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Crime Report

Thursday, April 30, 2009

  • Housebreaking and theft in Rodod Place reported on 23 April. Window forced open next to the door.  Laptop was stolen.
  • Housebreaking and theft in Rodos Place reported on 23 April. Living room window at side and burglar bars broken. Laptop stolen.
  • Housebreaking and theft/Theft of motor vehicle in Whitman reported on 24 April. Main gate forced open. Bedroom window forced open  DVD player, camera and Golf Chico stolen.
  • Housebreaking and theft in Wordsworth reported on 24 April. Back door forced open.  DVD player and clothing stolen.
  • Housebreaking and theft/Theft of motor vehicle in Blake reported on 24 April. VW Golf stolen. House broken into. Camera, cellphone, cam corder, jewellery, MP3 player and cash stolen from safe,  2 Leather jackets, laptop, 2 DVD players, 2 TVs and possibly other items stolen from the house. Son came to the house the next day with the stolen items.  He is a drug addict.  He was arrested.
  • Theft of motor vehicle in Jukskei reported on 25 April. Nissan Sentra stolen – parked in the street.
  • Housebreaking and theft/Theft of motor vehicle in Lawrence reported on 25 April. Main gate forced open. Glass door forced open.  Keys of vehicle taken and Merc stolen Jewellery and 3 computers stolen from house.
  • Domestic violence in Trekevie reported on 28 April. Daughter and husband fighting. He wanted to take the children.
  • Hijacking in Eugene Marais reported on 28 April. Client arrived home. 3 Black men pointed firearm at him. Mercedes hijacked.

 


Crime report

Tuesday, April 28, 2009

  • Other theft at Bayley's Kwik Spar reported on 4 April. Suspect was caught on camera stealing goods.
  • Theft out of motor vehicle in Milton reported on 4 April. Toyota Corolla driver’s door forced open.  CD player, speakers and car battery stolen.
  • Attempted theft of motor vehicle in De la Mare reported on 4 April. Right side window damaged on Honda. Wiring of vehicle also damaged.
  • Theft out of motor vehicle in Kei reported on 6 April. Left back window broken and radio removed from Toyota Tazz. Radio found on roof of car.
  • Hijacking in Coleridge reported on 8 April. Black man with firearm was waiting inside property for them to drive in.  He pulled her out of the car and hijacked the vehicle.
  • Other theft in De la Mare reported on 9 April. 4 Black women said they wanted to look at the house (for sale). Daughter let them in.  2 kept her busy while the other 2 looked around.  When they left, she discovered jewellery and cellphone missing.
  • Housebreaking and theft in Mercury reported on 9 April. Office window broken.  2 computers stolen and purse with cash.
  • Housebreaking and theft in Christien reported on 10 April. Broke open bar door. Stole TV, hifi and alcohol.
  • Theft out of motor vehicle in Linda reported on 11 April. Left back window broken on Renault.  Blankets stolen.
  • Housebreaking and theft/Theft of motor vehicle in Kingswood reported on 12 April. Entrance gained via back bedroom window. Various goods stolen plus firearm stolen out of safe.  Also took Toyota Corolla from garage.
  • Theft of motor vehicle in Heywood reported on 15 April. Visitor’s Honda Ballade stolen – parked in street.
  • Housebreaking and theft in Southy reported on 15 April. Suspects broke Into garage – various tools missing.
  • Theft of motor vehicle in Longfellow reported on 16 April. Toyota Run-X stolen. Recovered in Katlahong.
  • Housebreaking and theft in Douglas reported on 17 April. Broke open gate and back door with a spade. Ransacked house. Not sure what was taken.
  • Domestic violence in Stratford reported on 17 April. Husband and wife were under influence of alcohol and started fighting.
  • Attempted theft of motor vehicle in Letaba reported on 17 April. Mazda bonnet opened and pulled out wires. Door also opened.  Husband arrived and suspects fled.
  • Theft of motor vehicle in Main reported on 18 April. Visitor’s Citi Golf stolen – parked outside.
  • Housebreaking and theft in Coleridge reported on 19 April. Study window broken and burglar bars forced open. Nothing taken.
  • Other theft in Coleridge reported on 21 April. Domestic worker let 2 Black ladies into the house.  While there, they stole a laptop and jewellery.

CSF Minutes for February and Agenda for March

Tuesday, April 7, 2009

Click the image below to download the minutes for February’s CSF Joint Public Meeting.

Life Threatening Emergencies Tip List


Municipal Services Call Centre tips list


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A warning about card skimming from our counterparts in Durban

Monday, April 6, 2009

Hi All

Please take note of the following info and spread to your e-mail databases.  The use of card skimmers and cloning devices has dramatically increased lately.  The devices are mainly employed by organised criminal syndicates and are rarely used by individual criminals working on their own.  These incidents can only start growing in the run up to the soccer world cup.  Please note that the new generation of card skimmers / cloners are actually smaller than the card itself, making it very easy for the suspect to swipe your card while you are distracted by signing the authorisation slip. It only takes a fraction of a second to do and your card has been cloned.  Please pay very careful attention to where your card is at all times!!

Once your card has legitimately been swiped by the cashier, immediately take your card back into your possession.  There is no actual need for the cashier to keep hold of it, other than to verify the signature (which most don't actually bother to do).  If the cashier does actually request to see the signature, then you can show him/her the signature strip.  At least the card will now be under your control and this will cut down the chances of a criminal distracting you and skimming the card.  If you are at a restaurant, always request for a table top portable pay point to be brought to your table and if they don't have this facility, then ALWAYS follow the waitron to the actual pay point.  Do not trust anybody; it may end up costing you, literally!

Haden Searles

Chairperson - Dbn North & Umhlanga CPF (Sectors 1-7)

 

Waitresses caught skimming
25/03/2009 20:16  - (SA) 

Cape Town - Five people, four of them waitresses at a Cape Town International Airport restaurant, have been arrested following a tip-off about credit card skimming, police said on Wednesday.

National spokesperson Captain Dennis Adriao said the four, aged from 28 to 33, were arrested at a Spur outlet at the airport on Friday evening and had already appeared in court.

The arrest, by the commercial crimes unit and airport police, followed a tip-off from Absa's fraud unit.

Police found a "state-of-the-art" skimming device on one of the women.

They had been able to link it to fraudulent withdrawals from four patrons' accounts totalling about R40 000.

However it was likely that more people would come forward when they realised they had been fleeced, Adriao said.

Those arrests were followed by that of a fifth person, a waiter at an upmarket Sea Point restaurant, over the weekend. The arrest was linked to the same device, he said.

The waitresses were from Gugulethu and Nyanga on the Cape Flats, while the man from Philippi.

Adriao said it was too early in the investigation to say whether they were working for a larger syndicate, or operating merely as a group.

He warned people never to let their credit cards out of their sight, and to be "extra cautious" about who they handed them to.

He said the skimming device confiscated from the waitresses could hold the details of up to 500 cards.

It could be used to not only read cards, but clone them as well.

Possession of the device was in itself illegal, he said.

- SAPA

Crime Report

Friday, April 3, 2009

  • Armed robbery of motor vehicle in Mercury Rd reported on 1 April. Victim came out and spotted someone getting into his car.  Suspects in another vehicle pointed firearm at him, so he went back inside.  Suspects drove off.  He stopped patrolman and patrolman gave chase. Vehicle was abandoned near Wild Waters/highway. Suspect tried to escape through tunnel but was apprehended and then arrested by SAPS.
  • Attempted housebreaking/Theft in Reaper St reported on 1 April. Tried to break open back door but couldn’t. Clothing was taken from the washing line.
  • Attempted housebreaking in Christien St reported on 1 April. Tried to break back sliding door open but the stopper stopped them from opening it properly.  No entry gained.

Alert - Suspicious vehicle - Red Nissan Hardbody JLP402GP

Suspicious vehicle - Red Nissan Hardbody JLP402GP (Tested false plates) - 6
A/M suspects observing CIT vehicle at Northmead Square Shopping Centre, 14th
Avenue, Northmead, Benoni. The vehicle and occupants left direction
unknown.

Crime Report

Thursday, April 2, 2009

  • Housebreaking and theft in Margaret St reported on 31 March. Door forced open. TV and laptop stolen.

Crime Report

Wednesday, April 1, 2009

  • Housebreaking and theft in Virgo reported on 29 March. Main bedroom window broken.  2 TVS and 2 computers stolen.
  • Housebreaking and theft in Main St reported on 28 March. Burglar bars and window broken open.   House was ransacked.  Not sure what’s missing.
  • Hijacking in Maelstroom Rd reported on 27 March.When he stopped at his driveway 4 armed Black men hit him and hijacked his Renault.
  • Housebreaking and theft in Coleridge Rd reported on 25 March. (empty house) Stainless steel sink taken out of the kitchen.  Neighboring resident phoned in to say she saw suspect leave the premises with it.  Suspect was arrested in Taurus Drive.
  • Theft out of motor vehicle in Main St reported on 25 March. Windows of 3 vehicles broken. Garmin and radio stolen out of Honda Civic. Jacket stolen out of Getz and keys stolen out of a Fiesta.
  • Theft of motor in Rothmans St reported on 25 March. Toyota Tazz stolen from in front of premises – vehicle later recovered.
  • Theft out of motor vehicle in Prima Vera Flats reported on 24 March. Conquest broken into. Radio stolen.
  • Theft of motorcycle in Linnet St reported on 24 March.  Motorcycle stolen from premises.