Royston Community Team

Rural Watch

June 2009

PC 431 Paul Marina PCSO Tracy Kennedy PCSO 6522 Brabrook

Covering Arbury, Ermine, Weston & Sandon Wards.

I know that I mentioned this before but please beware of Cash points, there are people out there that have found a way to hold your bank/credit cards in cash points. This is by way of an item called a ‘Lebanese Loop’; this is a small piece of plastic that is inserted into the cash point (where you put your card). This then holds your card.

One method is:- When you think the card is stuck or has been retained by the bank the offender then arrives and offers assistance and watches you put in your pin number again. This is after he or she have suggested you have one more try at getting the machine to work. You then leave to take issue with the bank and they withdraw your card and with the pin number all your money.

Method two:- the offenders watch you with a very small camera putting your pin number into a cash point. The small camera is fixed to the cash machine on the outer casing and is very small and is very hard to see if you do not know what you are looking for. The loop can record your card details and although you have your card returned to you the offenders have enough information to make up another card and also have your pin number.

So please beware.

TWO TEENAGERS CHARGED WITH THEFT

TWO teenagers have been charged in connection with an alleged theft of farm equipment which took place in North Herts yesterday morning (May 13.)

Rural officer PC Paul Marina and Police Community Support Officer Tracy Kennedy were on patrol in an area between Kelshall and Sandon at around 10.30am when they came across an incident. Two men were arrested and a pick up truck was seized.

18 year old Nelson Curtis and a 17 year old, who are both from Milton in Cambridgeshire, have been charged with theft. They have been released on bail to appear before Stevenage Magistrates Court on June 2, 2009.

DRUGS RAID IN ROYSTON

Two people, who were arrested following the execution of a warrant under the misuse of drugs act at a house in Burns Road in Royston on Thursday, May 21, have been released on bail.

Officers from the Royston Neighbourhood Team lead Operation Adversary. They were joined by colleagues from the firearms unit, who assisted in gaining entry to the property and an officer from the dog unit who assisted in searches of the property.

A quantity of what is believed to be Class A drugs were seized. A 32 year old man and a 31 year old woman from Royston were arrested on suspicion of conspiracy to supply Class A drugs.

G4E; - Ashwell, Hinxworth, Bygrave, Newnham & Caldecote

Crime No.	Offence	Location	Time & Date
G4/09/419	Fraud-False Representation	Ashwell	7^th May 2009
Computer based Crime

G4D; - Barkway, Barley, Reed, Nuthampstead, Newsells, Kelshall & Therfield

Crime No.	Offence	Location	Time & Date
G4/09/414	Burglary-(outbuilding)	Barkway	28/04 – 05/05/09
Attempted to enter two sheds

Crime No.	Offence	Location	Time & Date
G4/09/430	Theft-of motor vehicle	Barkway	10^th May 2009
Theft-of motor vehicle by means unknown

Crime No.	Offence	Location	Time & Date
G4/09/441	Theft	Kelshall	13^th May 2009
See press release below

Crime No.	Offence	Location	Time & Date
G4/09/456	Drugs-cannabis possess class b	Barkway	18^th may 2009

Crime No.	Offence	Location	Time & Date
G4/09/474	Burglary-(outbuilding)	Therfield	May 2009
Offenders have not gained entry to the shed

G3C; - Sandon, Wallington, Rushden, Clothal & Weston

No recorded Crime

Reported Hare coursing Incidents in our area.

	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Jan	Feb	Mar	April	Total
03-04	3	13	28	3	8	13	9	3	80
04-05	4	13	4	0	4	0	1	0	26
05-06	0	3	0	0	1	1	1	0	6
06-07	0	4	4	6	1	0	2	0	17
07-08	3	10	4	6	9	2	4	3	43
08-09	7	5	2	4	4	4	2	1	29

Number of Sunday Hare Coursing and Nuisance Vehicle Patrols Carried Out to Reduce. coursing Nusience Motor cycling and Nusience 4 X 4 use, patrols per months, early start preferred, 7am or 8am.
	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	July	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
07								3	3	3	0	3
08	9	5	6	8	8	2	2	2	2	3	1	4
09	1	1	3	2	1

Last time we attended

RUSHDEN	02/07/08	SANDON	22/04/09
THERFIELD	21/04/09	REED	04/03/09
BARKWAY	15/07/08	BARLEY	04/02/08
KELSHALL	20/04/09	NUTHAMP	01/05/07
ASHWELL	01/10/08	BYGRAVE	14/01/09
CALDECOTE	05/05/08	WESTON	12/03/09
RADWELL	29/04/08	WALLINGTON	02/07/08
HINXWORT	14/02/08	CLOTHALL	02/07/08

Area	Last Meeting	Next Meeting	Location and Time
G4E	Tue 7th April 8pm
G4D	Tue 21st April 8pm
G3C		Tue 2nd June 8pm	Rushden Village Hall

Locality

Members

Martin Dingemans, Howard Marshall, Simon Holtom, Robert Law, Teddy Faure-Walker, , Steve Jarvis, Andrew Young, Tony Hunter, Peter Shuttlewood, Keith Bone Christine Schwick, Janette Kingsley.

Meeting

10/03/09

Tasks set

1. High visibility patrols in daylight hours in a bid to Reduce Incidents of hare coursing, Nusience Motor cycling and Nusience 4 X 4 use. Three Sunday Hare coursing Nusience Motor cycling and Nusience 4 X 4 use patrols per months, early start preferred, 7am or 8pm. Log to be published each month.

2. Continue with crime prevention and evidence gathering securing evidence in relation to suspicious vehicles. All suspicious vehicles that appear in rural locations to be full checked and information forwarded to police information systems.

Surgeries all times 10.30 – 12.00
Barley, St Mary s Church. Barkway, St Mary Church	Rushden, Mill End Nursery Sandon, Cecil Sale Weston Village shop	Ashwell URC Hall
Thur 5th March - Barley	Tues 3rd March - Rushden	Fri 6^th March
Thurs 2nd April - Barkway	Weds 1^st April- Weston	Fri 3^rd April
Thurs 14th May - Barley	Weds 13th May - Sandon	1^st May
Thurs 25th June - Barkway	Weds 24th June - Rushden	5^th June
Thurs 9th July - Barley	Weds 22 July - Weston	3^rd July
Thurs 6th August - Barkway	Weds 5th August - Sandon	7^th August
Thurs 3rd September -Barley	Weds 2nd Sept Rushden	4^th September
Thurs 15th October -Barkway	Weds 14th October - Sandon	2^nd October
Thurs 12th November -Barley	Weds 11th Nov - Rushden	6^th November
Thurs 10th Dec Barkway	Weds 9^th Dec - Weston	4^th December

Please click on the below link to meet some of the people we wish to becomes friends with.

http://www.herts.police.uk/CCTV/gallery.htm

Rural Watch

Jan

RUSHDEN

SANDON

THERFIELD

ASHWELL

BYGRAVE

CALDECOTE

Please click on the below link to meet some of the people we wish to becomes friends with.