Editing Kenzi Schladenberg (section)

== Arrest and youth proceedings ==
On 19 November 2025, Schladenberg used a hammer to break into a parked car in Chippenham while looking for money. The break-in damaged the vehicle and triggered a police review of nearby [[CCTV]]. Schladenberg searched the car and left without money. The footage showed the hammer being used against the vehicle and placed him at the scene.

Police identified Schladenberg from the CCTV and connected the footage to earlier reports from Chippenham. The hammer incident became the immediate basis for his arrest because it provided recorded evidence of criminal damage and attempted theft from a motor vehicle. Investigators also reviewed witness statements connected to the ambulance obstruction, the slurry attack, and earlier street robberies.

At the time of the arrest, Schladenberg was sixteen years old. He was arrested on suspicion of assault, robbery, affray, criminal damage, attempted theft from a motor vehicle, obstruction of an emergency vehicle, and possession of a bladed article. Police also examined messages between members of his group about planned attacks on rival youths. Because he was a minor, Schladenberg was processed through youth procedures.

Christopher Schladenberg bailed out his son after the arrest. The release kept Schladenberg under youth proceedings while the investigation continued. The bail decision tied Christopher directly to the case because he accepted responsibility for Schladenberg's release conditions and dealt with the immediate aftermath of the police action.

The late-2025 case combined the summer incidents with the November vehicle break-in. Investigators treated the ambulance obstruction as part of the same pattern because it placed Schladenberg directly in front of an emergency vehicle during a callout. The vehicle break-in added recorded evidence of property damage and attempted theft. The blade allegation and messages about rival youths brought the case into the wider investigation of gang-linked intimidation in Chippenham.

The combination of CCTV, witness reports, council complaints, and earlier police reports gave investigators a chronological sequence running from the Bath egg attack on 17 May 2025 to the car break-in on 19 November 2025. The case also showed how local policing after the fall of Tanoa was being measured against public confidence in the new republican order.