Royston Community Team

Rural Watch

November 2009

PC 431 Paul Marina PCSO Amy Rainbird PCSO 6522 Brabrook

Covering Arbury, Ermine, Weston & Sandon Wards.

A professional sounding adult male phones the victim stating that he is calling from BT Collection Service because money is owed to BT. The caller states that the victim’s bank has stopped Direct Debit payment and that outstanding monies are owed immediately and failure to pay will result in immediate loss of the telephone line. The amount owed is typically less than £10. The caller asks for the victim’s credit card details so that payment can be made. The caller also proves he can easily cut off the victim’s phone, telling them to hand up and try dialling out. It is then believed he puts them on “hold” so that the line is still connected, but of course the victim believes their line has been disconnected. The offender then phones them back and again attempts to obtain their credit card details. The main object for the caller is not the payment of under £10, but the credit card information.

Please be aware that you should never give your credit card information over the phone to anyone who calls YOU.

Should you or any of your members receive suck a call then you should immediately contact the BT Nuisance Call Bureau on 0800 411 422.

As a matter of some urgency:- Residents are being targeted over the telephone by Bogus Callers, pretending to be Police Officers, maybe saying that they are from the Fraud squad. They suggest that your bank account may have been compromised. The fact that the person already knows possibly your name and address and even bank, makes it all sound genuine.

IT’S A SCAM

The conversation from these individuals uses the ploy of saying that you can attend the Police station, and that an appointment will be made. They rely on you being too busy to attend and to avoid a possible trip to the station they persuade you to give away your personal bank accounts or credit card details over the phone. Several Policeman or Detective names are sometimes given and the call all sounds very genuine.

TWO men have been charged following the execution of a drugs warrant at a house in Melbourn Road in Royston yesterday morning (October 12).

21 year old Tuan Hoang and 41 year old Hoa Phan, who are both from Melbourn Road in Royston, were charged with offences of cultivating cannabis and abstracting electricity.

POLICE are appealing for information and witnesses after a serious road traffic collision in Weston on Friday (October 23).The incident occurred just before 9pm on Damask Green Road. On arrival at the scene officers found that a quad bike had overturned and the driver, a 43 year old man from Weston, had sustained serious head injuries. He was taken to the Lister Hospital and was then transferred to a specialist neurology hospital in London. He remains in a serious condition.
PC Kevin Sloan from the Road Crash Investigation Unit at Police Headquarters said: “I am appealing to anyone who was in the area at the time and believes they saw the collision or the quad bike being ridden beforehand to contact the Road Crash Investigation Unit via the non-emergency number 0845 3300 222, as soon as possible

Barley	Cambridge Road	21/10/09 1700 - 1730	70 veh / 37 mph / 25.8 mph
Bygrave	Ashwell Road (upper)	22/10/09 1655 - 1725	20 veh / 40 mph / 28.8 mph
Ashwell	Station Road (40 limit)	20/10/09 1710 - 1740	40 veh / 44 mph / 38.4 mph
Ashwell	Newham Way	20/10/09 1505 - 1535	50 veh / 34 mph / 23.7 mph
Barkway	Cambridge Road	26/10/09 1510 - 1540	30 veh / 37 mph / 25.1 mph
Therfield	Police Row	26/10/09 0840 - 0910	23 veh / 31 mph / 26.3 mph
Hinxworth	High Street	28/10/09 0825 - 0855	25 veh / 30 mph / 25.4 mph

Date & Times	Location	Police Actions
15/10/09 08.30 – 09.00	Rushden	1
16/10/09 17.00 – 17.30	Weston	1
21/10/09 16.30 - 17.00	Newnham	1

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

Crime no.	Offence	Location	Time & date
G4/09/873	Drugs-Cannabis Possess Class B	Baldock	04/10/09
Offender has been warned by police

Crime no.	Offence	Location	Time & date
G4/09/883	Burglary - Dwelling	Ashwell	06/10/09
Offenders gained entry by forcing the rear door and stole high value items from within property

Crime no.	Offence	Location	Time & date
G4/09/896	Theft	Ashwell	22/09/ – 08/10/09
Offender(s) stole windows from building site.

Crime No.	Offence	Location	Time & Date
G4/09/903	Theft	Ashwell	11/10/09
Offender(s) have removed padlocks on tank and stolen large amount of fuel.

Crime No.	Offence	Location	Time & Date
G4/09/917	Burglary - Dwelling	Hinxworth	14/10/09
Offender(s) gained entry by forcing the back door and stole antique’s from property.

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

Crime No.	Offence	Location	Time & Date
G4/09/876	Theft of motor vehicle	Therfield	04-05/10/09
Offender(s) stole car from front of address.

Crime no.	Offence	Location	Time & date
G4/09/892	Drugs-Cannabis Possess Class B	Barkway	07/10/09
Offender has been warned by police

Crime No.	Offence	Location	Time & Date
G4/09/924	Damage to a Dwelling	Therfield	03-04/10/09
Damage to a window a

Crime No.	Offence	Location	Time & Date
G4/09/927	Drive- alcohol level above limit	Royston	17/10/09
Offender is on police bail

Crime No.	Offence	Location	Time & Date
G4/09/929	Theft of pedal cycle	Royston Heath	18/10/09
Pedal Cycle was left unsecure

Crime No.	Offence	Location	Time & Date
G4/09/937	Burglary - Attempted	Barkway	20/10/09
Offender(s) tried to gain entry.

Crime No.	Offence	Location	Time & Date
G4/09/940	Fraud-false representation from account holder	Barley	19/10/09
Money was withdrawn from account then was paid to another company

Crime No.	Offence	Location	Time & Date
G4/09/959	Theft – (Outbuilding)	Barley	27/10/09
Offenders stole a trailer and other property.

Crime No.	Offence	Location	Time & Date
G4/09/960	Drugs-Cannabis Possess Class B	Royston, Heath	27/10/09
Offender(s) have been warned by police

Crime No.	Offence	Location	Time & Date
G4/09/961	Drugs-Cannabis Possess Class B	Royston, Heath	27/10/09
Offender(s) have been warned by police

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

Crime No.	Offence	Location	Time & Date
G3/09/539	Burglary – (outbuilding)	Weston	04-08/10/09
Motorbike and fishing equipment stolen from within unsecure outbuilding.

Crime No.	Offence	Location	Time & Date
G3/09/542	Theft of motor vehicle	Baldock	01 -06/10/09
Vehicle stolen from a lay by.

Crime No.	Offence	Location	Time & Date
G3/09/554	Drugs-Cannabis Possess Class B	Baldock	17/10/09
Offender has been warned by police

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
08-10	3	3

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	4	4	4	4	4	2	2	2	2	3	1	4
09	1	1	3	2	1	3	2	1	1	2

Last time we attended

RUSHDEN	08/07/09	SANDON	22/04/09
THERFIELD	21/04/09	REED	04/03/09
BARKWAY	15/07/08	BARLEY	01/06/09
KELSHALL	20/04/09	NUTHAMP	09/06/09
ASHWELL	03/06/09	BYGRAVE	14/01/09
CALDECOTE	05/05/08	WESTON	12/03/09
RADWELL	29/04/08	WALLINGTON	08/07/09
HINXWORT	03/09/09	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

Locality

Members

Martin Dingemans, Howard Marshall, Simon Holtom, Robert Law, Teddy Faure-Walker, Steve Jarvis, Andrew Young, Tony Hunter, Keith Bone , Charlie Snowdon

Meeting

22/09/09

Tasks set

1. Tackling incidents of hare coursing and nuisance vehicle use within the rural community on Saturday & Sundays between the hours 06.00 – 19.00 (G4D, G4E, G3C).

2. To improve/increase intelligence gathering in relation to suspicious vehicles/persons and attend incidents when reported. (G4D, G4E, G3C)

3. To tackle speeding - locations West end / Newnham Way Ashwell, Station Rd, Ashwell. Upper Bygrave Rd, Bygrave, London Road, Barley, Cambridge Rd Barkway, The Causeway, Therfield, Ashwell Road, Newham, Damask Green Road, Weston, Outside the Moon and Stars public house, Rushden and High Street, Hinxworth. 10 Speed checks a month 3 enforceable.

Surgeries all times 10.30 – 12.00
Barkway – Reading Room. Barley – Church. Weston – Post Office. Ashwell URC Hall. Sandon Cecil Sales
Weds 11th Nov - Rushden	Thurs 12th Nov -Barley	Fri 6^th Nov - Ashwell
Weds 9^th Dec - Weston	Thurs 10th Dec Barkway	Fri 4^th Dec - Ashwell
Weds 13^thJan - Weston	Thurs 7^th Jan - Barley
Weds 3^rdFeb - Sandon	Thurs 4^th Feb - Barkway	Fri 5^th Feb - Ashwell
Weds 10^th March - Weston	Thurs 4^th March - Barley	Fri 5^th March - Ashwell
Weds 14th April - Sandon	Thurs 15^th April - Barkway	Fri 2^nd April - Ashwell
Weds 12th May- Weston	Thurs 13^th May - Barley	Fri 7^th May - Ashwell
Weds 9th June- Sandon	Thurs 10^th June - Barkway	Fri 4^th June - Ashwell
Weds 7th July- Weston	Thurs 8^th July - Barley	Fri 2^nd July - Ashwell
Weds 4th August- Sandon	Thurs 5^th August - Barkway	Fri 6^th August - Ashwell
Weds 1st Sept - Weston	Thurs 2^nd Sept - Barley	Fri 3^rd Sept - Ashwell
Weds 13th Oct - Sandon	Thurs 14^th Oct - Barkway	Fri 1^st Oct - Ashwell
Weds 17th Nov - Weston	Thurs 11^th Nov - Barley	Fri 5^th Nov - Ashwell
Weds 8th Dec - Sandon	Thurs 9^th Dec - Barkway	Fri 3^rd Dec - Ashwell

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.