Crime: 31 August 2010

A busy weekend – but it does cover 4 days !

Some messages:

1. Over the weekend we have had burglaries through insecure rear doors, cars left unlocked etc. in both Windsor and Maidenhead. Clearly our message is not getting through to everyone. It appears people simply ignore warning street signs and leaflet drops – they are busy and anyway they are only going to be a few minutes and it won’t happen to them !. What we would really like to do, is to sign up every single resident in the Borough - in fact the whole Thames Valley - to Community Messaging. I have all the necessary memory space on the database. If they read the messages perhaps it would bring the message home that opportunists are out there all day every day, 7 days a week waiting and watching for a mistake to happen. Can you forward this to everyone in your personal address books, both personal and work. It doesn’t matter that they don’t live in the Borough, other Administrators will pick them up.
All anyone has to do is go online at - tvpcommunitymessaging.org - and self register. It could not be simpler. We need everyone to register. To hear what, where, when and who is being targeted to motivate them to just take that extra care. Please help. We don’t want any more weekends like this one. Please send the link to everyone you know !

2. Members of the public in the Thames Valley can play a greater role in bringing serious offenders to justice with the launch of a Most Wanted website for the region.
It allows members of the public to look at pictures and E-fits and view CCTV footage of people currently wanted by the police in Thames Valley. The site is run by the independent charity Crimestoppers, which allows people to give information about crime anonymously by telephone or via the Crimestoppers website.
Launched in late 2005 the national Most Wanted site has successfully resulted in the arrest of more than 900 criminals, for offences ranging from murder, rape and drug smuggling to robbery and assault.
Members of the public can find the gallery of Thames Valley’s Most Wanted criminals at: http://www.crimestoppers-uk.org/in-your-area/south-east/thames-valley and click on Most Wanted.
The Most Wanted website for this region is being officially launched at the Thames Valley Police Open Day at Sulhamstead, West Berkshire, on 4 September.

3. A really good photo of us launching ‘Secure with Care’ at the Golden Age !

4. The Inland Revenue / HMRC are asking people to forward to them any scam emails you get supposedly from them. To: phishing@hmrc.gsi.gov.uk They hope to be able to track the perpetrators down !

5. Catalytic converters went from under 2 cars at Legoland over the weekend. Traditionally thieves hit all the theme parks then do a few 'on road'. It only takes a few seconds with metal cutters to cut them off. Please keep your eyes open for anyone working in the road under the back of a car and phone it through to the PEC on 0845 8 505 505. If there is nothing untoward going on, a visit from the local police will not cause a problem !
6. If you missed, or could not attend the Golden Age celebrations - all is not lost. Another similar event is being held in Maidenhead, in the Desborough Suite at the Town Hall on Friday 1st October between 10 a.m. - 1 p.m. Very similar exhibitors, health , fitness, welfare for those over 50. poster attached
Just to add – you will see jewellery and TVs stolen ! We all know ther should be no jewellery anywhere it would take a thief less than 5 minutes to find it. That means not i=on the dressing table or in bedside cabinets – you know the drill ! Big flat screen TVs – if you have it on a wall visible from outside the wall bracket must have a locking mechanism to prevent it being simply lifted out. You must not attract easy crime !

CRIME:
BISHAM, COOKHAM, HURLEY, THE WALTHAMS & LITTLEWICK GREEN
26/8 – 27/8 Thursday / Friday. Appletree Cottages, Honey Lane. Paving slab thrown through rear door of unoccupied house. Copper piping ripped out leaving water leaking throughout.
28/8 – 29/8 Saturday 2.30 p.m. / Sunday 5.25 p.m.. Café on Bath Road, Knowl Hill. Thieves forced a side window, climbed in and stole a safe.
28/8 – 29/8 Saturday 78 p.m. / Sunday 1 a.m. The Street, Waltham St. Lawrence. Burglary through forced rear door – Jewellery, TV, wallet, keys and a black Suzuki Swift index RX 09 DZs parked outside stolen. A neighbour saw the car drive away at around midnight.
27/8 – 28/8 Friday 8 p.m. / Saturday 8 a.m. Bassmead, Cookham Rise. Burglary by unknown means into an integral garage –Rucksack, SAT NAV and clothing stolen.
27/8 – 28/8 Friday 9 p.m. / Saturday 9.45 a.m. Strande Lane, Cookham Rise. Car entered by unknown means – searched – nothing stolen.
28/8 Friday 8.45 / 9.45 p.m. Smewins Road. Car window smashed – wallet stolen.

BOYN HILL, COX GREEN & WOODLANDS PARK:
27/8 – 28/8 Friday 11.30 p.m. / Saturday 8.20 a.m. Rylstone Close. Garage break – Golf equipment & alcohol stolen.
25/8 – 27/8 Wednesday 5 p.m. / Friday 4 p.m White Paddock, Woodlands Park X 2. Garage break - Garden equipment stolen. Same but archery equipment stolen.
27/8 – 28/8 Friday 5 p.m. / Saturday 9 a.m. Farm in Ockwells Road. Light of farm equipment and netting cut.
27/8 – 28/8 Friday 7 p.m. / Saturday Treesmill Drive X 2. Burglary by unknown means to integral garage – nothing stolen. Car passenger door lock forced – IPOD & speakers stolen.
25/8 – 29/8 Wednesday / Sunday. Ribstone Road. Burglary though forced rear patio doors – TV & jewellery stolen.
22/8 – 27/8 Sunday / Friday. Car passenger door lock forced – glasses, high viz jacket and warning triangle stolen.

RIVERSIDE & BELMONT:
30/8 Monday 4.30 a.m. St Marks Road. Arson. Boxes left on driveway set alight, possibly with an accelerant. Damage was caused to a fence and van before it was extinguished.
26/8 – 27/8 Thursday 10 p.m. / Friday 6 a.m. Norfolk Road X 2. car door lock smashed and attempt to get in but thief possibly disturbed. Car driver’s door forced – car searched.
28/8 – 29/8 Saturday 10.30 p.m. / Sunday 12 Noon. Hazell Close. Burglary via integral garage – jewellery & cigarettes stolen.4 lads seen leaving. This job is possibly connected with the burglary at The Street, Waltham St. Lawrence.

INNER MAIDENHEAD:
29/8 Sunday 6 p.m. Queen Street. A witness saw a lad smash a car window – nothing stolen.

OLDFIELD & BRAY:
24/8 Tuesday. 11.34 p.m. Monkey Island Lane. Cannabis Factory. A very large number of plants removed.  I asked at this morning’s briefing if I could put this out to remind everyone this could be the house next door to you ! These are usually 3 or 4 bedroom houses on yearly lets. Before anyone moves in a lot of building work takes place – ventilation systems and acres of electrical wiring and cooling systems. In this case the owners have not been traced. If you live in the area, you will have seen the police clearance system at work. Do you have any information about who lived there ? Anything would help – 0845 8 505 505 or the Ringmaster intel line please:
ringmasterintelligen@thamesvalley.pnn.police.uk

PINKNEYS GREEN & FURZE PLATT:
26/8 – 27/8 Thursday 7.45 p.m. / Friday 3 p.m. Oaken grove. Car windscreen smashed.
28/8 – 29/8 Saturday 9.15 p.m. / Sunday 8 a.m. Allenby Road. Car pushed into a lamppost causing damage.
29/8 Sunday 4 – 10.45 p.m. Switchback Road North. Burglary via front window – TV, keys and a silver Peugeot 206 index K 360 DDP stolen. This possible connected to:
27/8 Friday 1 – 7 a.m. Hambleden Walk. Burglary though insecure rear door – Laptops, Wii and handbag stolen.
30/8 Monday 8 – 10.10 p.m. Shifford Crescent. Car driver’s window smashed – SAT NAV holder stolen.
26/8 – 27/8 Thursday 6.30 p.m. / Friday 7.30 a.m. Camden Road. Both index plates stolen.


The number as always - 0845 8 505 505 or Crimestoppers in complete confidence on 0800 555 111.