Crime: 29 August 2013  

Quite a busy week !
 
My apologies if I have not yet responded to an email from you – I am now down to 692 emails !  As fast as I respond to them, more arrive !  I am not complaining, it is what I want you to do.  If you need help, advice or don’t know who to ask for help and advice, just let me know !  It may take a little time for me to get back to you, but I will – or I may simply forward your email, to the person most able to assist.
 
I have received some indecent photographs from one of our members that she has found in Spring Walk, which is a small footpath between North Star Lane and Boyn Valley Road ? It joins up with Westborough Court ?  Several of these photos have been found in the last few months, but not on a regular basis.  Usually she picks them up and destroys them.  They are just left on the footpath, in a nearby phone box or placed in the bushes.  There are no contact details, so this is unlikely someone offering services.  If anyone else is aware of this matter or any other similar instances in Maidenhead, rather than destroying the photographs, can you place them in a secure wrapper and hand them to any police officer / PCSO you see, or hand them into the police station for my attention, with details of what where and when.
 
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
27/8 – 28/8  Tuesday 7 p.m. / Wednesday 6 p.m.  Switchback Road South.  Fencing removed from garden.  The panels had been removed and were piled up to sell.  One panel had been left standing, but this also was stolen.
26/8  Monday 9 p.m. / 11.30 p.m.  Fairford Road X 3.  Criminal damage to cars.  Wing mirrors kicked off.
26/8  9.35 p.m.  Cordwallis Road X 6 – reported so far. Criminal damage to cars.  Wing mirrors kicked off.  A man was walking along the road severely intoxicated kicking off wing mirrors.  He was arrested for suspected criminal damage to cars.
23/8  Friday 2 p.m. / 4 p.m.  Riseley Road.  Car window smashed – nothing stolen.
17/8 – 23/8  Saturday / Friday.  Orchard Grove.  Rear garden entered via back gate damaging the fence.  Shed break – bike stolen.  A black Carerra Subway.  No other details.
Harrow Close, Furze Platt.  Burglary.  UNKNOWN MEANS OF ENTRY – briefcase and laptop stolen.
20/8 – 27/8  Tuesday / Tuesday  Spring Close, Furze Platt X 2.  Garage breaks.  1.  Locking mechanism forced.  Set of Muzon golf clubs stolen.  2.  3 out of the 4 garage locks cut off – no entry gained.
26/8  Monday  9 p.m.  Grafton Close, Furze Platt.  Car panels and wing mirror kicked causing damage.
26/8  Monday 4.30 a.m.  Court Road.  Bike stolen from a garden.  A red ladies Raleigh.
26/8  Monday 3.25 a.m.  Boulter’s Gardens.  Attempted Burglary.  The owner heard a noise which woke her up and she went to investigate.  She heard a noise and saw a person on the other side of some frosted glass.  They immediately made off.  There had been an attempt to force a window.
23/8 – 28/8  Friday 11 a.m. / Sunday 14.25.  Bridge Road.  Burglary via a rear forced window.  Untidy search.  Unknown at this time if anything was stolen.
23/8 – 24/8  Friday 6.30 p.m. / Saturday 11.30 a.m.  Abingdon Walk, Furze Platt.  Tent in a rear garden containing electrical equipment slashed.  Nothing appears to have been stolen.
 
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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28/8  Wednesday 1.35 a.m.  Burchetts Green Lane, Burchetts Green.  Garage break – alarm activation when the door was forced.  Garden tool attachments for a Stihl stolen.  A tree lopper, brush set, angled hedge trimmer and a blower attachment.
27/8  Tuesday 4 p.m.  Henley Road, Hurley.  Car set alight on the side of the road.  We are trying to trace the owner.
26/8 – 27/8  Monday 5 p.m. / Tuesday 7 a.m.  Bisham Village.  Garage break.  Garage door forced.  Cordless drills X 2 and a reciprocating saw stolen.
25/8 – 28/8  Sunday noon / Wednesday 5.15 p.m.  Maidenhead Road, Cookham.  Garage break.  Side window forced.  2 bikes stolen.  We have details of one.  A unisex black Whyte 2901 bike.
26/8 – 28/8  Monday 8 p.m. / Wednesday noon.  Sutton Close, Cookham.  Shed break – glass window pane removed – hedge trimmer and can of petrol stolen.
25/8 – 27/8  Sunday noon / Tuesday 10 a.m.  Winter Hill, Cookham.  Car door forced car stereo and USB stick stolen.
24/8  Saturday 6.10 p.m. 7.15 p.m.  Spade Oak Reach X 2.  1.  Car front passenger window smashed and handbag stolen from the front seat.  2.  The owner of a car was in the pub and went to the car park to place a handbag in the boot ready to go for a short walk.  When they returned the rear windscreen had been smashed and the handbag stolen.
5/8 – 23/8  The Pound, Cookham.  Shed break – lawnmower stolen.  Another shed also entered and searched, but nothing stolen.
23/8 – 27/8  Friday 8.15 p.m. / Tuesday 10.30 a.m.  Cricket Pavilion, Shurlock Road, Waltham St. Lawrence.  Side door forced open and thieves accessed a storage container where gardening equipment is kept.  Petrol lawnmowers X 3 and other tools stolen.
1/8 – 24/8  Waltham Road.  Hedge damaged and Laurel bushed cut about.
27/8  Tuesday 2.04 a.m.  Furze Platt Road.  Car showroom front window smashed.
 
PINKNEYS GREEN & FURZE PLATT:
maidenheadwestnhpt@thamesvalley.pnn.police.uk
24/8 – 25/8  Saturday 9.30 p.m. / Sunday 10.30 a.m.  Whurley Way, Furze Platt.  Bike stolen from alleyway beside the house where it had been left INSECURE.  It was a black Giant Revel O with white front forks – AND – I have a frame number !
29/8  Thursday midnight / 8 a.m.  Lee Lane, Pinkney’s Green.  Office in the garden broken into – tidy search nothing taken.  The padlock had been removed from the garage door, but it is unknown if they entered.
22/8 – 27/8  Tuesday / Thursday Pinkney’s Drive, Pinkney’s Green.  Garage break.  lawn mower securely chained up stolen.  The answer to this is to chain everything up and use a padlock alarm !  Any movement at all and off it goes – very loud in the middle of the night !
21/8 – 23/8  Wednesday / Friday  Marlborough Road.  Garage break – doors forced – nothing stolen.
 
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

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27/8  Tuesday 4 p.m. / 4.30 p.m.  Frascati Way.  Car rear window smashed with a stone.  Not searched.
24/8  Saturday 10.15 p.m.  Altwood Bailey.  Garage break.  The householder heard a noise and went to investigate.  They found two men inside the integral garage.  They immediately made off and drove away in a car from further up the road.  They are described as 1.  White, wearing black and 2,  Looked black, also wearing black.
11/8 – 25/8  Sunday / Sunday  Bedford Close.  Car driver’s wing mirror damaged.  There had been a disturbance during the night with a group of young people and a drainpipe had been placed on the roof of another car.
24/8  Saturday midnight / 8.45 a.m.  Beaumont Close.  Burglary.  Entry through front door – POSSIBLY LEFT INSECURE – The UVPC door had not been double locked.  Various items stolen along with keys and a white Mercedes C220 Executive SE TD! B index RK 13 **N.  This may have been parked up quietly somewhere it would not stand out to see if it was fitted with a Tracker.  If so it would have been recovered, if not – the thieves can happily stick on a set of fake plates with blu tack and drive away !
25/8 – 26/8  Sunday 11.30 p.m. / Monday 7 a.m.  Phipps Close, Woodlands Park.  Car left INSECURE with another locked car.  Sat Nav and cables, cordless drill, electric drill, chop saw, power planer etc stolen from both cars.
25/8 – 26/8  Sunday 7.30 p.m. / Monday 7 a.m.  White Paddock, Woodlands Park.  Car left INSECURE searched.  SAT NAV and holdall with contents stolen.
 
OLDFIELD & BRAY:
maidenheadsouthnhpt@thamesvalley.pnn.police.uk
25/8  11.30 a.m. / 3.50 p.m.  Golf Course, Shoppenhangers Road X 2.  1.  Car rear windscreen smashed – sports bag removed from the boot – recovered nearby.  2.  Car driver’s window smashed – Tom Tom stolen from the windscreen.
25/8  Sunday 2 p.m. / 2.15 p.m.  Company, Braywick Road.  Car driver’s window smashed – loose change stolen.
25/8  Sunday 1 a.m. / 9.20 a.m.  Norden Close.  Bike left INSECURE in a rear garden stolen.  A Blue / white Apollo Outrider.
24/8 – 25/8  Saturday 10 p.m. / Sunday 8 a.m.  Curl’s Lane.  Garage break via the rear window.  2 bikes stolen.  1. A gents blue Specialised Roubix Elite carbon fibre frame.  2.  A gents black Specialised Hard Rock SE
24/8  Saturday 2.30 a.m.  Suffolk Road.  The owner was at home and heard loud banging noises and went to investigate.  The outside flap of the letterbox had been ripped off.
28/8 – 29/8  Wednesday 8 p.m. / Thursday 6.45 a.m.  Arkley Court, Holyport.  Garage break in a garage block.  Bikes stolen.  1.  Red Ladies Landrover bike stolen.  2.  A silver bike.
27/8 – 28/8  Tuesday 6 p.m. / Wednesday 6.45 a.m.  Company, Monkey Island Lane.  Yard lock damaged and wooden planks on the wall also damaged – no entry gained.
22/8 – 23/8  Thursday 8 p.m. / Friday 7 p.m.  Holyport.  Wooden bridge at the rear of the Skate Park damaged.  A side panel has been ripped off and thrown in a ditch.  Other panels were also pulled up, but they could be pushed back.
21/8 – 23/8  Wednesday 6 p.m. / Friday 11 a.m.  Bray Bank, Bray.  Index plates stolen from a car.
 
MEMBERS’ COMMENTS:
 
I asked Mike Briggs at the Thatcham Vehicle Testing Centre if there is any further advice we can offer re the theft of Catalytic converters from underneath and from the back of cars.  He has sent me this back:
 
Hi Jeff
 
I think that you have covered all the bases in the advice.
 
You can get kits for marking vehicles from a company called RetainaGroup, they are probably the best bet for this type of marking. Their kits normally are used for the entire vehicle, covering :
 

• All glass
• Panels
• Interior
• And wheels

 
The kit is made up of fluids and labels which self-etch  into paint, glass and metal and are also UV marked also.
 
Another would be datatag but they are really for motorcycles and they are the current licence holder for the CESAR scheme for plant and agricultural markings.
 
If you have any other questions please ask also if you have pictures of the vehicle with the locations that would also be good for us
 
All the best
 
Mike
 
Mike Briggs
Security Research Manager
Thatcham Research, Colthrop Way, Thatcham, RG19 4NR
+44 1635 294847 | +44 1635 868855
mike.briggs@thatcham.org
 

Experts in Safety, Security and Crash Repair
 
OUR ADVICE WAS:
The police are actively investigating these crimes. However, here are some things you could do to reduce the chances of your vehicle being targeted:
Advice for vehicle owners
 

• Where possible, park in your garage
• Alternatively, park in a location that restricts access to your spare wheel.
• Consider security lighting or parking in area easily observed by neighbours and other members of the public.
• If your spare wheel is ‘bolted on,’ consider using locking wheel nuts or manufacturer recommended secure fixings.
• If appropriate, permanently mark / identify your spare wheel with a unique number such as the vehicle index number – check with the vehicle manufacturer before considering this option.

• Fencing around vehicles may act as a deterrent to opportunist thieves
• If you have a fleet of vehicles, block those with high clearance using vehicles with low clearance. Obstruct access underneath the vehicles
• Consider the installation of security lighting.
• Consider installing appropriate CCTV to protect your vehicle fleet
• If your spare wheel is ‘bolted on,’ consider using locking wheel nuts or manufacturers recommended secure fixings
• If appropriate, permanently identify your spare wheel with a unique number such as the vehicle index number – check with the vehicle manufacturer before considering engraving or etching.