You forgot to mention the satisfaction we experienced when he was taken away and how we celebrated it. I hope the lady has her phone back by now.
Helen ----- Original Message ----- From: "Miss Marple" <[email protected]> To: "The Observatory Neighbourhood watch" <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, January 11, 2009 11:04 AM Subject: [obsnw] Young fellow - aged 15 - arrested at Obs railway station yesterday after his friends robbed young woman of her cell phone > > Three of us (all members of the ONW) heard over the radios y/day (Sat, > 10.1.09) that a resident thought that a robbery might be about to take > place at the Spar. So we went down to the Spar in a car and sat > outside. Whilst just observing what was happening in the vicinity of > the Spar, we saw an ADT security guard running down towards the > station and holding on to the wrist of a young chap. So our driver, > AfricanDebs, drove us down to the station where it transpired > that...... > > Four young chaps (all friends - 3 of whom were definitely from Burns > Rd in Salt River) were walking along the railway line (if I have > understood correctly) running alongside Milton Rd (below the line). > Along rode a young woman on her bicycle with a cell phone hanging from > her neck. Two of the young coloured friends apparently jumped the > fence and knocked this woman off her bike, stole her cell phone - > after which all four of them bolted. The woman then bolted after them > on her bicycle. Fairly successfully I would say, because somehow, > somewhere, the ADT security guard caught up with one of them - who was > ultimately driven off from the Obs Station in a van with Constable > Ontong (whom AfricanDebs had called to the scene with her 2-way > radio). Nice work ADT!!.....and thanks to our SAPS for supporting > us. The 2-way radios came in very handy yesterday...... > > The final outcome I've yet to hear about. > > > > > -- > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG. > Version: 7.5.524 / Virus Database: 270.10.2/1874 - Release Date: 1/4/2009 > 4:32 PM > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "The Observatory Neighbourhood watch" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/obsnw?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
