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Royston Community Team Rural Watch
June 2006 |
Covering
Arbury, Ermine, Weston & Sandon Wards.
Please pay attention to any white vans, we have had a
Few crimes where white vans have either been seen at
the crime scene or near by. I must stress
the need to report
Suspicious
activity involving white vans immediately
and with an
index number. Although we say white vans
Please also
report any vehicles acting suspiciously via 999.
A method that
I have adopted to realise if a vehicle is just lost
or up to no
good is to first see if they have a sat-nav. Any delivery
Driver now
has a sat-nav and will only be looking for a house at the end
Of his
journey. So please help us catch these villains!
I have been told Phone
Numbers beginning
with 070 are premium rate numbers. If anyone leaves an answer phone message on
your phone or drops a card off at your house/place of work asking you to call a
number starting with 070 be very careful, this is more than likely a ‘con’.
A suspicious
incident occurred in Southview Letchworth where white male dressed as a priest
approached someone and claimed to be looking for the local vicar. The offender,
who is further described as having a strong Irish accent, claimed to have
broken down and was given a sum of cash under the pretext that the money would
be returned. It appears that this chap was not a priest and to date has not
returned the money.
COMMUNITY police officers in the Letchworth, Baldock, Royston and Rural areas of North Hertfordshire are proactively targeting people who ride their mini motorbikes or mopeds in an anti social manner to reduce reports of nuisance behaviour. Between January and April this year there have been over 38 reports in North Herts of mini motos being ridden in an anti social manner, often without helmets causing a nuisance and danger to the public.
Now that the days are getting longer and summer holidays are not far off, the police are keen to remind the public of the law and safety regarding the use of these vehicles.
Motorised scooters, also known as
mini motos; buzz-boards and go-peds are actually sold as not being suitable for
use on the road. They do not conform to current DOT type approval standards
therefore cannot be registered with DVLA nor insured. As they are uninsured
they are liable to and will be seized by police if used on a public road or
public place.
These vehicles are fitted with mechanical engines and some models are capable
of speeds up to 40mph. As a result of the design and specification many parents
and young people are unaware of either the dangers or the road traffic offences
that may be committed.
In addition to this it is also an offence
under Sec 34 of the Road Traffic Act 1988 for these vehicles to be driven on
common land/moor land/land not part of a road without lawful authority and
insurance is required.
Recent legislation has come into force which allows the police to ensure that
riders comply with the law, any uninsured vehicle will be seized immediately by
police and the rider dealt with for no insurance, typically £200 on the spot
fine with 6 penalty points. Insured riders of DVLA registered mopeds may be
made subject of a warning notice valid for a year whereupon a further
anti-social incident will result in its seizure
Due to planned maintenance of our speed detection device we were unable to conduct any speed checks this month.
G4E; - Ashwell, Hinxworth, Hinxworth, Newnham & Caldecote
Sometime between 11am on Tuesday 2nd and 6.30am on Wednesday 3rd May, Ifor Williams trailer used to transport livestock was stolen from a farm in Northfields Road, Ashwell. The trailer had been chained and padlocked at the location from which it was stolen. (Crime no G4/06/484).
Between 3pm and 4pm on Friday 5th May, a double-barrelled roller valued at approx. £10,000 was stolen from the side of a road in Radwell. Those responsible would have needed a large vehicle to transport this particular piece of plant due to it being very large and very heavy. (Crime no. G4/06/504).
Between Saturday 6th and Monday 8th May, at attempt was made to break in to Ashwell Garage in Station Road. The offenders have smashed the window in the door causing it to shatter but were unable to gain entry. A Rover car parked on the forecourt also had a window smashed although there was no attempt to steal the vehicle and nothing was stolen from within. (Crime no’s G4/06/511 and G4/06/512).
A black BMX bicycle was stolen from a insecure garage in Bygrave Road between Saturday 20th and Sunday 21st May. (Crime no. G4/06/553).
Just after midday on Wednesday 24th
May, the drivers window of a Vauxhall Estate was smashed and the Satellite
Navigation System stolen from within whilst it was parked at the Baldock
Services (Crime no G4/06/562).
G4D; - Barkway, Barley, Reed, Nuthampstead, Newsells, Buckland, Chipping, Kelshall & Therfield
Sometime between Friday 28th April and Wednesday 3rd
May, six steel fence panels and related equipment were stolen from a field
located in Barley.
(Crime no G4/06/489).
A garage located in Reed was broken into during the weekend beginning
Friday 5th May. It would
appear that the thieves have accessed the locked garage using a key and once
inside they have stolen a Go-Kart before re-securing the garage and
leaving.
(Crime no. G4/06/503).
A burglary occurred at a house in Barley during the day of Tuesday 9th
May. The offenders gained access by
unscrewing a lock plate on a door at the rear of the property. Once inside they have been into several
rooms and there is evidence that they had planned to steal several items but
appear to have been disturbed and left the premises empty handed. (Crime no. G4/06/516).
Between 5.30pm and 6.30pm on Thursday 11th May, a quad bike
was stolen from the rear garden of a property in Kelshall. (Crime no. G4/06/523).
Between 2.20pm and 3.20pm on Friday 12th May, a house in
Therfield was broken into. The thieves
stole a set of car keys belonging to a BMW 320 SE motor car and then stole the
car from the driveway of the property. Witnesses
have reported seeing to suspicious males in the area at the time of the
offence, they are described as white males of scruffy appearance and were
driving a dark blue or dark green new shape blue Mini Cooper. (Crime no. G4/06/524).
Overnight between Thursday 18th and Friday 19th
May, a Peugeot 106 parked in New Road, Barley was broken into. The rear drivers’ side window was smashed
and the door lock was also damaged, the culprit has then searched the vehicle
but left empty handed.
(Crime no G4/06/547).
Sometime during the course of Sunday 28th May, two locked
and unattended vehicles were broken into whilst they were parked in Bogmoor
Road, Barkway. A brick was thrown
through the front passenger window of a Vauxhall Corsa and a digital camera
stolen from within. The second vehicle
was a Volkswagen Golf that also had the front passenger window smashed but
nothing was stolen from this vehicle.
(Crime no’s G4/06/572 & 573).
G3C; - Sandon, Wallington, Rushden, Clothal & Weston.
Two vehicles were broken into in Weston village during the early hours of Monday 1st May. The first vehicle was a Ford Transit van, which had been parked in Maiden Street. A window was smashed and a digital camera and a laptop computer were stolen. The second vehicle was a Ford Escort van, which had been parked in Woodlands Meade. On this occasion the passenger door lock jemmied and a disc cutter was stolen. (Crime no’s G3/06/386 & G3/06/387).
Sometime during the course of Thursday 4th May, thieves stole a hot water tank from the rear garden of a property in Sandon. Those responsible would have needed to climb over neighbouring gardens in order to remove the property from its location. (Crime no G4/06/397).
During the afternoon of Wednesday 17th May, two burglaries occurred in Weston between the hours of 12.45pm and 3.25pm. The first burglary involved a vehicle being driven into an electric garage door forcing it open. Once inside the thieves stole a quantity of tools before leaving via a side door. The second offence took place in the Warrens Green area and was similar to the first offence reported. A barn door was forced and tools were stolen. Bedfordshire Police have since recovered a large quantity of tools in their force area of which some of the items are believed to have been stolen from these burglaries (Crime no’s G3/06/425 and G3/06/430).
A garage burglary occurred in Rushden
between Thursday 18th and Tuesday 23rd May. On this occasion a sit on lawn mower, a
hedge trimmer and a strimmer were stolen (Crime no G3/06/445).
Something that you may be interested in; -
RURAL
OFFICER TACKLES ILLEGAL HARECOURSING
REPORTS of illegal Hare coursing in North Herts have reduced by nearly 95% in the past two years thanks to the work of rural officer PC Paul Marina.
Groups of coursers, some travelling up to 200 miles to Hertfordshire, were becoming an increasing problem until PC Marina put his experience as a roads policing officer to the test making it harder for illegal coursers to travel to the county.
He said, “In the past some land owners were intimidated by hare coursers. They would arrive in large groups, sometimes up to 50 men with dogs and 4x4 vehicles, to chase and kill hares illegally on private land. This was not only worrying for the land owners themselves but also for other members of the rural community.”
PC Marina used powers under section 59 of the Crime and Disorder Act as well as traffic powers to stop and examine any vehicles which were seen to have coursing dogs in them. All of the vehicles that were checked had faults including bald tyres, broken lights and suspension. Drivers were then issued with Fixed Penalty Notices or were summonsed to court in relation to those faults. If drivers were found to have no insurance their vehicles were removed.
Between March 2003 and April 2004 there were 80 hare coursing incidents reported to police in North Herts. This went down to 28 in the same period in 2004 – 2005 and since April this year there have been only six reports.
Paul added: “A lot of the time landowners were not willing to support police action as they were concerned about potential reprisals by the coursers. By using this legislation we were able to tackle the problem without directly involving any members of the public.
I am happy that the work
we have done means that any intimidation felt by our rural communities has
reduced drastically.”
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Crime No Location
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Date
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Item
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Descrip
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Other
info |
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G4/06/423 Hinxworth Baldock |
13/04/06 14/04/06 |
9 X Head Collars 2 X Sets Of Harnesses Mane Fly Spray 2 X Horse Rugs 4 X Horse Bits |
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Between Material Times Offender (S) Have Climbed Over Locked 4ft Gates And Approached Stable Block And Shed Within And Have Forced Wooden Door To Stable By Unknown Means And Gained Entry. Have Removed Tack And Garden Tools From Within And Made Off With Same As Entrance. |
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J1/06/1562 Boreh’wood |
23/03/06 24/03/06 |
1 X Saddle 1 X Fluorescent Jacket |
With Red & Blue Blanket |
Between The Material Times Offender (S) Have Opened The Passenger Side Door By Unknown Means Causing No Damage. Offender (S) Have Made An Untidy Search Of The Vehicle And Taken A Horse Saddle And A Green Fluorescent Jacket From The Boot Which Was Covering The Saddle. Offender (S) Have Also Stolen A Bottle Of Perfume In A Box Which Was In The Boot. Offender (S) Have Left The Scene And Dropped The Perfume And Box Onto The Path. Made Off By Means Unknown. |
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J2/06/604 Watford |
17/03/06 - 18/03/06 |
4 X Bridles 2 X Mollygrass Feed 1 X Pair Tenant Black Boots Medium Sized 1 X Pair Riding Boots |
Black |
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F2/06/577 Harpenden |
06/03/06 |
Riding Crop |
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The Vehicle Was Parked Unlocked In The Car Park By The Bottle Bank Whilst The Ip Was Disposing Of Bottles When Offender Has Gained Entry To The Drivers Door Taken The Keys From The Passenger Seat And Started The Engine Ip Has Tried To Stop Him Offender Has Then Driven Off |
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A4/06/252 Little Hadham Ware |
01/03/06 07/04/06 |
6 X Polo Tack Sets 2 X Saddles 1 X Pair Boots 2 X Sets Of Horse Clippers |
(6 X Saddles & 6 X Bridles) |
Between Material Dates Offender (S) Have Gained Entry To The Vehicle By Causing Damage To The Side Door Lock. Offender (S) Have Gained Entry And Removed Property From Within. Offender (S) Have Also Removed Diesel Fuel From The Tank By Means Unknown And A Battery From Underneath The Vehicle By Means Unknown. Offender (S) Made Off With Property In Direction Unknown. |
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D3/06/196 Tring |
19/02/06 20/02/06 |
1 X Saddle 1 X Saddle 1 X Saddle 1 X Saddle 1 X Pony Saddle |
Black – Barnsbys Brown – Barnsbys Brown – Lodeson & Ricketts Black – Synthetic Brown - Leather |
Between Material Times Offender (S) Have Gained Entrance To The Stables Via Unknown Means. Offender (S) Have Entered The Tack Room By Prising The Lock From The Door With An Unknown Instrument. Offender (S) Have Made A Tidy Search Removing Property Before Leaving In An Unknown Direction. |
Total for 2003 – 2004 = 80
Total for 2004 – 2005 = 26
Total for 2005 – 2006 = 6
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Sep |
Oct |
Nov |
Dec |
Jan |
Feb |
Mar |
April |
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03-04 |
3 |
13 |
28 |
3 |
8 |
13 |
9 |
3 |
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04-05 |
4 |
13 |
4 |
0 |
4 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
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05-06 |
0 |
3 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
RUSHDEN
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01/02/06 |
SANDON
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08/02/06 |
THERFIELD
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12/04/06 |
REED |
24/05/06 |
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BARKWAY |
11/05/05 |
BARLEY |
06/06/05 |
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KELSHALL |
24/04/06 |
NUTHAMP |
03/05/06 |
ASHWELL
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06/04/05 |
BYGRAVE
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08/05/06 |
CALDECOTE
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21/04/05 |
WESTON |
14/04/05 |
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RADWELL |
26/04/05 |
WALLIGTON |
01/02/06 |
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HINXWORT |
07/06/05 |
CLOTHALL |
Please see the new pages below of people it will take you to couple of pages that displays a few people that we would like to speak to
New Link
http://www.herts.police.uk/CCTV/gallery.htm
http://www.bedfordhomewatch.co.uk
http://www.hertscrimestoppers.org.uk/
http://www.britishhorse.co.uk/
http://www.horsetackexchange.co.uk
http://www.stolenhorseregister.com/
My phone Number 01462425224
(mid to long term problems) 0845 33 00
222 (if you have suffered a crime or need Police within a couple of hours) 999 (for immediate response if you
have just suffered a crime and for Coursing) PC 431 Paul Marina. North Herts Rural.
Anti-social behaviour Officer's phone number 01462 474298
paul.marina@herts.pnn.police.uk
chris.brabrook@herts.pnn.police.uk