Raid with a rollator: Process against Fuldaer Edelmotaldieb begins!

Raid with a rollator: Process against Fuldaer Edelmotaldieb begins!

A 51-year-old man from Fulda has been on trial since July 22, 2025 due to a violent robbery on a precious metal business in the city. This incident occurred on July 18, 2024, when the defendant entered the business on the Fulda vegetable market with a rollator to carry out a robbery. Masked with a long coat, a scarf, a hat and an op mask, he threatened the two employees of the shop with a firearm and asked both money from the cash register and valuable items from the safe. The enormous prey of around 125,000 euros was made up of around 15,000 euros in cash and gold and silver bars, such as hessenschau.de reported.

The perpetrator's procedure was particularly brazen and now deals profoundly. After the impending request, the man first captivated the employees with cable ties and left them behind under shock so that they were forced to count up to 1,000. This tactic served him to win enough time for his escape. His escape happened as he left the walker to escape with the prey he transported in a jute bag.

Although the search for the perpetrator was initially unsuccessful, the police managed to arrest him three weeks after the attack. This quick education is remarkable in a country in which the clearance rate for predatory offenses is around 60 %. The process now begins with the reading of the indictment, in which the accused is charged with severe robbery and severe predatory extortion, so [osthessen-news.de] (https://osthessen-news.de/n11779515/barfneter- Raubueberfall-auf-vor-vor-dem-landgericht).

background of crime in Germany

Such incidents are not isolated in Germany. There is an increasing problem with robbery that made up over 38,000 cases in 2022, and fortunately the clarification rate is significantly higher than that of the diving in the apartment. This year there were also 1,060 cases of hand pocket robbery as well as raids at petrol stations and financial institutions.

Taken together, this case illustrates the challenges with which the law enforcement authorities are faced with, as well as the constant public attention to the security in cities like Fulda. In the case of the perpetrator, whose health constitution was severely restricted during his escape and slowed him down, it will now be exciting to see what punishment the court will impose.