Just an addendum to this incident : water pipes were stolen from a house in Robins Road at more or less the same time. They got access by placing something heavy on top of the razor wire on top of the gate blocking off the alley. We suspect the wheelie bins left out because of the municipal strike probably assisted in this operation.
Anton Twigg -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Miss Marple Sent: 29 July 2009 07:53 PM To: The Observatory Neighbourhood watch Subject: [obsnw] Re: Alertness & a 2 Way ONW Radio makes the day 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 The information in this email is unless otherwise stated, confidential and proprietary to brandhouse Beverages (Pty) Ltd and is intended solely for the addressee. Access to this email by anyone other than the intended recipient is unauthorised. If you are not the intended recipient, any disclosure, copying, distribution or any action taken or omitted in relation to the content of this email is prohibited and may be unlawful. Please inform the sender immediately if you receive this email and are not the intended recipient and kindly delete this email from your system. Whilst all reasonable steps are taken to ensure the accuracy and integrity of information and data transmitted electronically and to preserve the confidentiality thereof, no liability or responsibility whatsoever will be entertained or accepted by brandhouse if information or data is accessed by unintended recipients or for whatever reason, is corrupted or does not reach its intended destination. Any views expressed in this email are, unless otherwise stated, the views of the sender and do not necessarily reflect the views or values of brandhouse. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
