Brilliant! Brilliant! Brilliant! Here's to our neighbourhood Sleuths J and L !!
On Jul 29, 4:05 pm, "Helen Swart" <[email protected]> wrote: > Great work, Lorraine, James and oupa etc. > > H > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "James" <[email protected]> > To: "The Observatory Neighbourhood watch" <[email protected]> > Cc: <[email protected]> > Sent: Wednesday, July 29, 2009 3:51 PM > Subject: [obsnw] Alertness & a 2 Way ONW Radio makes the day > > > Riding down Polo (13:10 Wed 29 Jul) past Donne Lorraine noticed a tall > > black man peering over a wooden fence. Being alerted she parked her > > car at her home in Scott, collected a ONW 2-way radio and investigated > > the matter. Peering through the fence she saw the man at the parked > > vehicle inside the property and radioed me for assistance. I > > immediately radioed for SAPS and ADT to attend to the scene but only > > ADT responded. The Woodstock Police Shift Officer was notified via > > cell to despatch a vehicle and to check down Rochester for the > > suspect. We checked the premises but the suspect had already left > > with a brass tap and a piece of copper pipe. Water was gushing from > > the broken pipe, 2 CD covers were found discarded on the ground, the > > car and home was fortunately not tampered with. On the neighbouring > > property Mr Appels (ADT) checked and found a water trace leading over > > the rear property wall where the house alarm had already sounded. The > > perpetrator presumably left via Polo to the Main Road and was out of > > sight by the time I looked there. The home owner incidentally arrived > > to assess the home and we shut the water down. Two SAPS vehicles > > arrived after their search and the one SW38 with Oupa (Const Luzipo), > > back from his month leave carried out the necessary formalities. My > > wife left to collect our grand children in Woodstock and radioed a > > little while later that she had seen the perpetrator on Main Road near > > Salt River Nedbank. SAPS SW38 was again alerted, the assailant > > progressing to Shoprite, down Aberdeen and Plein Street was then lost > > out of sight. She alerted the personnel of a parked SAPS vehicle in > > Albert Road who made a radio contact on her ONW radio to SW38 and then > > began blue light beaming search into the area, them finding him in > > Cavendish Road. The perpetrator was apprehended by SW38 in possession > > of the stolen copper pipe and other items he had gathered along the > > way. Lorraine, in remote to the suspect, was able to positively > > confirm the suspect who was then booked into Woodstock Station and > > will be charged accordingly. > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG -www.avg.com > Version: 8.5.392 / Virus Database: 270.13.35/2269 - Release Date: 07/28/09 > 17:58:00 --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
