About a month ago at the W/stock SAPS I happened to see a photo of a wanted arsonist. There've been a few fires in Obs since the start of 2010......the grassy patch between Main Rd and William St; the fire at the cemetery on about 22 Jan; and now your place. While out patrolling late last year (....it would have been just before our radios went on the blink) I saw a refuse bin alight in Dove Street (....which neighbours also spotted and doused).
Coincidence ? It's anyone's guess..... (Also, the MO of your break-in, Reinmar, appears to be the same as one that occured at the Green Elephant late last year......except that in this instance the very neatly removed pain of glass *had been put back in the window frame*.) It seems to me a strange thing that your alarm failed..... ? ? On Wed, Feb 3, 2010 at 8:29 AM, Reinmar <[email protected]>wrote: > Kris - with reference to what happened at 56 Oxford Road. > > You are right with regards to the burglary. We (as owners) were > perplexed as to why our alarm didn't go off and send a signal to ADT > to alert us, because when we arrived home, realised that there was > movement in the house as 3 sensors were activated. Front window glass > removed by removing putty and putting solid piece of glass on the > ground. Luckily for us nothing was stolen, and house was in original > state as left the morning. > > What happened also during the day is that our Black-Eyed-Susan caught > fire. The creeper covered the whole front of our boundary wall and we > think that someone (maybe the same perpetrators that did the burglary) > threw a cigarette into the undergrowth, and that is what caused the > fire. Luckily residents further down Oxford street saw the fire, and > start putting it out with water and hosepipes. Apparently it was > getting a bit out of hand. They managed to put out the fire. > Subsequently 2 coloured men proceeded to clean up the front of the > house and put all the burnt material into refuse bags. No-one asked > them to do this?!?!?! > > Anyway, firstly I want to thank the residents further down in Oxford > Rd for being vigilant and putting out the fire. If it got out of hand > and started to burn the big Oak tree next to it, all our houses > would've caught fire. I will still go and thank him personally, but > feel that I have to mention it. Secondly, we can count ourselves very > lucky(?), as the fire was doused and nothing was stolen in our house > from the break-in. Hence, we'll have to remove all dead material from > the front wall and paint and up the security to our house. > > ADT did come within 1 minute after I phoned them to alert them to what > happened. They are sending someone out today to check alarm and > system at house. They phoned me yesterday to arrange this. Vetus > Schola wasn't aware of anything that happened during the day (although > there was a fire in the street) but subsequently came later the > evening at about 20:30 when alerted about what happened. They were > then informed to do 30 minute checks in the area for the night. This > was subsequently done. > > As stated by Kris, I do not hope that crime is going to pick up again > in our area due to the cancellation of the ADT Bicycle Patrol. If the > Bicycle Patrol was there, the fire would've been noted immediately... > > -- > 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 > -- 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
