Shortly before the gifts were given, the presents were gone: a stranger stole the already wrapped Christmas presents from a family in front of their apartment. Elsewhere in Bavaria, thieves were out and about at the Festival of Love.
Bodenwöhr (dpa / lby) – There were sad faces on Christmas Eve in a family in the Upper Palatinate community of Bodenwöhr. On Friday, the mother had placed the already wrapped Christmas presents for the two children and the husband in the aisle in front of her attic apartment in the apartment building and was busy with the final preparations for the festival. A stranger boldly stole the gifts intended for the family.
He only left a few unwieldy packages, a police spokesman reported on Christmas Eve. The thief was not overwhelmed with remorse: according to the police, there was no trace of him even on Boxing Day. The theft also hit the family financially, said a police spokesman. It’s unusual for us in the country, in particular, for something like this to happen,” said the spokesman, who was also personally touched by the case.
A 72-year-old Schirndinger also experienced an unpleasant gift at Christmas when he returned home from a stay in the hospital. Unknowns broke into his family home in the Upper Franconian district of Wunsiedel and stole a television and an e-bike, among other things, the police reported on Sunday.
Thieves were also out and about on Christmas Eve in Upper Franconia. They stole an e-bike from a garage in Marktredwitz. Thieves also broke into garages in Helmbrechts and stole bicycles. In Kronach, the anti-theft device in a drugstore ruined a 16-year-old’s Christmas spree of thieves. The teenager pocketed a perfume worth 14.95 euros and wanted to leave the store without paying. Whether the perfume should be a Christmas present remained open. He now faces criminal charges of shoplifting.
