Hi Marina, Sorry to hear about your robbery. Sounds like exactly the same mo used when my house was robbed 4 weeks ago Plasma tv, keys, car, totally silent not a sound heard by me or friend who were sleeping. Its so scary. Maybe they can link the prints. Jeannine
On 10/14/09 12:39 PM, "Marina" <[email protected]> wrote: > > I'd like to inform the ONW about a burglary at 16 Low Street (cnr Low > and Lower Wrensch) in the early hours of Friday morning (9 October). > At approximately 03:45 I was woken up by Sgt Luzipho and Constable > Bali. I immediately realised that something seriously had to be wrong > for them to be inside my house. We established that my car (a 1972 VW > Beetle!) had been stolen, as well as things like my plasma screen tv, > laptop, 1 TB external hard drive, iPod, handbag with contents (camera, > another 250G external hard drive, diary, purse), the purse of a friend > who was sleeping over (cards subsequently used at Grand West, the > Spur, Kuilsriver), etc. They were very picky and ignored cheap > electronic stuff like a printer and scanner. They also took their time > about it and used keys to open everything once they were in. They were > considerate enough to take only the car key off my bunch of keys and > to leave the house and other keys in a flowerpot on the stoep. I ask > you! > To enter they opened a sash window (the only one with a broken latch), > climbed through the burglar bars (heaven knows how they got through) > and proceeded to burgle the house. My two friends who were sleeping > over and I did not hear a thing nor did we wake up. Considering the > noise that a Beetle makes and the fact that the stuff was carried out > the front door which is about two metres from my bed, it's virtually > impossible. We are convinced that some or other gas must have been > used to dope us, because we all woke up with sore and very dry throats > but felt as if we had slept for ages. > Sgt Luzipho and Constable Bali were in Station Rd when they saw the > Beetle driving along with the doors flapping, so they pursued it. The > thieves drove across the bridge at River Club and into the veld on the > left-hand side of Valkenburg where they abandoned the car and fled. > Thanks to the quick and efficient intervention of Sgt Luzipho, > Constable Bali and Constable Pienaar, one of the thieves was caught. > Unfortunately two escaped. I've been told that the one that was caught > has been connected to 10 other burglaries. > Thanks to the quick action of the Woodstock police, I have managed to > retrieve most of my possessions and for that I'm very grateful. I > still need to establish what the damage to my car has been, but at > least I still have it or at least I'll have it once I get it back from > the police! And now I sleep with the alarm on at night too and the > windows have been doubly secured. > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
