Family ties on tour

Residents in the living room didn’t hear brazen thieves

Unnoticed by the occupants, they searched for cash in the bedroom (symbolic photo).

(Bild: Christian Delbert/stock.adobe.com)

Romanian families of thieves tried their luck at the front doors of numerous houses and apartment blocks. If these were unlocked, the women sneaked through the rooms. They were assisted by their watchful husbands and two small children, who observed the "targets" from outside.

The gang of a special kind went on a thieving spree in Upper and Lower Austria according to the motto "on the quiet": if the front door was unlocked, a Romanian family gang saved themselves the trouble of breaking into apartments and houses. But they accepted the risk that residents were at home.

Shock moment: thieves caught in the hallway
This went well until two women were caught red-handed in an anteroom and subsequently arrested on the spot: They had been targeting jewelry and money during their (sneak-in) theft sprees - the police were able to seize the stolen goods while the two "ladies were still on their quiet feet".

They quickly ransacked the establishment - the main target was cash and jewelry that could be quickly pocketed.

(Bild: Serina Babka)

The police were hot on their heels in Upper Austria
They were tracked down by the police in Upper Austria, who followed the families with two small children to Spitz an der Donau, Krems and Statzendorf - where they were finally arrested. The two mothers, aged 23 and 32, admitted their crimes. The men (22 and 36) who were waiting outside the houses during the robberies only partially confessed. The women and their two children (aged 1 and 2) were taken to Krems prison, the men to St. Pölten.