Crime: 17 October 2012
This happened
in Datchet and carries a message for us all !!!
16/10 Tuesday 5 a.m. Eton
Road, Datchet. The owner was awoken by a noise in the night and
went to investigate – looking out of a window, she saw a black man
getting out of her car on the driveway and then ride off on a bike. The
car had been left INSECURE –
loose change stolen. Some people do leave
their cars unlocked outside their houses, to stop the glass being
smashed if anyone targets their car. This will act as and become a
‘crime attractor’, if the local opportunist thieves – who do talk
to each other, begin to realise this. Your car is unlikely to be
targeted, if you leave nothing on display. Loose change /
sunglasses in the centre console are enough. It sends a message
that there may be other things left in the car – such as a SAT NAV in
the glove box, a wallet in that jacket on the back seat, something worth
having in the plastic shopping bag left on view ???
CRIME:
BISHAM, COOKHAM, HURLEY, THE WALTHAMS,
LITTLEWICK GREEN & KNOWL HILL:
Neighbourhood Page:
16/10 - 17/10 Tuesday 11 p.m. /
Wednesday 10 a.m. Choseley Road, Knowl Hill. Garage
break. The lock was forced. Computer, laptop and golf equipment
stolen.
BOYN HILL, COX GREEN & WOODLANDS
PARK:
Neighbourhood Page:
14/10 – 15/10 Sunday 6 p.m. /
Monday 5.30 a.m. Webster Close. Garage break – Door
left unlocked – contents of fridge stolen.
RIVERSIDE & BELMONT:
Neighbourhood Page:
12/10 – 16/10 Friday / Tuesday Florence
Avenue. Chickens stolen. The first was stolen on Friday
night and the owners thought it must have been taken by a fox. The
next night they locked up their chickens very carefully and a another
chicken was gone.
15/10 Monday 8 p.m. North
Town Road. Bike stolen from outside a shop.
INNER MAIDENHEAD:
Neighbourhood Page:
No crime to
report
OLDFIELD & BRAY:
Neighbourhood Page:
16/10 Tuesday 9.20 p.m. Farm,
Drift Road, Winkfield. Men used a Grey Cherokee Jeep, to drive
onto a farm and chased a deer around a field, eventually hitting it with
the car and leaving it with life threatening injuries. The police
later recovered the car which had a large number of dead rabbits inside. The
police arranged for the deer was humanely destroyed. Did
anyone see this grey Jeep acting suspiciously anywhere. We need
descriptions of drivers / passengers etc. Any information to the
PEC please quoting URN 134 of the 17th October.
16/10 Tuesday 0.50 a.m. The
Binghams. Burglary Entry possibly via the front door,
laptop, camera, keys and 2 cars stolen from the driveway:
1. Grey VW Golf index SY 59 MKZ
2. Silver Mercedes CL S350 index HN
59 KZO.
Are either of
these cars parked up discretely somewhere waiting to be picked up later
? The thieves will know Maidenhead is quite well covered with ANPR
cameras, so they have to be very careful when driving them around.
PINKNEYS GREEN & FURZE PLATT:
Neighbourhood Page:
16/10 Tuesday Linden Avenue. The
owner had gone to bed when they heard a noise and went to investigate. A
motorbike started up and made off. A short while later they heard
another bang. Thinking it was a the rear gate slamming, they went
to investigate and found the front door propped open with a children’s
toy and the house had been very untidily searched. Purse and
contents stolen, other small portable electronic items, left
undisturbed.
16/10 – 17/10 Tuesday 7 p.m. /
Wednesday 9 a.m. Edith Road. Unknown black matt type
substance poured over a van.
16/10 – 17/10 Tuesday 10 p.m.
/ Wednesday 8 a.m. Havelock Crescent. Loose
change and sunglasses stolen from a car parked outside – UNKNOWN
MEANS OF ENTRY.
16/10 Tuesday 7.15 p.m. / 10.30 p.m. Twynham
Road. Shed break via side gate which is usually bolted. Shed
empty, so nothing stolen. They had reported their letterbox being
lifted and dropped a couple of times a few days before.
16/10 Tuesday 11.20 a.m. / 12.50 p.m. Wavell
Road. Burglary via rear forced side window. They exited
via utility room door. While doing House to House, a neighbour
reported looking out at this time and seeing 3 men leaving the property,
taking care to close the gate behind them ! They then walked off
towards the Bath Road. The witness thought this was all very odd. They
were all wearing long dark overcoats with scarves, 2 were wearing caps. One
was carrying a beige carrier bag. They did not think it suspicious
enough to phone it in ! Laptops X 2 jewellery and a watch stolen
MEMBERS
COMMENTS:
I was really
pleased to receive this email through from Catrine. It shows our
message is getting through. NHW is not only, when you are at home
or in your road; it is about being aware, wherever you are. Catrine,
experienced something and is going to do something about it – follow
it up, to make sure no-one becomes a victim of a potential crime. That
is what the Alert / Ringmaster system is all about. I supply you
with the information you need, to raise your awareness. Your part
of the bargain, is to spread that knowledge to those who do not have the
benefit of all this information, at their fingertips. Catrine has
seen an issue, brought it to ‘our’ (meaning you and me) attention
and will follow it up – I am really grateful – I hope we would all
do the same ???
Dear Jeff,
An experience I
had while shopping today, could have turned out quite differently:
I had finished
shopping and was paying for my car parking in the Nicholson’s Car Park
in Maidenhead. As I had my purse open, a gentleman approached and
asked if I had 2 x 10p coins. I did, and gave them to him in
exchange for his 20p coin. I then finished my payment transaction
and returned to my car. It wasn’t until I got to my car that I
realised:
a) the
gentleman could easily have changed his coin at the machine on the level
below
b) most people would have waited for me to complete my transaction, rather than interrupt (he had to wait for me to finish anyway, before being able to use the payment machine)
c) it was badly lit in the area around the payment machine
d) his female companion stood very close behind me, on the side that I carry my handbag.
b) most people would have waited for me to complete my transaction, rather than interrupt (he had to wait for me to finish anyway, before being able to use the payment machine)
c) it was badly lit in the area around the payment machine
d) his female companion stood very close behind me, on the side that I carry my handbag.
I quickly
checked the contents of my handbag, but all seemed to be in order - I
carry my bag close to my body and ensure it is secure, but you never
know . . .
It could have
been a perfectly innocent exchange, but I phoned the Centre Management
as soon as I got home, and they said they would contact the Car Park
Management to check their CCTV. However, I thought it might be
worth warning people to be vigilant in this car park because the payment
machines on levels 2 and 4 are particularly badly lit, and are
positioned in such a way as to make free movement very difficult.
On reflection,
I will contact the Car Park Management myself and suggest that, in the
interest of safety, they re-position these particular payment machines
to facilitate much easier access and movement, and improve the lighting.
Regards
Catrine
Next the phone
calls to say your computer is working slowly are still being made:
Hi Jeff
Just to let you know I just got a call
from a guy who was called Leon to say that they had been receiving
reports that my computer was having problems. That it was downloading
damaging material from the Internet.
He went onto say that I must have noticed
the computers been running slow. I replied no, and phone went dead.
I wondered how far he would go! Thanks
for the warnings. I wouldn't have let him have access to my computer
anyway, but it was great having the heads up!!
Thanks again
Sherry
The fact that
this company is still making calls means that they are still making
money ! People are still falling for it – we must tell everyone
we know to just put the receiver down !
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