They steal tools to renovate an deserted care heart

The three suspects had been arrested on Wednesday and might be tried on Monday in speedy look for housebreaking and theft in a gathering, information punishable by 10 years in jail, mentioned the general public prosecutor of Colmar, Catherine Sorita-Minard.

In accordance with the investigation by the gendarmes of Haut-Rhin, the three males had been engaged “in a traditional method since August (…) in thefts (…) in lots of locations of the mountainous massif of the Vosges, within the departments of Haut-Rhin and the Vosges,” the Justice of the Peace mentioned in an announcement.

Among the many stolen objects: “instruments, chainsaw, scaffolding, home windows, door handles, clothes, snowmobile, car, gasoline, pc tools, surveillance cameras, skis and ski boots, and so forth…” explains Ms. Sorita-Minard.

Twenty victims

In complete, “the harm is estimated at round 200,000 euros”. Twenty victims have been recognized: people, companies and ski resorts, in line with the Justice of the Peace.

The stolen tools was saved within the city of Stosswihr (Haut-Rhin), within the disused website of Altenberg, a former resort transformed right into a sanatorium, then right into a medical and dietary heart.

Deserted since 2011, the place could be very widespread with followers of city exploration (“urbex”) who name it “the satan’s clinic”.

In accordance with the weather of the investigation, “the respondents had undertaken, with out rights or title, renovation work on this disused website comprising a number of buildings, for an undetermined goal”, signifies the prosecutor.

The prosecution requested their detention pending the listening to. The decide of freedoms and detention will make his choices within the night, in line with Ms. Sorita-Minard.