For months on end

Apartment not locked: Thief accepted invitation

Because she only left the apartment for a short time, a 57-year-old woman did not lock the door. A cheeky thief took advantage of this.

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Whenever a 57-year-old woman briefly left her apartment in Wolfsberg, a cheeky thief helped herself to gold jewelry, cash and vouchers. It was only months later that the victim found out and contacted the police.

A 26-year-old thief "helped herself" to a 57-year-old woman's apartment in Wolfsberg for a whole four months. From May to September, she stole gold jewelry worth thousands of euros, hundreds of euros in cash and vouchers. How was this possible? The 57-year-old victim had never locked the apartment when she went out for a short time.

When the woman finally noticed the thefts, she contacted the police. "On October 2, 2024 at around 2.48 p.m., the initially unknown perpetrator was caught red-handed by officers from Wolfsberg police station during another attempted theft and provisionally arrested," reports the police.

The young woman gave a chronic lack of money as her motive. "She had already sold the gold jewelry. The stolen cash and vouchers were recovered from her," said the police - the cheeky serial thief will be charged once the investigation is complete.