Police embarrassed after car stolen from station
{{date|February  14, 2006}}

[[Germany|German]] police are embarrassed after a 27-year-old man, whom they had just booked for burglary, walked out of the police station and stole an unmarked police vehicle. "It's not just unusual, it's embarrassing," said a spokesman for police in the town of Eschwege.

It is thought that the man stole the key from an officer at the station. When he was booked and released, he was observed by officers getting into the unmarked police car. The officers gave chase resulting in the man's re-arrest. Three vehicles (including the stolen police car) were damaged during the pursuit. The stolen vehicle was recovered upon arrest of its unlawful driver.

==Sources==
*{{source|url=http://motoring.co.za/index.php?fArticleId=3106495&fSectionId=&fSetId=381
|title=Cool-cat burglar cops a car from police station 
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|pub=Motoring and Independent Online
|date=February 10, 2006}}
*{{source|url=http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060209/od_nm/germany_thief_dc_1
|title=Burglar steals police car from station
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|pub=Yahoo!
|date=February 9, 2006}}

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[[Category:Wackynews]]
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[[Category:Crime and law]]
[[Category:Europe]]
German police are embarrassed after a 27-year-old man, whom they had just booked for burglary, walked out of the police station and stole an unmarked police vehicle. "It's not just unusual, it's embarrassing," said a spokesman for police in the town of Eschwege.

It is thought that the man stole the key from an officer at the station. When he was booked and released, he was observed by officers getting into the unmarked police car. The officers gave chase resulting in the man's re-arrest. Three vehicles (including the stolen police car) were damaged during the pursuit. The stolen vehicle was recovered upon arrest of its unlawful driver.
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