Crime: 12 August 2013  

If you have emailed me and I have not yet replied, I do apologise.  After being away, there are over 800 emails in my inbox !  I am working my way through them.........slowly
 
Thames Valley Alert has just been updated over the weekend by VisaV who manage the system and emails have been sent to nearly 1,000 members, asking them to update their email addresses.  I am working through those updates ......as well.
 
I consider the messaging, my most important priority, so that you know what is happening now – today.  The rest will have to fit around that.
Apologies therefore, to all those waiting to hear from me.
If you have submitted ‘intelligence’, I am forwarding that immediately to the teams that need to know, and will acknowledge with you in due course.
 
Keep it flowing.  As you can see – so much crime occurs in the early hours, we really need you to be our eyes and ears and direct our resources, where they are really needed.  We will only be second guessing.
 
We had two cases of purses pickpocketed from a Supermarket in Sunningdale yesterday.  Please keep them safe and secured, well inside a zipped up handbag.  Everyone needs to be aware of who is around and behind them – how many times do you have to say ‘sorry’, because someone has walked into you, or you have walked across someone’s path, or you were in someone’s way, but miles away thinking about something else ???  Pickpockets can spot that body language, a mile off.
 
There was also a burglary in Ascot where the thieves were clearly looking for and knew about a safe inside the house.  The rear dining room door forced.  Looked for master bedroom and dressing room, ignoring other rooms, searching for a safe, which they removed.  Jewellery and cash stolen.  If you do have a safe, you must tell no-one of its existence, let alone where it is and what may be inside.
 
Next a scam which was operated in Windsor
9/8  Friday Food shop, Peascod Street.  The aggrieved was paying with her credit card.  A man interrupted her and pointed to a £20 note on the floor.  As she bent down to pick it up, he withdrew her card and left the shop.  He had seen her pump in her PIN and immediately went to a nearby Building Society where he attempted to withdraw £300.  That was rejected, but he was able to withdraw £190.  The staff tried to locate the man once they realised the card had been taken, but without success.  CAN EVERYONE BE ALERT TO THIS SCAM PLEASE ??
 
A mobile phone was stolen from one of the bars in Maidenhead.  The owner was young enough to know how to activate the Tracker software !  It located the phone in Iver.  I am yet to hear if it was recovered.
EVERYONE WHO OWNS A SMARTPHONE, SHOULD KNOW HOW TO DO THIS !  THE TECHNOLOGY IS ALREADY VERY ACCURATE AND READILY AVAILABLE.
 
MAIDENHEAD CENTRAL:
maidenheadcentralnhpt@thamesvalley.pnn.police.uk
Neighbourhood Page:
http://www.thamesvalley.police.uk/yournh/yournh-tvp-pol-area/yournh-tvp-pol-area-berkse-winds/

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NO CRIME TO REPORT.
 
RIVERSIDE & BELMONT:
maidenheadcentralnhpt@thamesvalley.pnn.police.uk
9/8 – 10/8  Friday 7 p.m. / Saturday 4 p.m.  Blackamoor Lane.  Dents and footprints over the bonnet of a car
 
MAIDENHEAD WEST
BISHAM, COOKHAM, HURLEY, THE WALTHAMS, LITTLEWICK GREEN & KNOWL HILL:
maidenheadwestnhpt@thamesvalley.pnn.police.uk
Neighbourhood Page:
http://www.thamesvalley.police.uk/yournh/yournh-tvp-pol-area/yournh-tvp-pol-area-berkse-winds/

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9/8  Friday 7.45 p.m. / 9.45 p.m.  High Street, Cookham.  Car rear windscreen smashed – Black laptop bag and laptop left under the parcel shelf stolen.
9/8 – 10/8  Friday 5.30 p.m. / Saturday 8 a.m.  Offices, Henley Road.  Burglary.  The building was entered a first floor window.  3 or 4 offices searched and damaged whilst doing this.  Petty cash stolen.
10/8 – 11/8  Saturday / Sunday  Millers Lane, Littlewick Green.  A number of plants stolen from a communal garden area.  They were disturbed by a neighbour and made off.  There were other plants in the process of being uprooted.
 
PINKNEYS GREEN & FURZE PLATT:
maidenheadwestnhpt@thamesvalley.pnn.police.uk
11/8  Sunday 1 a.m. – 1.30 a.m.  National Trust, Pinkneys Drive.  Two 2 metre long wooden panels removed from a fence to gain access.  They have then cut through some wire mesh to access a shed.  They may have been disturbed because no entry was gained.
 
MAIDENHEAD SOUTH
BOYN HILL, COX GREEN & WOODLANDS PARK:
maidenheadsouthnhpt@thamesvalley.pnn.police.uk
Neighbourhood Page:
http://www.thamesvalley.police.uk/yournh/yournh-tvp-pol-area/yournh-tvp-pol-area-berkse-winds/

yournh-tvp-pol-area-n392.htm
8/8 – 9/8  Foliejohn Way, Woodlands Park.  Car front windscreen smashed.
 
OLDFIELD & BRAY:
maidenheadsouthnhpt@thamesvalley.pnn.police.uk
9/8  Friday 4.30 p.m.  Braywick Park, Braywick Road.  Car passenger window smashed – handbag stolen from the front seat.
11/8  Sunday 1/05 p.m. / 2.50 p.m.  Pub, Holyport Street, Holyport.  Car ENTERED BY UNKNOWN MEANS – newly purchased bedding stolen from the boot.