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2010 September

Theft out of Motor Vehicle

Davenport: between midnight & 06h00 - No further details, incident has been reported to SAPS.

Theft of Motor Vehicle

Davenport: between midnight & 07h00 - Vehicle was parked in driveway in front of a small block of apartments behind a closed, remote controlled, high gate. Sometime during the course of the night the vehicle was stolen. The cover to the gate motor was broken off and the gate opened. The cover to the keyhole and what looks like a piece of a car jack was found lying on the ground (see photo). It is suspected that the theft occured in early hours of morning as the suspects had to jump a high gate and tamper with the motor in full view of the street. The incident has been reported to SAPS.

Theft of Motor Vehicle

Highlands Avenue: between 11h00 and 20h00 - A white Toyota Stallion bakkie was stolen. Registration CY169414. The incident has been reported to SAPS.

Attempted Theft out of Motor Vehicle

Bellair: between 06h00 & 18h00 - Attempted vehicle break-in. No further details - incident has been reported to SAPS.

Theft from Property

Bellair: between 08h00 & 18h00 - Owner came home from work to find that the security gate to the block and her flat had been forced open - perhaps with a crowbar. Laptop was stolen from the flat. Incident has been reported to SAPS.

Theft out of Motor Vehicle

Upper Maynard: between 06h00 & 11h00 - Car broken into and a bag stolen. Incident has been reported to SAPS.

Theft of Motor Vehicle

Barnham: between 18h00 & midnight - A Blue Nissan Sentra was stolen. Incident has been reported to SAPS.

Theft from Property

St James - Owner returned from being away to discover that his flat had been broken to. Unsure of the date of break-in as he was away from the 9th-20th Sept. Incident has been reported to SAPS.

Theft from Property

Chelmsford: between 06h00 & 18h00 - Screwdriver was used to gain access into the flat. A laptop was stolen. Incident has been reported to SAPS.

Theft of Motor Vehicle

Exner: between 18h00 & midnight - A motorcycle was stolen. Incident has been reported to SAPS.

Theft from Property

Freesia: between midnight & 07h00 - Suspect jumped over the exterior wall to access the property. Residents had recently moved in. A laptop was stolen - theft was only discovered once resident awoke in the morning. Incident has been reported to SAPS.

Theft from Property

Belladonna: between 06h00 & 18h00 - House window was left open and a DVD player was stolen. Incident has been reported to SAPS.

Theft from Property

Bellair: between 06h00 & 18h00 - No further details, incident has been reported to SAPS.

Theft out of Motor Vehicle

Deer Park Drive: between 06h00 & 18h00 - Car parked in the parking area at Deer Park was broken into. Laptop and wallet stolen. Incident has been reported to SAPS.

Theft from Property

High Cape: between midnight & 06h00 - Block of flats at the top of High Cape Avenue broken into. The block’s glass door was forced open with a screwdriver. The intruders then broke open the door to one of the flats that was not occupied at the time. A TV was stolen.

Theft out of Motor Vehicle 2

Exner: between midnight & 07h00 - Small window on a bakkie canopy was broken and a music deck stolen. Incident has been reported to SAPS.

Attempted Theft of Motor Vehicle

Gardenia: 20h20 - Whilst out on patrol, a neighbourhood watch member observed a man walking down Gardenia Ave. He walked passed a parked Nissan and then walked back to the vehicle. He entered the vehicle and tried to steal it. He used a sharp object to jam into the ignition and the patroller could see the vehicle’s lights flash on and off. The suspect realised he was being watched and left the vehicle. He was seen on his cellphone, possibly calling a friend waiting to pick him up. A call was immediately put out on the radio and the suspect was seen fleeing onto a neighbouring property. He was surrounded and arrested by SAPS and approximately 10 neighbourhood watch members who had responded to the radio call. The suspect is a large black male with a shaven head, wearing all black with a thin white stripe down the trousers, and black shoes with white soles. A dark blue Toyota Tazz Taxi was seen driving slowly around the area at the time the suspect was on his cellphone. It is believed that this could have been the waiting getaway vehicle.

Theft out of Motor Vehicle

Exner: between 05h00 & 07h00 - Resident’s dog barked at 05h20. At about 07h00, SAPS (who had been driving past on patrol) rang the doorbell and advised that they had noticed that the resident’s Isuzu bakkie’s canopy window had been smashed. An hydraulic jack (still in its box) had been stolen out of the back of the vehicle.

Theft out of Motor Vehicle

Derry: between 18h00 & midnight - No further details, incident has been reported to SAPS.

Theft from Property

Agapanthus: between 03h00 & 04h00 - SAPS saw men leaving a property. They had just broken into the house. SAPS followed the 3 black males and arrested them in Rondebosch for hijacking, theft from property and possession of stolen property. The car that they were driving had been hijacked the evening before. Excellent work by SAPS!

Theft out of Motor Vehicle

Bradwell: between 18h00 & 08h00 the next morning - A battery was stolen from a Hyundai bakkie (CA68349) during the night.