Law enforcement apprehended two individuals accused of public lewdness
A 33-year-old man was apprehended by the federal police in Hanau, Germany, on Friday afternoon, following reports of indecent exposure in the city centre.
According to the South East Hessian Police Directorate, the suspect was under scrutiny due to suspicious behaviour in the city centre. A witness observed the man around 3:50 PM near the Canal Gate Square, where he allegedly stopped at regular intervals, pulled down his pants, and manipulated his genital area.
The arrest was preceded by a tip from a witness, and the Hanau police station took the arrested man to their station for identification procedures. Photographs and a DNA sample were collected from the man.
The suspect is a resident of Hanau, and further witnesses are asked to contact the criminal police at 06181 100-123. The South East Hesse Police Headquarters can be reached at Spessartring 61, 63071 Offenbach am Main, or via their homepage at http://www.polizei.hessen.de/ppsoh.
For media inquiries, please contact the Press Office at [email protected] or the Press Office's telephone number, 069 / 8098 - 1210 (collective number). Thomas Leipold, Claudia Benneckenstein, Felix Geis, and Maximilian Edelbluth can also be reached at the numbers provided in the article.
The Southeast Hessian Police Directorate in Hanau is also investigating two unknown men who on Friday afternoon loudly attracted attention in the city centre by shouting and forcibly opening the apartment door of a sleeping couple, shining flashlights in their faces, and then fleeing after realizing they were at the wrong apartment.
The South East Hesse Police Headquarters' fax number is 0611 / 32766-5014, and the fax number for the Press Office is not specified.
