Manhunt in Linz: Prisoner Escaped from Correctional Facility

The Ministry of Justice confirmed a corresponding report on orf.at upon APA inquiry on Friday afternoon. The man was to be tried next Monday for the property offenses he is accused of. The pre-trial detainee escaped in the morning. The search was still ongoing on Friday afternoon.

Prisoner Escaped: Large Police Operation in Linz

After the escape, the police surrounded the prison in the city center with a large contingent and initiated a search. A police helicopter circled over the Linz city center. The fugitive is a 37-year-old Czech citizen.

The man is suspected of having stolen e-bikes and an e-scooter worth over 65,000 euros from several hotel garages and bicycle cellars of apartment buildings from May to October of the previous year. The 37-year-old is said to have broken or cut open the locks attached to the bicycles with an angle grinder in collaboration with two other accomplices. He was to stand trial next Monday for commercial theft. The penalty for a conviction is a prison sentence of six months to five years.

(APA/Red)

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