Elsenhuber investigates

Innkeeper has already helped hunt down criminals several times

Toni Elsenhuber is a landlord, funeral speaker, criminal deterrent - and dog owner.

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Toni Elsenhuber is a serial detective - the innkeeper has already put a stop to criminals several times. Now he has caught a thief he had already caught once in 2017.

Last Tuesday, the police in Hof near Salzburg were able to catch a victim of theft. The Romanian (33) had stolen around 130 euros from the parish church and fled. Toni Elsenhuber, a landlord and funeral speaker, saw the thief, informed the officers and gave chase.

The Romanian finally barricaded himself in the restroom of the retirement home. Elsenhuber waited until the police arrived. The highlight of the case: the landlord had already caught the exact same man red-handed stealing from the church in April 2017. But that wasn't Elsenhuber's only criminal catch.

"Sensitivity when something doesn't fit" 
"I've successfully helped out seven or eight times," he tells "Krone". He can't remember exactly. In the case of the aforementioned offering box thief and other church robbers, he had a location advantage due to the location of his inn in Hof. Because it is next to the church, with a perfect view of the church gate.

Elsenhuber is obviously attracted to crime. He even recently caught a telephone fraudster. "I can't help it," smiles the 41-year-old. "I'll always have a certain instinct and sensitivity when something doesn't quite fit." In any case, he's been right the past few times. And he wasn't wrong about the church thief from Romania the second time either.