https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from Germany in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed Turkey has asked the German authorities to formally investigate reported sightings in Germany of a top suspect in last year's failed coup who still remains at large. https://www.thelocal.de/20170816/turkey-asks-germany-to-coup-fugitive Wed, 16 Aug 2017 16:21:39 +0200 turkey-asks-germany-to-coup-fugitive An intoxicated moped-rider found himself the target of a rather unusual kind of police chase in Bavaria on Tuesday. https://www.thelocal.de/20160818/policeman-hunts-down-fugitive-using-kids-bike Thu, 18 Aug 2016 17:24:21 +0200 policeman-hunts-down-fugitive-using-kids-bike An 18-year old fugitive was found and arrested yesterday after he ventured into the town of Trier to play Pokémon Go. https://www.thelocal.de/20160715/gotta-catch-em-all-pokemon-playing-fugitive-arrested Fri, 15 Jul 2016 17:06:58 +0200 gotta-catch-em-all-pokemon-playing-fugitive-arrested A Frankfurt policeman wasn't his own 'friend and helper' on Friday evening. After crashing his car while under the influence, he tried to escape - and failed painfully. https://www.thelocal.de/20160125/drunk-cop-flees-police-station-after-crashing-car Mon, 25 Jan 2016 15:46:02 +0100 drunk-cop-flees-police-station-after-crashing-car Police are searching for two fugitives in North Rhine-Westphalia after a young woman freed a man from custody as he was being taken to the doctor. https://www.thelocal.de/20150522/two-criminals-on-the-run-after-daylight-escape Fri, 22 May 2015 11:57:33 +0200 two-criminals-on-the-run-after-daylight-escape Local journalists are reporting police in Cologne have caught a murderer who escaped from jail on Tuesday. The man had been described as “highly dangerous.” https://www.thelocal.de/20150429/escaped-murderer-on-the-run-in-bonn Wed, 29 Apr 2015 13:55:17 +0200 escaped-murderer-on-the-run-in-bonn