Criminals on the run receive 18-month prison sentences: Warrant executed by federal police in BPOL NRW
On January 31, a 33-year-old man was stopped by federal police officers at Recklinghausen Central Station. The man, who is a resident of Gladbeck, had been wanted by the public prosecutor's office in Essen with an arrest warrant.
During a pat-down search, the officers discovered a prohibited butterfly knife in the man's jacket pockets. The man had been repeatedly told not to reach into his pockets, but he continued to do so. The federal police seized the knife and initiated an investigation procedure for violating the weapons law.
The butterfly knife, a folding knife with two-part, swiveling handles on the same plane, is classified as a prohibited weapon in Germany. The man had not surrendered to the enforceable sentence imposed by the Gladbeck local court for various offenses, for which he was sentenced to one year and six months in prison.
The federal police officers arrested the man and took him to a prison, where he is expected to serve an 18-month sentence. The Gladbeck local court convicted the man definitively in June 2023 for various offenses, including insult, driving without a license in four cases, bodily injury, theft in five cases, embezzlement, property damage, burglary, and violating the compulsory insurance law.
Further information about this incident can be obtained from the Federal Police Directorate's website at www.bundespolizei.de or from the Federal Police Inspectorate Dortmund Press Office. The contact details for the Press Office are: Pia Leonhardt, telephone: +49 (0) 231 / 56 22 47 - 1012, mobile: +49 (0) 173/ 71 50 710, email: [email protected], Twitter: @BPOL NRW. The address for the Federal Police Inspectorate Dortmund is Untere Brinkstraße 81-89, 44141 Dortmund.
It is important to note that the identity of the wanted person by the Essen public prosecutor's office, who was arrested on January 31, 2023, is not publicly named. The federal police are committed to maintaining public safety and upholding the law, and this incident is a clear example of their dedication to this mission.
