Viennese taxi driver provides 14-year-old burglar: police investigated!

Viennese taxi driver provides 14-year-old burglar: police investigated!

A Viennese taxi driver experienced an unexpected effort on Saturday when he put a 14-year-old into his vehicle after a break-in. The incident occurred in Vienna-Wieden, where the taxi driver watched from the window of his apartment how the young perpetrator broke his car with a accomplice. The 35-year-old followed the two, supported by his cousin. Finally, he managed to overwhelm one of the two young people and capture until the police arrived. The alleged accomplice first escaped.

The 14-year-old, who denied the allegation of the slump to the Taubengasse police inspection, was temporarily arrested. During a search of his shoulder bag, the officers found a stolen perfume bottle and an emergency hammer. In addition, he was investigated for violation of the Sugetic Center Act because he had small amounts of marijuana with him. The taxi driver is now also facing legal consequences: he is accused of having damaged the young person's T-shirt, which could lead to suspected assault and property damage. So there was an atypical encounter between perpetrators and potential protectors.

youth crime in Vienna on the advance

The case of the 14-year-old is not an isolated case, but is a frightening statistics: In 2024, a total of 12,049 crimes of young people between the ages of 10 and 14 were recorded in Vienna. It is particularly worrying that 28 percent of these advertisements can be attributed to a narrow circle of young perpetrators, including the brother couple Samuel and Silvio. These two boys are 16 and 14 years old and come from Serbia. In total, they have committed more than 2,200 crimes, including numerous break-ins and thefts.

Silvio, the younger of the two brothers, keeps causing a sensation: his trips with stolen vehicles often ended in spectacular traffic accidents. Since his last arrest, when he raced through the city with a stolen Mini Cooper, he has now been sitting in a priority and shared a cell with his older brother Samuel. While Samuel is already in prison, Silvio publicly shows no regrets for his actions and praises his lifestyle on social media.

This increase in youth crime is worrying and makes politicians think about harder measures. Interior Minister Gerhard Karner actually calls for "prison -like" accommodation for "system sprinklers". The topic is also accompanying, since the proposal always arises to reduce the penalty to twelve years. A discussion that is already being held in Germany, where the youth violence in 2024 has reached a maximum and similar tendencies. Statista reports that ...

causes and prevention

The reasons for the increase in youth crime are diverse and range from mental stress, for example from the Corona measures, to social factors that affect younger people in particular. Most of the suspects are male and had a high proportion of under the age of 21 in 2024. While the discussion about tougher sanctions in youth criminal law is gaining a further focus on prevention, which is to be supported by stronger measures in child and youth welfare.

it remains to be hoped that both short and long-term solutions will be found in order to break through the cycle of youth crime. The company is required here to offer young people perspectives and bring them in a better way.