Crime: 21 November 2011

A mixed bag of crime over the weekend – cars left INSECURE ! Please remember our opportunist thieves who walk along trying car door handles – if they strike lucky – you lose your property. If you have locked your car and left nothing on display – you keep it ! No car should ever be left parked on the highway or on your drive unlocked. I do hear that the unlocked, car was left protected by another car behind it. Please make it a habit, never to leave any car anywhere unlocked – even in a garage – which must also be locked !!!

CRIME:
BISHAM, COOKHAM, HURLEY, THE WALTHAMS, LITTLEWICK GREEN & KNOWL HILL:
21/11 Monday Pro Shop, Grange Lane. Attempt to force the fire door at the Pro shop. This was unsuccessful, so they threw a chair through the glass front door. They then unsuccessfully tried to force the roller shutter over the bar.. In the end they snatched the till and float.
18/11 – 19/11 Friday 5.30 p.m. / Saturday noon. Shepherd’s Close. The owner found obscene scribbling on his car using felt tip – which luckily, was easy to remove.
17/11 – 18/11 Thursday 7 p.m. / Friday 5 p.m. East Arms Place, Hurley. Attempted Burglary. The owner returned to find marks around the door which may have been an attempt to break in.
17/11 Thursday Hurley Caravan park – petrol tank containing 8 litres of fuel stolen

BOYN HILL, COX GREEN & WOODLANDS PARK:
21/11 Monday 0.10 a.m. Bath Road. Burglary. The owners awoke when the heard noises and the security lights went on. They activated the panic button and locked themselves in the bedroom – EXACTLY THE RIGHT THING TO DO ! – When they came down they found the keys and their grey Audi RS4 Quattro index V 8 JRP pulling out of the driveway. The thieves may not drive the car far, in case they go through ANPR cameras. They have probably parked it up quietly somewhere, where it won’t stand out. Do you live in a road where an expensive performance car, would blend into the others ? They will leave it there for 48 hours, to see if a tracker system has been activated. If it has, it will have been recovered. If not, they can drive it away. If it is in your road, please let us know immediately on the new PEC number 101.
20/11 Sunday 6 p.m. / 7 p.m. Timbers Walk. Burglary via INSECURE rear garden gate, via an INSECURE rear patio door – Smart phone, credit cards, driving licence and cash stolen.

RIVERSIDE & BELMONT:
18/11 – 19/11 Friday 7 p.m. / Saturday 8 a.m. Marlow Road Ground floor window smashed with a stone – other houses may have been damaged.
18/11 – 19/11 Belmont Park Avenue. INSECURE garage entered – 2 INSECURE cars searched – loose change stolen.
17/11 – 18/11 Thursday 9 p.m. / Friday 11.30 a.m. Bath Road. A stone thrown at a car windscreen smashing it.
18/11 Friday 6.30 p.m. – 11.25 p.m. Evenlode. Burglary possibly using the letterbox method – something put through to unlock the latch on the yale type lock. Nintendo DSs stolen.

INNER MAIDENHEAD:
18/1 Friday 10.35 a.m. Queen Street. Shop delivery, the rear of the van was possibly left INSECURE – 2 blue Ray DVD players are missing.

OLDFIELD & BRAY:

No crime to report.

PINKNEYS GREEN & FURZE PLATT:
19/11 Saturday midnight – 12.50 p.m. The Chase X 2. Car entered by UNKNOWN means – sunglasses stolen. Thieves entered an INSECURE car on a driveway and found a bunch of keys – They tried these on the front door which was partially opened – no entry gained.
18/11 – 19/11 Friday 11 p.m. / Saturday 11 a.m. Cannon Court Road. Car entered by UKNOWN means – CHRISTMAS PRESENTS LOCKED IN THE BOOT STOLEN – These are the first Christmas presents to be stolen this year ! When going shopping take supermarket plastic bags with you. When buying anything in an expensive shop, put the item / branded bag, inside the supermarket bag before you leave the shop ! In the boot of your car have a large black dustbin bag. If you have to shop in relay – place any branded bags inside the black bag to make them less visible through windows. When it comes to Christmas – and this is a little early – do not display presents under a Christmas tree visible from a window. It may look lovely, but thieves will think so too. They won’t even have to unwrap them ! The name on the gift tag, will tell them if it is a boy’s or girl’s present. Everyone is buying presents at this time of year, houses will be full of tempting items for thieves – Please ensure your make sure you employ all your security in the run up to Christmas – and after Christmas – no empty boxes left outside, showing there is a new Xbox / Playstation / laptop in the house !!!
18/11 – 19/11 Friday midnight. / Saturday 9.30 a.m. Cannon Court Road. Car entered BY UNKNOWN MEANS – loose change stolen from the centre console.
16/11 – 19/11 Whurley Way. Attempted Burglary. Thieves climbed over a rear garden wall, damaging the brickwork – they then tried to force the front door, rear kitchen window and rear conservatory door - no entry gained. Please remember this case – THEY DID NOT GET IN ! IF YOUR SECURITY IS ADEQUATE, THEY WILL GIVE UP AND TRY SOMEWHERE ELSE.
11/11 – 18/11 Switchback Road North. Stainless steel double sink stolen from outside a house.
21/11 Monday 9.15 a.m. – 10.15 a.m. School, Mulberry Walk. Car keyed.


SCAMS:

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Regards
Mary

This just came in over the weekend:
Hi Jeff

I had the following text from +447414974023
Quote URGENT! Our records indicate that you may be entitled to £2750 for the accident you had. To apply for free, reply Yes to this message.To opt out text STOP Unquote

I did nothing,

I had the following phone call on my landline phone today.

Quote:- My name is Steve and I am phoning about your computer Unquote

I just put the phone down.
I tried 1471 but the number was withheld. Sorry not much to go on with this one.

Cheers
Mike

Exactly the right thing to do – just put the phone down – otherwise you may end up inadvertently giving away personal information. Well done Mike !

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