He had stolen the keys – along with a few hundred euros in cash – from a bar in Amstetten-Mauer. As a result, the man refueled for a total of 300 euros without paying. The 20-year-old was arrested without resistance after the accident, according to the police he confessed and was taken to the St. Pölten prison.
The homeless man committed the burglary on the night of May 27 and fled in a car parked in front of the restaurant, the Lower Austrian state police said in a broadcast on Wednesday. In the weeks that followed, he bought fuel at five petrol stations in Bergland (Melk district), Kirchdorf an der Krems, Asten (Linz-Land district), Pinsdorf (Gmunden district) and Bad Hall (Steyr-Land district) without paying the bills .
The 20-year-old evaded a routine traffic check by the Pettenbach police station (Kirchdorf district) last Saturday and instead stepped on the gas. He fled via field and meadow paths into a forest, which resulted in an accident. The suspect was not injured, he was arrested.
Source: Nachrichten
