CRIMEBRIEFS
On Friday January 15 at 8.10am, the MultiSecurity control room was alerted to a break-in at Frameworks in Campbell Street.
The window had been broken with a stick and a Dell laptop had been stolen. A case was opened with SAPS.
A suspicious person was reported to be on Mentone Road and Anglers Way wearing dark clothing after 8pm on January 15. Security officers patrolled the area but found nothing.
Just after 8am on Saturday January 16 there was an attempted break-in at a home in Hockley Road.
The resident of the property said between 1.20am and 2.35am that morning dogs in the area had been barking.
After inspection, marks on the entrance doorframe indicated someone had attempted to gain entry. No case was opened with SAPS.
At 8.38am that same morning an alarm was received from a home in William Pierce Street where an assailant was attempting to break in.
No description of the man was available. No report was submitted to SAPS.
On Sunday January 17 at 1.38pm a trespasser was caught at the Travelco property at Snelgar Lane. The trespasser was a 12-year-old boy, who was taken to his parents’ home and promised he would not trespass again.
On Monday January 18 an alleged thief was caught in Biscay Road at 1.35pm. The female had apparently stolen fruit and various other items through an open window of a home there. A case was opened with SAPS but, after consideration, the complaint was withdrawn.
That evening at 8.28pm a suspicious man in Van Riebeeck Street was reported to the MultiSecurity control room. The man was apparently carrying a box on his head. A patrol by security officers found nothing.
The officers did find a man in Campbell Street, without a box but with an empty firearm shell on him. He was arrested and taken to the police.
On Tuesday January 19 at around 10.38pm, a truck’s passenger side window was smashed at Gem Auto in the industrial area. When the owner was contacted by MultiSecurity he said he was aware that the truck’s battery had been stolen but knew nothing about a broken window.
There was nothing valuable in the truck but a case was opened with SAPS.