Theft series in the Marburg-Biedenkopf district: Cars are open as barn doors!

Theft series in the Marburg-Biedenkopf district: Cars are open as barn doors!

In the early morning hours of 9 and January 10, 2025, several thefts were carried out in the district of Marburg-Biedenkopf from unlocked cars. The police urgently warns of these incidents and recommends that the vehicle owners always complete their cars and not to leave any valuables in the interior in order to prevent such thefts. According to op-marburg.de and Sterzhausen, targeted raids reported.

So was opened in Sterzhausen, Michelbacher Straße, a black Mercedes GLE, which was unlocked, on January 9th at 3:30 a.m. The perpetrators stole a wallet and a bag of gummy bears. In a further incident there was a theft from an unlocked Audi A5 in the Feuerdornweg in Olnenhausen between January 9th and January 10th at 9 a.m., from which sunglasses was taken, such as presseportal.de reported.

high number of unreported cases feared

Another theft victim discovered on the morning of January 10th in Königstrasse in Marburg that between 11 p.m. and 6:20 a.m. cash and sunglasses were stolen from an unchecked VW Golf. These incidents lead to the urgent recommendation of the police to always complete cars and to avoid valuables in the vehicle.

The police in Marburg accept information on the incidents on 06421/4060. The perpetrators are previously unknown and the investigation is underway.

Insurance coverage for car theft

In connection with car thief steels, it is important to know that partial comprehensive insurance covers damage caused by theft. This insurance provides the replacement value, minus the deductible. Completed comprehensive insurance automatically includes partial comprehensive insurance. There is no return in the insurance contract, since there is no damage -free discount in the partial comprehensive insurance. In addition, this insurance also covers the theft of permanently installed car parts and damage caused by chosen car windows, which offers additional protection in times of rising theft numbers, as is explained on the website gdv.de