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Crime: 28 February 2012

A problem has turned up in Windsor which we have not had for some time – car parts being stolen. We have had a bonnet stolen from one car and the headlights from another. One car was a Landrover Discovery, the other a Landrover Defender. If you have either of these makes of car, please pay particular attention to their security and where you park them.

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CRIME:
BISHAM, COOKHAM, HURLEY, THE WALTHAMS, LITTLEWICK GREEN & KNOWL HILL:
cookhamneighbourhood@thamesvalley.pnn.police.uk
NO CRIME TO REPORT


BOYN HILL, COX GREEN & WOODLANDS PARK:
boynhillcoxgreennhpt@thamesvalley.pnn.police.uk

27/2 Monday 9.30 a.m. Palmers Close. A van was seen collecting charity bags which did not belong to them. They believed the bags had been missed !

RIVERSIDE & BELMONT:
maidenheadriverside&belmontnhpt@thamesvalley.pnn.police.uk

27/2 – 28/2 Monday 11 p.m. / Tuesday 8.50 a.m. Fairford Road. Garage break via the roof – exit via the door – with a bike.
26/2 – 27/2 Sunday 10 a.m. / Monday 11 a.m. Norfolk Road. Aerial unscrewed and taken from a car. A BMW.

INNER MAIDENHEAD:
maidenheadtowncentrenhpt@thamesvalley.pnn.police.uk
NO CRIME TO REPORT


OLDFIELD & BRAY:
oldfield&braynhpt@thamesvalley.pnn.police.uk

25/2 – 27/2 Saturday 2.30 p.m. / Monday 7.30 a.m. Courtlands. Property undergoing re-development. Thieves climbed over fences and removed 2 padlocks and bolts from a door – taps, cooker hood, copper and brass fittings, valuable tools stolen.

PINKNEYS GREEN & FURZE PLATT:
pinkneysgreen&furzeplattnhpt@thamesvalley.pnn.police.uk
NO CRIME TO REPORT


COMMENT:
Hi Jeff
I am on your email circulation list.
I have just (last 5 mins) returned from a shopping trip and noticed a white van parked up in our cul de sac. A young man wearing a dark green sweatshirt with Chelsea Gardens on it embroidered in white got out of the van and walked up my drive saying something along the lines of - he had been let down by a customer who had ordered some teak garden furniture and he was unable to deliver it today. Would I be interested ?
Needless to say I said no.
This may all be perfectly innocent, but it seemed a bit suspicious to me and the young man was very uncomfortable while talking to me. He couldn't make eye contact and he shuffled from foot to foot as if he was embarrassed. They drove off. It could be someone is missing some garden furniture. It's a funny time of year to be delivering this type of furniture.
I was really grateful for this email, as it does show up a huge point. This should have been an immediate call to the police on the 101 number. This is clearly a 'suspicious incident' and the police should have been called so that they could come out and have a look at the van and the furniture, in case the items were stolen. They may well totally legitimate and they let you think they are stolen, so that you feel you are getting a bargain on the price !!! Please , please remember, if you buy something like this – in these circumstances and at a very obviously reduced price – you run the risk of being arrested for handling stolen goods !!!! Not a risk worth running. We did get the index number of the van though ! Well done.


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