"Nothing to get"

Burglar hid from police in ice cream chest

The ice cream parlor owner showed the "Krone" the freezer in which the burglar was sitting.

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There was an unusual break-in at the "Eissalon di Jimmy" on Kardinal-Rauscher-Platz in Vienna on Thursday night. An 18-year-old suspect was sitting in the freezer without any loot. The officers freed the would-be thief from his icy hiding place. The "Krone" visited the "crime scene".

It is certainly something that the boss of the "Eissalon di Jimmy", which also has branches in Gloggnitz and Ternitz (both in Lower Austria), has never experienced in this form before. When he opened his store on Thursday and received the "Krone" for a site inspection, only a broken pane of glass hinted at what had happened in the building a few hours earlier. 

A window had been kicked in or forced open. Then the burglar entered the ice cream parlor.

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Neither ice cream nor money were granted to the burglar
"Nothing else is broken", the ice cream parlor is reassured. However, the young burglar, who probably got in through the window at around two o'clock in the morning, didn't get anything either. No wonder, since the daily takings are taken to the bank every evening. The Iraqi was not even able to treat himself to an ice cream as refreshment, as this was only to be freshly prepared the next day. Double misfortune for the suspect, for whom things were to get even worse.

When the officers were called to the "Eissalon di Jimmy", they came across the burglar sitting on ice cream.

(Bild: Krone KREATIV/Zwefo)

Witness observed attempted ice cream parlor coup
A witness, who was on Kardinal-Rauscher-Platz at the time, observed the incident and reported it to the police. The officers, who immediately searched the store, finally came across the hapless burglar in the storeroom. He was sitting on ice in the truest sense of the word - namely in one of the salon's plugged-in freezers. There he had probably hoped to hide from the officers. 

There was nothing for the burglar to get. We just have to have the window he broke repaired.

Chef des „Eissalon di Jimmy“ in Fünfhaus

Stolen property was seized from the Iraqi
The young man was provisionally arrested on suspicion of burglary. During a subsequent search, stolen property was found that could also have come from other burglaries. While the 18-year-old is in custody, business at the "Eissalon di Jimmy" continued without restrictions on Thursday morning. "After all, the sun is shining and it's warm, people want an ice cream," laughs the boss of the store.