Police to reassure residents
This last seven days my colleague Senior Sergeant Jeurissen has been informing the public about what has been happening in and around town.
Needless to say it made some entertaining reading and by now you may have some questions around what has happened to Taupo¨ .
Let me reassure you that Taupo is still a safe and beautiful place to live.
This time of year is often busy for us as the weather warms up and we all try to counter the heat in our homes and vehicles.
I encourage you to double check that your house and vehicle are secure when you are away from them and that if you see suspicious people or vehicles in and around your neighbourhood, place of work or our tourist carparks and locations to please give us a call on 111 so one of the team can come and take a look.
This week there were five residential burglaries including:
- The victim’s PlayStation 3 was stolen from his bedroom, the Xbox One was stolen from the lounge along with the games and 2 controllers.
– House was secure however entered and electronic items taken; a Playstation [black] value $300-$400, and Apple iPad [white] value $1200, a necklace with pendant [18ct and 21ct] two rings [plain 21 and 18ct gold] and a gold, 12 ct bracelet.
- The offender has jemmied the kitchen window to get inside the house. Unknown what was used. The window was found wide open.Only one bedroom inside the house has been entered.
Drawers and cupboards are left pulled out and open and rummaged through. Items stolen included: GhD Hair straightener, hair curler, Timberland shoes, four car wheels, gold chain with black beads and silver and gold bangles.
– Sleepout entered and electronics taken. A PlayStation 3, Apple laptop and Samsung tablet taken. Of interest to the police is that the offender has cut themselves entering through a window and has left blood behind at the scene.
Police are interested to hear from people who may know someone who has cut themselves and have recently come into possession of electronic items.