Hanau faces wave of crimes from hate graffiti to hit-and-run chaos
**Police Headquarters South Hesse**
***Hanau and Main-Kinzig District*** (our platform)
- Swastikas on bus shelters: Tips appreciated - Hanau
(cb) Alert citizens notified the police in Hanau on Wednesday about swastikas and racist symbols on a bus shelter in Burgallee (120s house number). The responding officers made the graffiti unrecognizable by the evening. The extent of the property damage cannot yet be determined. The state protection department in Offenbach is now investigating due to the use of unconstitutional symbols. Witness tips can be given to the criminal police under the number 069 8098-1234.
- Opel Astra damaged - Who saw something? - Hanau
(me) An unknown driver already damaged a silver compact car on Friday and fled after the collision. The 25-year-old owner parked the Opel Astra in the street "Am Mainkanal" around 7:30 am. When he returned to his car around 4 pm, he noticed the fresh damage to the vehicle front. The officers estimate the damage at around €2,000. Since the culprit did not report the accident, the Hanau police are now looking for witnesses. They can be reached at the station's phone number 06181 100-120.
- Overloading in focus - Highway 45 / Neuberg
(cb) On Wednesday, traffic inspectors focused on the possible overloading of trucks. Overloading can significantly increase the braking distance of vehicles and thus the risk for all road users. The traffic specialists set up a control point with a mobile vehicle scale on the Pfingstweide parking lot on Highway 45 in the direction of Aschaffenburg. Over several hours, the officers led a total of 16 vehicles to the control point. Here, extensive vehicle and personal checks as well as the somewhat time-consuming vehicle weighings took place. During the checks, they repeatedly found the overloading of the respective vehicle, violations of social regulations, and the Goods Transport Act and punished them accordingly. The balance of the day: Violations were found in 43 percent of the vehicles inspected. The police will continue to pay attention to commercial traffic and carry out further targeted controls.
- Evasive maneuver ended at guardrail - Gründau
(me) The police highway station is looking for the cause of a near-collision on Wednesday afternoon on the Highway 66. The unknown culprit was driving against 3:45 pm in the area of the Rothenbergen and Lieblos interchanges. For unknown reasons, the driver suddenly turned right and forced the driver next to him to swerve. In the process, the Mercedes driver hit the guardrail and damaged it along with his car. The presumed black sedan of the culprit then drove away on the highway. The current estimated damage is around €8,600. Since the 18-year-old Mercedes driver appeared to be under the influence of intoxicants at the time of the accident, he had to accompany the officers to give a blood sample. Witnesses of the accident should contact the Police Highway Station South Hesse (06181 9010-0).
- Fuel stolen from construction site - Gründau Between Wednesday and Thursday, unknown individuals broke into a storage container on Rudolf-Walther-Straße. It is currently known that the thieves forced open the construction container between 4 PM and 7 AM using a tool and then searched it. The long-fingered ones apparently found the keys to a construction machine in the container. They moved the loader that was standing nearby and gained access to a fuel tank. After siphoning off about 100 liters, the gangsters fled the property undetected. Please contact the Gelnhausen police (06051 827-0) if you have any information.
A suspected red light violation led to a collision between two cars on Wednesday just after 4 PM. According to current information, the 50-year-old driver of a Skoda drove out of 'Im Hopfengarten' street into the intersection with Spessartstraße and apparently ignored the red light. An 82-year-old man driving a VW entered the intersection and collided with the Skoda. The passenger in the VW suffered minor injuries to the upper body. Both vehicles were towed away with an estimated damage of 15,000 euros each. Please contact Bad Orb police station (06052 9148-0) for any information.
A 42-year-old man caught two burglars red-handed on Wednesday as they were stealing various tools from a hall in Friedhofsweg. Around 10:20 PM, the owner noticed an open roll-up door of the storage hall and went to investigate. The two suspects, aged about 40 to 50 and wearing a black-blue jacket, felt disturbed and attacked the man. During the physical altercation, the man was slightly injured. After taking tools worth about 2,000 euros, the two thieves fled in an unknown direction. Hanau Criminal Police has taken over the investigation and can be reached via the hotline (06181 100-123) for any information.
Offenbach, 25.09.2025, Press Office, Thomas Leipold
For further questions, please contact:
Police Headquarters Southeast Hesse - Press Office - Spessartring 61, 6313071 Offenbach am Main Telephone: 069 / 8098 - 1210 (collective call number) Thomas Leipold (lei) - 1201 or 0160 / 980 00745 Felix Geis (fg) - 1211 or 0162 / 201 3806 Claudia Benneckenstein (cb) - 1212 or 0152 / 066 23109 Maximilian Edelbluth (me) - 1213 or 0173 / 5636097 Fax: 0611 / 32766-5014 Email: **[email protected]** Homepage: **http://www.polizei.hessen.de/ppsoh**
