Crime: 19 May 2014
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Hi Jeff,
Could you send out a warning message for me please ?
In Maidenhead, we have had 3 incidents were elderly residents have been approached by men asking for money.
Two happened in Cookham Rise.
In one case, an elderly resident was approached in the street. A man just came up to him and asked for £200. He said it was for work carried out in his garden. The resident told him that he doesn’t owe him anything and the man eventually gave up and walked away.
In the second, An unknown man went to the front door of an elderly lady resident, asking for £40, for work that is to be carried out on her windows. He said it was a government initiative and it had to be done. She let him in and she gave him the £40. The male then left her house. He did not call at any other houses.
The third case is the most worrying. It happened in Edinburgh Road, Pinkneys Green – see below.
Can you remind everyone to use their door chains whenever they answer the door to anyone, they are not expecting. Also to take a good look at the person so that they can give a good description if necessary, any car etc.
If anyone does get an incident like these can they please call the police straight away. If they are called in quickly enough, we can carry out an area search to locate the person and have a word with them.
Kind regards
Steph
PCSO Stephanie Lewis C9320
Maidenhead West Neighbourhood Team
MAIDENHEAD CENTRAL:
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3/5 – 17/5 Church Views, Cookham Road. Garage break and 2 bikes stolen. 1. A gent’s, black, Focus Bikes Black Forest Bike. 2. A valuable Giant Anthem X 3 bike.
12/5 – 17/5 Bath Road. Burglary. The owner returned to find their front door slightly open. The communal front door is often propped open. There is no evidence of any damage , so presumed letter box entry – the door has a separate rim-latch and a mortise lock, but the owners never use the mortise lock !!! If the Mortise had been locked, no-one can every get in using the letter box method – Jewellery stolen.
1/3 – 18/5 Burghley Court, Kingsquarter. Locked up bike stolen from outside a house. The front wheel with the lock was left behind. A blue, hybrid, Giant CRS 2.5 bike stolen.
16/5 – 19/5 Friday / Monday Burghley Court, Kingsquarter. Communal bike store broken into and door forced. A bike may have been stolen, but none yet reported to us.
RIVERSIDE & BELMONT:
maidenheadcentralnhpt@thamesvalley.pnn.police.uk
NO CRIME TO REPORT.
MAIDENHEAD WEST
BISHAM, COOKHAM, HURLEY, THE WALTHAMS, LITTLEWICK GREEN & KNOWL HILL:
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17/5 – 18/5 Saturday 3 p.m. / Sunday 9.15 a.m. Southwood Gardens, Cookham. Workshopp broken into -. Mcculloch Virginia Hedge Trimmer stolen. Mcculloch 335 Chain, Honda 550W generator, Honda 560W generator and a torch stolen.
16/5 – 18/5 Nursery, Henley Road. Automatic drip watering system turned off – causing plants to die.
18/5 3.50 p.m. Hurley Lane, Hurley. Summerhouse broken into and 2 children’s Quad bikes stolen. A white and a blue, Cobia IA 50 Quad bikes.
PINKNEYS GREEN & FURZE PLATT:
maidenheadwestnhpt@thamesvalley.pnn.police.uk
16/5 Friday 1 p.m. Edinburgh Road. Bogus Builder. The aggrieved was approached in the street by a man who claimed to be his window cleaner. He said that repairs were needed to the windows. They went inside the aggrieved’s home where he handed the man £120 in cash. The man then left. He later came back saying the cost of repairs had gone up and he would need another £240 and a man was waiting outside for the money. The aggrieved handed over the additional money. No repairs have been carried out. The aggrieved has received calls subsequently asking for more money. He said he had no more money and the call was terminated. He then received a call – purporting to be from the council – a Mr. Chapman – who told him that if he didn’t pay the window cleaner, the Council would take him to court. The aggrieved was so worried he contacted his daughter, who immediately phoned the police.
16/5 Friday 10 p.m. Furze Platt Road. An unknown man was outside the property shouting that he wanted to use the phone. He smashed the glass in the front door in an attempt to get in.
MAIDENHEAD SOUTH
BOYN HILL, COX GREEN & WOODLANDS PARK:
maidenheadsouthnhpt@thamesvalley.pnn.police.uk
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16/5 – 18/5 Friday 8 p.m. / Sunday 1.30 p.m. Calder Court, Garage break – door forced – bike stolen – a silver, ladies Boardman MX Sport Dl-2014 mountain bike.
16/5 – 18/5 Friday 6 p.m. / Sunday 1 p.m. Powney Road. A smaller silver gas canister for a cream maker, thrown at a window causing damage.
16/5 – 18/5 Friday noon / Sunday 1 a.m. Walker Road. Burglary via forced rear first floor window. Untidy search – they exited vi rear doors to a wooded area at the rear of the property. iPOD, Laptops X 2 and jewellery stolen.
OLDFIELD & BRAY:
maidenheadsouthnhpt@thamesvalley.pnn.police.uk
NO CRIME TO REPORT.
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