Cars vandalised and number plates stolen
Perth and Kinross local area commander Chief Inspector Maggie Pettigrew compiled this week’s CrimeBeat, which covers reported crimes and police initiatives in the week up to Thursday, January 12.
In the wake of the Berlin truck attack of Monday, December 19, 2016, Police Scotland Assistant Chief Constable Bernard Higgins has moved to reassure the public that it stands ready to respond.
He said: “There is no intelligence at this time to suggest a threat to any specific event in Scotland. Our policing presence and posture will be appropriate to the latest information and current threat.
“The UK threat level remains at ‘severe’ and people should remain alert at all times, but not alarmed. Any suspicious activity should be reported.
“Police Scotland works with a wide range of partners including the UK counter-terrorism network to ensure people can go about their lives safely and securely at all times.”
For more information on counter terrorism and how to spot and report suspicious behaviour visit the Police Scotland Counter Terrorism and Serious Organised Crime page.
Crime updates
•Overnight on Saturday, January 7 the rear number plate of a vehicle parked in King Street, Crieff was stolen. The perpetrators were later traced and apprehended in Airdrie.
•A 39 year-old-male has been arrested and charged with an alleged break-in at a car There has been a spate of number plate thefts
showroom in Dunkeld Road, Perth, on Wednesday, January 4. He is due to appear at Perth Sheriff Court at a later date in relation to this incident and others. Local appeals
•Between Tuesday 3 and Wednesday, January 4, three cars in Blairgowrie were vandalised where the letter ‘W’ was scratched onto the bodywork. The first vehicle was a black Vauxhall Corsa which was parked in Jessie Street, the second vehicle was a black Vauxhall Astra which was parked in Grant Crescent and the third vehicle was a purple Ford Fiesta which was parked in Davie Park Place, Rattray. If anyone has any knowledge of who is responsible for these incidents or witnessed them, they should contact police on 101.
•Overnight on Tuesday, January 3, a shed within the rear garden of a property in Beeches
Road, Blairgowrie was broken into where a 16 inch Husqavarna chainsaw and two Efco petrol strimmers were stolen.
•Between 2pm and 4pm on Thursday, January 5, a property in Balgowan Road, Perth, was the subject of a break-in where property was stolen.
•Between Friday, December 23 and Monday, January 2 the fire door of Fairfield Neighbourhood Community Education Centre, Fairfield Avenue, Perth, was vandalised with spray paint and a window of the property was smashed.
•Overnight on Friday, January 6, a silver Vauxhall Zafira and a red Audi A4 were parked and left unsecured within a car park in Whitefriars Crescent, Perth, when a perpetrator entered both vehicles with the intent of stealing property. All vehicle owners are reminded to secure their vehicles at all times when left unattended.
Chief Inspector Maggie Pettigrew at the safer communities hub within St John’s Shopping Centre, which closed on Sunday. She is pictured with Councillor Douglas Pover, convener Community Safety Committee, Station Commander Ricky Stroud, Paul Graham (CEO PKAVS), Ken Bowman, manager St John’s Shopping Centre and Safer Communities Warden Jim Mitchell
•Between 5.30pm on Friday 16 and Saturday, December 31, a white Kia Rio car was vandalised and had its number plate stolen. It was parked within the car park at the football pitch, Balgowan Road, Perth.
•During the weekend of Friday 6 to Monday, January 9, an attempt was made to break into the premises occupied by the Scottish Meat Traders, Needless Road, Perth.
•Overnight on Saturday, January 7 a window of a grey Audi car was smashed. It was parked in the access road situated behind Charlotte Street, Perth.
•At 1pm on Monday, January 9, a white male, aged 20 years, approximately 5’8’’ in height with dark brown hair attempted to tender a counterfeit Bank of Ireland £50 within the Co-op, High Street, Kinross. If anyone has knowledge of this male then please contact police on 101.
•Sometime between 9.30am on Saturday, December 31 and 10am on Sunday, January 1, a red Suzuki Celerio car was vandalised. It was parked within the car park at the premises occupied by Gordon Motors, Milnab Street, Crieff.
•Overnight on Wednesday, January 4, a blue Yamaha Superjet 701 Freestyle jet ski, two white Kawasaki 750SX jet skis with galvanised two wheeler trailers and a blue and white Yamaha three seater wave runner with a two wheel galvanised trailer were all stolen from Loch Earn Caravan Park at St Fillans.
•Between 4.30pm on Sunday 8 and noon on Monday, January 9, a Fiat 500 car parked at Hazel Court, Alyth, was vandalised.
•Sometime between 8.15am and 10am on Tuesday, January 10 a mobile phone was stolen from a Transit tipper which was parked outside Cargill’s, Lower Mill Street, Blairgowrie.
•Sometime between Tuesday 3 and Sunday, January 8, a green Cona children’s bike was stolen from a garden of a property in Maple Place, Blairgowrie.
•Between Thursday, December 29 and Monday, January 2, a property within Meikleour Estate, Meikleour, was the subject of a break-in where property was stolen. The property included a Dewalt 18 volt lithium drill, a diagnostic check machine, a Keilder battery gun, a number of hand tools including socket sets, pliers and screwdrivers, a Snap –On ratchet, a silver Samsung computer and vehicle a registration plate.
If anyone has information regarding any of these crimes I would ask that they contact Police on 101, or should they wish to remain anonymous, Crimestoppers on 0800 555 111.