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Wadhurst Neighbourhood Watch
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Welcome To Wadhurst Neighbourhood Watch.
Established Over 24 Years Ago. Raising Awareness To Combating & Detering Crime, Also Raising Awareness Of Criminal Activity In Our Community. Working With Sussex Police & Other Local Authorities & Agencies To Make Wadhurst A Safer Environment To Live & Work For All In Our Community.
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Wadhurst Area Crime Reports.
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Crime Updates from January 2009 Ongoing.
Please also SEE in L/H Menu: N.W & Sussex Police Appeals Page too.
Please also see in L/H Menu Pages 22 & 23 for All Previous Crime Reports : -
PCRpts 2006 / PCRpts January 2007 to December 2008.
WISH TO REPORT DANGEROUS OR ANTI SOCIAL DRIVING IN THE VILLAGE..website : http://www.sussex.police.uk/operations/crackdown.asp
Please call Sussex Police on Operation Crackdown on : 01243 64 22 22, giving registration number, vehicle details, time & place.
WADHURST CRIME REPORTS
inc : FLIMWELL, TICEHURST, WALLCROUCH & STONEGATE.............
( The Neighbouring Rother District ).
All CRIME UPDATES 2009.
06 - 01. Flimwell.Approx 3pm,silver VW Passat, registration no: LC05 YBP stolen from garage forecourt.
08 - 01. Ticehurst, The Warren. Overnight white Ford Escort van broken into, power tools stolen.
09 - 01. Ticehurst, Acres Rise. Apprx 3am, Nissan Cargo van broken into, 2 drills stolen.
09 - 01. Ticehurst, Farthing Hill. Overnight white Ford Transit broken into & searched, nothing stolen.
13 - 01.Tinkers Lne.Btwn 11.45am & 12.10pm,garden shed broken into,hedge trimmer & leaf blower stolen.
13/ 19 - 01.SnapeWood. Parked car broken into, 2 males seen in a car, info taken, arrest made.
15/ 16 - 01.Turners Grn. Overnight brick thrown through windscreen of parked Peugeot 306.
16 - 01.Nursery Cl. Overnight, garden ornaments stolen from front garden of private property.
30 - 01.Cockmount Lne.Apprx 4pm,house brick thrown through window of private property,no entry made
February 2009.
10 - 02.Pell Green,Btwn 4.30pm(09)&8.30am(10),Shed broken into,Suzuki 50cc Quad bike & crocket set stolen
10 - 02. Pell Green. Other sheds in area also broken into. Please check your sheds security.
March 2009.
06 - 03.Stonegate Rd.Btwn7.30am (5th) &12pm (6th),Citroen Saxo broken into, searched,nothing stolen.
08 - 03. Yew Tree Lne. Overnight, Shed broken into, Honda lawn mower stolen.
11 - 03. Bewl Water. Overnight, Damage done to hull of boat in dry dock.
15 - 03.Ticehurst.High St,12.45 am,Renault Scenic,minor damage,lite firework put under wheel,young male seen running away.
18 - 03.Wenban Lne.Btwn1.30pm & 2.20pm,Vauxhall Vectra broken into, interior searched, but nothing taken.
23 - 03.Faircrough Lne.Btwn 7am(22) & 8.30am(23)Several feed buckets taken from locked stable,feed given to horses, could have caused horses health problems because of each feed.
26 - 03. Durgates Hill. Early morning Vauxhall Vectra ploughed into fencing and lamp post, driver ran off.
27 - 03. Durgates, Little Park, Graffiti was done on building in community front entrance.
31 - 03. Wadhurst Station, 3 cars damaged and broken into for sat navs & 1 car at Stonegate Station.
April 2009.
01 - 04. Ticehurst, Springfields,pre 4.50pm, attempted break in to garage, lock damaged, no entry made.
04 - 04. Wadhurst Rd,Frant.Early hrs,White Citroen Saxo in accident,Police Appealing for witnesses to the accident.
10 - 04. High Street. Approx 10.30pm, Shop window smashed following a street disturbance.
15.04. Wards Lne. Overnight, private garage broken into, lawnmower stolen.
16.04. High St, 2 Bundles of newspapers taken & set on fire in Washwell Lane Football Pavilion.
20.04. Boarders Lne,Btwn 2pm & 4.40pm, home broken into, mobile phone, wallet & other items stolen.
04.05. Southview Rd, Approx 2.55am, a number of people seen damaging cars, wing mirrors, YET AGAIN.
05.05. Beech Hill.Overnight,Bumper,rear lights,no plate & tools stolen from white Ford Transit Tipper van.
07.05. Monks Lne, Btwn 7th & 11th, 10x8 high back Ivor Williams trailer was stolen from locked site.
13.04. Wardsbrook Rd. Garage broken into, strimmer & visor stolen.
15.04. Wards Lne. Overnight, private garage broken into, lawnmower stolen.
20.04. Boarders Lne,Btwn 2pm & 4.40pm, home broken into, mobile phone, wallet & other items stolen.
MAY 2009.
19.05. Rosemary Lne.Btw 6.50am & 7.45pm, Garden shed broken into, chainsaw & strimmer stolen.
26.05. Wards Lne. Btwn 10.30 & midday, Garden shed broken into, attempt to steal lawn mower.
26.05.Churchsettle Lne.Burglary.Btwn 10.00am & 5.45pm,Garden shed broken into,hand tools stolen.
26.05.Sparrows Grn Rd.Btwn10.30am & 6.20pm,Brick thrown through school window,no attempt to enter building.
27.05. Rose Hill, Ticehurst. Concrete blocks / boundary markers, knocked over at private property.
June 2009.
02.06.Bewlwater. Btwn 7.30pm ( 01 ) & 9am ( 02 ), Attempted break in to bicycle workshop.
06.06.High St. Btwn 8pm & 10.45pm, White Nissan Sunny, reg no : E760 EWC stolen from car park.
07.06.Bewlwater.Approx 3.30pm,Silver LandRover Discovery broken into,handbag hidden beneath seat was stolen.
12.06.Ticehurst Rd.Overnight,Landrover,G429 PWV, stolen from driveway,later found abandoned nearby.
13.06. Churchsettle Lne.Burglary, Overnight, Tools & petrol disc cutter stolen from farm outbuilding.
16.06. Churchsettle Lne. Burglary, Overnight, red Massey Ferguson Quad bike stolen from locked barn.
19.06. Bankside.Overnight, Speakers, DVD player, rear windscreen stolen from a Ford Fiesta.
20.06. High St. Burglary, Overnight, shop broken into, approx £4000 of Beauty products stolen.
20.06. Jonas Lne.Btwn 5.30pm(18)& 4.20pm (20), silver Ford T200, broken into, glove box searched, nothing stolen.
21.06. Sparrows Grn Rd.Btwn 2am & 10am, a car, postbox & bus timetable display, all yellow painted.
-. 06. Dewhurst Lne. Theft of cement from building site, following theft of rubbish shoots recently.
27.06. Great Durgates Close. Overnight, Btwn 5pm (26) & 9am (27), theft from unattended motor vehicle.
28.06. Sparrows Grn Rd. Attempted break in to Butchers, 2 males were disturbed, made off in a vehicle towards Lamberhurst.
29.06. Little Park, Durgates, @ 00.30, 2 suspicious males, one set fire to a rag, left it burning, the other left in car.
WARM WEATHER WARNING !!!
Before going to bed, please make sure you shut your downstairs windows, if in a bungalow, please shut your windows, and lock your bedroom window on its lowest setting, if you need your window ajar, to stop criminal access. Please also check you have shut your windows on your vehicle/s
*** Police Appeal For Witnesses For Road Traffic Collision ( RTC ) in the early hours of 04/04/2009, Wadhurst Road, Frant. Very sadly the driver has died. ***
Re : 09/10/08.
Two suspicious vehicles to keep an eye out for, and one further contractor vehicle. Greyish metalic pickup style vehicle with hardtop back, male driver with long hair, also old red pickup with two occupants. This is all the info we have at present other than the other vehicle that may have been involved, for which the registration has been given to the police, this was a contractor vehicle, supposed to be looking for a water leak, but when seen by a farm landrover, the two males quickly made their escape in their vehicle. Very strange !!!
Please be on the look out for suspicious / strange vehicles travelling the lanes, and if a so called water company vehicle is seen, especially a sub contractor style vehicle, please take it's number, description of vehicle & occupants, they may not be there to check for water leaks. ( you can always ring the water company to check if they have operatives in your area ).
If you see a suspicious vehicle, especially one you are not happy about, sitting near someone's home, farm or business, they may well be watching the movements of the people at the property, with plans to break in when they go out, or in a few days time, or even over night. Please alert the farms near to you, as they may not receive the crime messages, such as this one.
Please ring Sussex Police on 0845 60 70 999 or in emergency 999, Sussex Police are always happy to take your calls, despite how small the incident may seem to you. Your call just might hold a missing piece of the " picture ".
Tim Page - Wadhurst N.W.
Please SEE N.W & Sx Police Appeals Page.
*** POSTAL SCAM WARNING !!!!
ANOTHER Postal Scam.....
Can you circulate this around
especially as Xmas is fast approaching - it has been confirmed by Royal Mail. The Trading Standards Office are making people aware of the
following scam : -
A card is posted through your door from a company called PDS ( Parcel Delivery Service) suggesting that they were unable to deliver a parcel and that you need to contact them on 0906 6611911 (a premium rate number). DO NOT call this number, as this is a mail scam originating from Belize.
If you call the number and you start to hear a recorded message you will already have been billed £15 for the phone call.
If you do receive a card with these details, then please contact Royal Mail Fraud on 02072396655 or ICSTIS (the premium rate service regulator) at
www.icstis.org.uk
UPDATE 17/10/08.
Trading Standards said ‘This is quite an old "alert" The actual line was closed down in 2005 and the operator of the service was fined. I have attached a link to the PhonePay Plus statement about this trader and hope it answers your questions.’
http://www.phonepayplus.org.uk/pdfs_news/PostalScam2007.pdf
*** Postal Scam Update.......
Several of our members have said that the link to Postal Scam info from Trading Standards didn’t work. On this basis I have decided to type it here for in it’s full glory.
‘A statement from PhonepayPlus about the current “Postal Scam” chain mail PhonepayPlus, the phone-paid service regulator, is aware that a chain e-mail about an alleged postal scam is being circulated on the internet. The email refers to the Royal Mail, Trading Standards and ICSTIS (PhonepayPlus’ former name).
PhonepayPlus appreciates that recipients of the email may want to find out more information about the alleged scam and has therefore issued the following statement:
The chain email refers to a service that was shut down by us in December 2005.
We subsequently fined the company that was operating the service, Studio Telecom (based in Belize), £10,000.
The service is NO LONGER running and has NOT been running since December 2005.
The email refers to a £15 charge for simply being connected to a recorded message. This is NOT TRUE – a £15 connection charge does NOT exist. The service in question actually costs £1.50 per minute and lasted six minutes, making a total cost of £9 if callers stayed on the line for the full six minutes.
You do NOT need to contact us, or the Royal Mail, about this service as it was stopped almost two years ago.
If you receive a copy of the email warning you about the alleged scam, please do NOT forward it to others. Instead, please forward this statement from PhonepayPlus.
Please go to www.phonepayplus.org.uk/pdfs_news/ConsumerGuide.pdf for useful information about how to recognise phone-paid and understand what they cost, and some simple tips to help you enjoy using services with confidence.
For more detailed information about our work, please visit www.phonepayplus.org.uk’
I hope that clears up any queries you may have had. In the event of the links not working manually type in the addresses in your ‘address’ bar for the Internet or cut and paste them
*** THERE IS A SIMULAR POSTAL SCAM FROM LAST YEAR AT THE BOTTOM OF THIS PAGE.....
*** COUNTERFEIT SCOTTISH BANK NOTES IN CIRCULATION.
Counterfeit Scottish notes £20's & £50's are in circulation, if any persons are asking for notes to be changed then the best policy would be to point them in the direction of the nearest bank. For best practise it would be an idea to adopt a policy to check ALL NOTES when customers are purchasing goods, OR you as a customer check your change.
*** Good News re : Incident on 05.09.07.
Two in custody on suspicion of distraction burglary
On Tuesday 4th August at 5:20pm in Sparrow Green, Wadhurst a male called at the address of an elderly female. The male claimed to live nearby and that he was a friend of the brother of the man next door. The elderly female invited the male in who then asked for some change. The female obliged and went upstairs. The male then asked if he could have a look around upstairs, the elderly lady consented. After finishing his cup of tea the male left. The elderly lady closed her door and then thought about the strangeness of what had just happened to her. She soon discovered that a sum of money had been stolen from her house and that she had been duped by the male.
The elderly female called Police and told them everything she knew. Police arrived and completed detailed enquiries in the local area. Later that night two people were arrested in connection with this crime. Police worked closely with the elderly female, the community and Kent Police and the two are being held in custody pending further enquiries.
For advice on what exactly a distraction burglary is copy / paste these links : -
http://www.sussex.police.uk/community_safety/boguscallers.asp
http://www.homeoffice.gov.uk/crime-victims/how-you-can-prevent-crime/bogus-callers/
To keep yourself safe if you are elderly copy / paste links : -
http://www.sussex.police.uk/community_safety/personal_safety.asp
http://www.homeoffice.gov.uk/crime-victims/how-you-can-prevent-crime/staying-safe-if-elderly/?view=Standard
Advice links : -
Advice for keeping your house secure whilst on holiday copy / paste links : -
http://www.thamesvalley.police.uk/reduction/saferhomes/homesecurity/content.htm
For general crime prevention advice for home security, copy / paste link : -
http://www.sussex.police.uk/community_safety/home_security.asp
*** Sussex Police Announcement ***
Now Arrived............
For Free Anti-Theft Number Plate Screws For Your Vehicle.
To Book An Appointment For These Anti-Theft Screws or For Details, Please
Contact Sx Police - Or
Tim Page - Wadhurst Neighbourhood Watch.
wadhurstnwatch@btinternet.com
( 3 types of screw sizes available, also 3 different coloured screw head covers, yellow, black & white, so we need to see vehicle for issue ).
* Please Note The Anti-Theft Screws we have for replacement, are for vehicles that have number plates attached with Self Tapping Type Screws, not those with plastic bolts or those with captive bolt thread fixings ). In these cases of the plastic bolts & captive bolt threads, the number plate would require redrilling in a different place on the plate & vehicle, leaving the original bolts in place if so required, and fitting the new anti theft screws as well.
UPDATE 20/11/07
*** Please be aware, because of the increases in fuel prices, that criminals are stealing number plates to use on their vehicles, in drive offs ( without payments ) from Petrol Service Stations Forecourts.
LATEST LOST OR FOUND PROPERTY.
Lost / Missing Keys - 21/09/08.
In the last few days a Bunch of Keys has been lost in Lower High Street, Wadhurst, consisting of a car key, a gold coloured house type key & some other house type keys.
If found please advise Tim Page on wadhurstnwatch@btinternet.com
or
PC Steve Etherington or Sussex Police on 0845 60 70 999. THANKYOU.
***PLEASE SEE OTHER LOST OR FOUND ITEMS IN L/HAND MENU. THANKYOU.
*** Latest Sussex Police Appeals. ***
Wadhurst - Vehicle & Tools theft.
Police are appealing for witnesses following the theft of a white transit tipper with the registration number M695 GAG from Sparrow’s Green, Wadhurst. This theft occurred between 10:00pm and 10:30pm on Saturday 26th May 2007. There were numerous tools within a steel box on the vehicle. Anyone with any information is asked to contact PC Price at Crowborough police station on 0845 60 70 999 quoting serial 44 of the 27th May 2007, alternatively Crimestoppers can be contacted anonymously on 0800 555 111.
*** SECURITY ADVICE : -
*** Please make sure you lock all your doors & windows at night. Remove keys from any front door / rear door, internal locks that could be accessed through a letterbox. Take all your keys, car keys ( internal house keys on a keyring ) upstairs with you.
** Please never leave your house or car keys indoors near to a door or window, or leave your car keys or house keys in your vehicle or on display in your home.
** Please always keep your house keys on a seperate keyring from your car keys.
*** Please never leave ladders or garden tools laying around your garden for criminals to access your property or your neighbours.
*** Please always keep ladders under lock & key.
THANKYOU.
!!! LETTER BOMBS.
Public urged to be vigilant following UK letter bomb attacks.
In response to a number of letter bomb attacks in the UK, Sussex Police are working with other police forces in support of their investigations. There is no current intelligence that would indicate a likely attack in Sussex but the Force is urging people to be vigilant. Sussex Police are in contact with local companies, agencies and individuals to provide advice on improving security - particularly when handling incoming mail.
*** Advice and Information Suspicious Post.
I think I may have received a letter bomb... What do I do? Letter bombs - or Improvised Explosive Devices (IED) to give them their technical term - can come in a variety of shapes and sizes. Packages the size of paper-back books have been among the more successful. However, although they may be large, they do not need to be bulky and can be found in envelopes as well. If in doubt, do not tamper. It isn't necessary to open an envelope or package in any particular way to initiate an IED. It may just be triggered by an attempt, however slight, to open the outer cover.
ROYAL MAIL Warning on A Letterbox Delivery.
" This scam has been confirmed by Royal Mail and is especially relevant as Christmas is fast approaching
A card is posted through your door from a company called PDS (Parcel Delivery Service) suggesting that they were unable to deliver a parcel and that you need to contact them on 0906 6611911 ( a premium rate number ).
** DO NOT call this number, as this is a mail scam originating from Belize.If you call the number and you start to hear a recorded message you will already have been billed £15 for the phone call. If you do receive a card with these details, then please contact Royal Mail Fraud on 0207 2396655 or ICSTIS ( the premium rate service regulator) at www.icstis.org.uk, or your local trading standards office. "
*** Further Update 17/10/08.
Trading Standards said ‘This is quite an old "alert" The actual line was closed down in 2005 and the operator of the service was fined. I have attached a link to the PhonePay Plus statement about this trader and hope it answers your questions.’
http://www.phonepayplus.org.uk/pdfs_news/PostalScam2007.pdf
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Tim Page - Wadhurst Community Area Neighbourhood Watch Co-ordinator.
Contact Email : wadhurstnwatch@btinternet.com
Mark Rendall - Sussex Police N.W Manager.
Contact Email : mark.rendall@sussex.pnn.police.uk
Sgt Howard Nevill - Area Neighbourhood Policing Sergeant
Contact Email : howard.nevill@sussex.pnn.police.uk
PC Steve Etherington - Wadhurst Police Community Officer.
Contact Email : stephen.etherington@sussex.pnn.police.uk
Wadhurst PCSO Tamara Bennett - Police Community Support Officer.
Contact Email : tamara.bennett@sussex.pnn.police.uk
*** PCSO Marc Simmonds
*** Sadly Marc has moved on to pastures new at Gatwick Airport.
29/06/2009.
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