over papers and keys. Nobody got hurt. The teenager is being investigated for drunk driving and driving without a license.
Source: DPA
Truck driver loses outhouse – woman is slightly injured
Kirchberg an Murr, Baden-Württemberg: A 55-year-old truck driver lost a mobile toilet near Kirchberg an der Murr near Stuttgart. As the police announced on Tuesday, the toilet house fell on a driver’s vehicle on Monday afternoon. She was slightly injured. According to the police, the load was not sufficiently secured. The extent of the damage was still unclear.
Source: DPA
News of Monday July 24, 2023
Unknown riot in cemetery
Greiz, Thuringia: Overturned tombstones, destroyed flowers and decorations: After around 50 graves in the cemetery in Zeulenroda-Triebes (Greiz district) were damaged, the police began investigations into disturbing the peace of the dead and property damage. The perpetrators tampered with the graves between Saturday and Sunday. The police announced this on Monday and asked for information about the unknown perpetrators.
Source: DPA
Telephone fraud: pensioner loses six-digit sum
Aachen, North Rhine-Westphalia: An 89-year-old in Aachen lost a six-figure sum of money after a telephone scam. The elderly woman was called by a man who told her a made-up story about her sister’s serious accident and bail being due, police said on Monday. As a result, the woman took a large sum of money out of her safe deposit box on Thursday and handed it over to an unknown person near her home address.
The next day she got another call. The stranger on the phone told her that the amount of money was not enough. The woman went to the bank again and took her last savings out of the account. An employee noticed the elderly woman’s nervous behavior and alerted the police.
A2: Drunk driver stays in left lane
Bielefeld, North Rhine-Westphalia: A drunk driver stopped his car in the left lane on Autobahn 2 near Bielefeld. Previously, he was traveling in wavy lines and at a speed of ten kilometers per hour, as the police announced on Monday. A traffic check on Saturday evening revealed an alcohol level of 3.3 per mille. His three passengers were also heavily intoxicated. The driver had to go to the police for a blood test and was forbidden to continue driving until the next day.
Source: DPA
E-biker crashes in Wismar harbor basin
Wismar, Mecklenburg-West Pomerania: A cyclist from the Altmark fell into the harbor basin in Wismar on Sunday evening. The 63-year-old from the district of Stendal fell with his electric bike between a boat and the quay wall in the approximately six meter deep water and crashed into one of the two sides.
The tourist was able to save himself on land, but was taken to a clinic because of his health. His bicycle helmet probably saved him from serious head injuries, it was said. Passers-by alerted the water police, who rescued the heavy e-bike from the bottom of the salt water. “The e-bike is likely to have suffered some damage,” said a police spokesman. It was initially unclear why the cyclist suddenly fell to the side during his tour along the quay wall.
Source: DPA
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Bavaria: Man drives into the Isar with a new walker – and is saved
Landshut, Bavaria: A ride with his new rollator ended for an 81-year-old in Lower Bavaria in the Isar. A man saw the senior in Landshut drive into the river – and rushed to help, the police said on Monday. However, the man could not get the rollator out of the water alone on Saturday. Only with the help of a police patrol could the senior be brought back to shore.
The 81-year-old stated that he was still unfamiliar with the new walker as the reason for his odyssey into the roughly 50 centimeters deep area of the river. The man’s son brought him home unharmed.
Source: AFP
Despite the drought: Saxony’s winegrowers remain optimistic
Saxony: The winegrowers in Saxony are still optimistic that they will have a big harvest this year. “As of now, we need moderate rainfall and we could bring in an above-average harvest,” said Felix Hößelbarth, Chairman of the Saxon Winegrowers’ Association.
The start of the wine year was almost perfect. “In winter there was wonderful rainfall and the soil was very well filled. We had great flowering and good growth,” emphasized Hößelbarth. But then, as in the previous year, the extreme drought struck. The older systems are still looking good. “But the younger plants and those on steep slopes are already being hit by drought stress.”
Source: DPA