CrimeWatch report for Saturday 4th February
FROM: Alan Espey. 8 Pentrich Road, St James (Project Engineer for Civils 2000).
I would like to report the following incidents :
1) Early hours of Wednesday morning 1 Feb. Mountain bike stolen from open verandah at 3 Pentrich Road (Bangaloo Cottage). Angie McGuire who rents Bangaloo with her husband Alan, only discovered the missing bike at about 06:00 but remembers hearing some noises outside the house in the early hours of the morning. Unfortunately her beloved staffie, Pinda, passed away just before Christmas. If she had been in her normal sentry position on the verandah there is no way that this would have happened! Angie found the training wheel which is mounted on a stand abandoned on Danger Beach a bit later that morning.
2) Two separate incidents of attempted theft of CCTV camera cable on our roadworks (Civils 2000) at 16:00 on Thursday afternoon (2 Feb) and again on Friday afternoon (3 Feb) at about the same time. In both cases the respective perps were caught and arrested by the Mountain Men after only managing to cut the cable which is relatively easily repaired. Thank you to Michael and Charles of Mountain Men for their quick response to the panic button alarm triggered by our 24/7 camera surveillance team based at the Civils 2000 site offices at Dalebrook.
If only these unfortunate people would realise that when they attempt to cut the cable the affected camera is immediately de-activated following which our staff have strict instructions to trigger the alarm immediately.
FROM: Yvonne Viljoen. St James Road, St James.
On Saturday morning 4 February I found a black bag concealed in the garden on the Main Road opposite the bottom of Rodwell Road. The bag is tied closed but it has some tears in it and it appears to contain woman’s clothing; blue denim and a pink fabric with a fringe is showing.
I have not opened the bag, so I cannot say what else is in it; but it is probably all clothing. I reported it to Mountain Men and I was advised to take the bag to the police station.
If anyone would like to contact me about this, they are welcome: yv3@mweb.co.za My phone number is 021 788 5620.
FROM: Stephan Birch, Main Road, Kalk Bay
We have recently had some activity in the early evening, neighbours dog 3 doors away [Kalk Bay side] barking and then ours. Movement is along the fire break, just after dusk, and then repeated at about 3 or 4 am..
Mountain men confirm that activity is moving to mountain side, and many properties are unprotected from that side. Perhaps a type of Shark watch can be discussed.
The notice below has been put out by Mountain Security
We would like to bring to your attention about a new crime trend that is currently taking place from Zwaanswyk to Kalk Bay, at the base of the Silvermine and Lakeside Mountain range.
Home invasion criminals are at work, more often at night and on weekends when homes are more likely to be occupied. This criminal element is using the Mountain / Greenbelt areas to gain access to properties that are at the base of the Mountain.
Please be very aware of your surroundings and become more alert and security conscious. Please ensure that your alarm systems are working and outdoor intruder detection systems are switched on, especially at night.
CrimeWatch report for Friday 3rd February
FROM: Delene Burman. Westray Steps, St James.
On Sunday 29 January between 9 am and 11.15 am the flat above my garage was entered by thieves who had a long ladder to climb up to a small kitchen window. They stole a computer in its box, a cell phone and cash from a purse. They left R100 in the purse.
Mountain Men were quick and arrested 2 men and a woman with a child in a stolen car with the stolen loot before lunch that Sunday.
The same morning a thief entered 111 Boyes Drive. The owner entered the house with a golf club and saw the cupboards open. Upstairs he saw one man jumping off his balcony and watched him run through the bushes.
FROM: Dawn Garisch. Windsor Road, Kalk Bay.
Following the break-in and theft of my laptop and other items, it took over a week for the fingerprint detective to arrive. He expressed his frustration, as the fingerprints he found were by then too degraded to use. He claims that his department is on standby to take fingerprints on the same day as the crime, and that the delay in notification occurs at the police station. I am going to lay a complaint, and for the members of this forum, note that if you have a burglary you need to insist on the fingerprinting people coming to your home asap.
CrimeWatch report for Thursday 26th January
FROM: Damian Conway. 3 Quarry Road, Kalk Bay.
At midday on 25/1/2012 my girlfriend was walking back toward Quarry Road from Kalk Bay village when they passed a man who appeared to be ringing on the intercom at 185 Main Road. He then crossed the road and started walking in the same direction as my girlfriend and her friend. By the time they got to our gate at 3 Quarry Road he had started running up behind them.
He had something in a plastic packet in his hand and called out that he wanted to show them something. They managed to get inside and close the gate. He then threw the item in his hand over the gate and it just missed them – it turned out to be a brick. It was thrown at full tilt and if it had hit either of their heads it could have killed them or caused serious head injury.
We called Mountain Men and one of their security guards, Michael, arrived about 4 minutes later. We drove with him down to Main Road and soon saw the same man (black, medium height, medium build, close shaven head, wearing a black jacket with a big round yellowish logo on the front, and dark grey pants) walking back towards Kalk Bay along Main Road above Wooley’s pool – and pestering an elderly couple.
Again the man had something in his hand. The couple looked harassed and flagged us down. When we stopped the car the man ran off and jumped over the railings. He escaped along the undercarriage of Main Road. The security guard gave chase but did not find him. He said he found the man’s jacket discarded under Main Road.
I called Mountain Men asking them to send some back-up but no one-else arrived over the next half hour while Michael searched for the man. I called Fish Hoek police at the same time as Mountain Men, but if they responded we did not see them. We opened a case at Fish Hoek Police station.
