A serious incident took place on the premises of a company in the Křimice district of Plzeň, where the battery of an e-bike caught fire and then exploded inside a cyclist's backpack while he was riding. The man suffered burns to around 20%
The General Inspectorate of Security Forces (GIBS) has charged a police officer who fatally shot 47-year-old Otakar Šmidt during a special operation in Prague. According to the inspectorate, the man was unarmed and clearly disoriented at th
A district court in Jihlava has ordered the pretrial detention of a homeless woman who spent months terrorizing a local hospital — attacking staff and patients, vandalizing restrooms, and repeatedly violating a ban on entering the area. The
Prague police have detained a 21-year-old taxi driver who stole a suitcase from his passengers containing $3.5 million in cash, along with a laptop and clothing. The incident took place in the early morning hours as a married couple were on
A Prague district court has ordered the pre-trial detention of deacon Antonín Juriga, whom police accuse of numerous rapes, abuse and extortion. According to investigators, the accused acted against the will of his victims in 15–20 cases, f
The Prague Municipal Court last week dropped criminal proceedings in a pimping case connected to the sex-classifieds website Sex.cz. According to the court's ruling, what matters for classifying the offence is not whose money was used to pa
In Pilsen, a man attacked an 85-year-old pensioner who was walking with a walking frame in a car park on Kotíkovská Street and stole his wallet. The incident took place last Thursday at around 7 p.m., according to police spokeswoman Michael
The High Court has upheld the sentence handed down to a man named Novák, who over several months brutally tortured and raped a female acquaintance at a house in the village of Siřem near Žatec. The man was sentenced to 15 years in prison, w
In the Czech city of Jihlava, a homeless woman named Gabinka, originally from the Plzeň Region, has repeatedly caused disturbances at the local hospital and on public transport — despite a court order banning her from the district. This was
The Regional Court in České Budějovice has sentenced 73-year-old former insolvency administrator Václav Svoboda to five years in prison for embezzling nearly 67 million crowns from creditors. For thirteen years, the man — repeatedly appoint
The Czech Military Police have asked prosecutors to press charges against seven people in a large-scale case involving manipulation of public tenders announced by the Defence Ministry's Real Estate Management Agency (AHNM). Two other member
In several Moravian towns — Olomouc, Prostějov, Brno, Zlín, Přerov and Otrokovice — street vending machines branded Still Chill were selling synthetic marijuana containing the banned substance MDMB-PINACA, a drug whose danger has been compa