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Jena, 06.07.2026 – Following a brazen shoplifting incident at an electronics store in Jena’s city center, the police have launched a public appeal for information. The incident occurred on Goethestraße.
Unknown perpetrators stole 12 ceiling lights from a construction site at Inselplatz in Jena, causing significant financial damage.
Over the past weekend, unknown suspects stole approximately 20 construction fences and their bases from a construction site at Salvador-Allende-Platz in Jena. Police are investigating and seeking witnesses.
Jena, June 24, 2026. Unknown perpetrators broke into a cellar compartment of an apartment building in Jena’s Mühlenstraße and stole an expensive bicycle. The police are now asking the public for relevant information regarding the incident and the whereabouts of the stolen property.
Jena, June 24, 2026 – On Tuesday afternoon, a joint theft occurred in a lottery shop in downtown Jena. Two previously unknown perpetrators specifically stole tobacco products from the display and subsequently fled undetected.
A theft in Jena’s Talstraße is currently occupying the criminal police: Unknown perpetrators stole cash and jewelry from an apartment in a multi-family house over the course of the past week. The damage is in the four-figure range.
On Wednesday morning, unknown perpetrators stole a high-quality e-mountain bike worth approximately 9,500 euros in the north of Jena. The thieves acted with extreme ruthlessness, leaving the locked front wheel behind at the scene.
In Jena, unknown perpetrators stole a high-quality e-bike worth approximately 9,500 Euros. By exploiting how the bike was locked, they detached the frame and took it, leaving only the secured front wheel at the scene.
Jena, May 27, 2026 – A red ATLAS wheel loader, approximately 30 years old, has been stolen from a construction site in Jena. The criminal investigation department has launched an inquiry and is examining a possible connection to other construction site thefts in the city area.
Jena, May 27, 2026. Unknown suspects have stolen a roughly 30-year-old wheel loader worth approximately 13,000 euros from a construction site in Jena. Police have launched an investigation and are examining potential links to other thefts in the city area.