Crime: 14 February 2011

I do hope the postman delivered appropriate cards and packages this morning !

Just to show how valuable we are to both the police and the community – this just shows that we really are the eyes and ears of the police.
A member of NHW has received my messages about suspicious people stealing cabling from under the road. and believed they saw this happening. They thought the men were acting in a suspicious manner – even though they had High Viz Jackets which where logo’d up. The men had lifted a manhole cover and were pulling cabling up. This is the good bit – as the witness thought it was odd – just in case – they took photos on their mobile phone of the men, their van and details of the Index plate ! It appears their suspicions were exactly right and they were stealing the cable ! How brilliant was that – we now have photos of the thieves, the van and its index ! bear this in mind while you are out and about – particularly if you have a mobile phone with a camera. Think – JUST IN CASE ! particularly flatbeds or other cars / people moving slowly around your area. A photo is brilliant for us. We have so few persistent offenders, we can recognise someone from their posture alone !

That is why the police and RBWM support us – we earn our keep/ Well done that NHW member !

CRIME:
BISHAM, COOKHAM, HURLEY, THE WALTHAMS, LITTLEWICK GREEN & KNOWL HILL:
4/2 – 5/2 Caravan Park, Mill Lane, Holiday home broken into – garden equipment and golf clubs stolen.
12/2 Saturday 8.30 p.m. / 10.30 p.m. The Straight Mile, Shurlock Row. Metal gates stolen – 6ft X 12 ft. Did you walk / drive past when this was happening.
11/2 Friday Green Lane, Littlewick Green. Burglary via forced rear window – cameras, video cameras, laptops & jewellery stolen. No-one should have real jewellery stolen in the Royal Borough. It should always be hidden in your home in a place it would take a thief more than 5 minutes to find. You know your house best where there is a little hidy hole you can store it – that you would remember ! It must never be left in a jewellery box on the dressing table, in the bedside cabinets, in a fake bake bean tin in kitchen cabinets. Be imaginative – its not hard. The thief will never have been in your home before – a hiding place it would take him more than 5 minutes to find cannot be impossible !
13/2 Sunday midnight. Butchers Lane, White Waltham. Transit driver’s window smashed – mobile phone, wallet stolen. You have to ask why both these items were left in the van ?

BOYN HILL, COX GREEN & WOODLANDS PARK:
12/2 – 13/2 Saturday 10 p.m. / Sunday 9 a.m. Heywood Avenue. Car keyed. Ongoing situation – 11th time !
13/2 Sunday 2.20 p.m. Thatchers Drive X 2. Attempted burglary – using keys that had been left in a car on the driveway – no entry gained. Car broken into by UNKNOWN MEANS, loose change, keys and wheel brace stolen.
13/2 Sunday Midnight / 4 a.m. Barn Drive X 2. Burglary via the front door – IPOD, DVDs, 2 mobiles, 2 handbags, purses, and car keys stolen. The car on the driveway was also broken into – CD wallet stolen. House next door broken into using letterbox method – IPOD, headphones, mobile phone and house keys stolen. You can only break in using the letterbox method, if the door is not double locked. Double lock the door and it cannot happen – it could not be simpler than asking residents to lock their houses at night !
12/2 Saturday Midnight – 2 p.m Ellington Park. Soft top on car slashed and cowling damaged in a possible attempt to steal the car.
12/2 Saturday 4 a.m. Court Road. Attempted burglary through ground floor window – The aggrieved was woken by a noise and torchlight in the rear garden. They immediately made off.
8/2 Tuesday 4 p.m. Florence Avenue. Burglary to first floor flat via kitchen window – which had been unscrewed from the outside. Tools stolen.
12/2 – 13/2 Saturday 9.30 p.m. / Sunday 10 a.m. Somersby Crescent. Grey MG TF index RY 53 LTZ stolen from the driveway

INNER MAIDENHEAD:
11/2 2 P.M. High Street – Bike stolen.

OLDFIELD & BRAY:
10/2 – 11/2 Thursday 4.30 p.m. / Friday 8.30 a.m. Upper Bray Road. Site entered and copper cabling stolen.
13/2 Sunday 7 p.m. High Street, Bray. Lead flashing stolen from house. This was in the middle of Bray High Street – did anyone see anything ?
13/2 Sunday 1 a.m. / 1 p.m. Priors Way X 2. Burglary via forced rear conservatory door – handbag, IPOds, Mobiles, laptop, Wii, cameras and car keys stolen. Burglary via forced rear conservatory door – Keys left in the conservatory were used to enter the garage – nothing stolen. keys left out ????

PINKNEYS GREEN & FURZE PLATT:
11/2 – 12/2 Friday 11 p.m. / Saturday 10 a.m. Camley Gardens. Shed break – bike stolen.
11/2 – 12/2 Friday 5 p.m. / Saturday 9 a.m. Pinkneys Road. Shed break – tools and 2 bikes stolen.
13/2 Sunday 3 p.m. Sunderland Road. Bike stolen.

Keep safe.

Eyes and ears - plus mobile phone cameras !

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