Does anyone have details of the tall black man? Is it the same man I described walking down Strubens road checking out all the cars the previous week?
On Nov 22, 11:31 am, Johann du Plooy <[email protected]> wrote: > There was a burglary last night 21 Nov at a house on the corner of Lower > Wrensch & Milner in Lower Observatory at approx 12:00am. > > Returning hom, we drove past the burglary in progress without knowing about > it. As soon as we parked, we heard the sound of someone shouting, then > breaking glass. I investigated immediately and was on the scene 30 seconds > later, arriving simultaneously with the police, who were on regular patrol. > The burglars has literally kicked out one of the front sash windows, leaving > a laptop computer and some clothing behind as they fled through the subway. > Other items dropped by the burglars, including a musical instrument were > found in the subway afterwards. Apparently, the shouting we heard was the > sentry warning his accomplices to run for it, the moment the police patrol > came up the road. It would seem that the burglars are well organised and are > probably a gang of three. The police were on the scene very quickly, but the > burglars were even quicker and well organised to get away so cleanly. > > On Saturday afternoon prior to the incident, a tall Black man was observed > walking along Milner Road into the cul-de-sac taking pictures of houses and > vehicles with his cell phone. He disappeared - probably through one of the > holes in the railway fence when a resident tried to approach him. On Friday > morning a suspicious dark blue VW Polo (old model) with three Black men > inside and a CA registration was seen cruising the area and who drove off > when approached. -- 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
