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Is anyone reading these blogs...

2009-06-03T00:32:00.000-07:00

...or am I wasting my time?

I have been a bit tremiss just lately in updating these blogs, but I feel sometimes that nobody reads them, or needs them. Please just post an anonymous comment to reassure me that there are people who are interested in the news updates.

Richard's Monthly Report for April 09 and May 09

2009-06-01T22:59:00.000-07:00

Monthly Report for the Parishes

Month: May 1st – 31st

Wickham Bishops

Nuisance Youths 03/05/2009
HANDLEYS LN. A group of approximately 5 male youths were reported to have been playing on the Beacon Hill sports assoc field. Reported to have looked suspicious.

RTC 06/05/2009
WITHAM RD. One vehicle had left the road and collided with a lamp post. No injuries, damage only to vehicle, lamp post and minor damage to a nearby house.

Abandoned Vehicle 13/05/2009
BYRON DR. One vehicle left on the road overnight opposite address preventing access to the highway from the premises.

Tree Down 14/05/2009
BLUE MILLS HILL. A small branch had fallen across the road causing a hazard for motorcyclists.

Criminal Damage 19/05/2009
WELLANDS. Persons unknown have caused damage to a front door to an address, suspected to have been kicked with force.

Faulty ATS 25/05/2009
MAYPOLE RD. Maypole road end traffic lights stopped working for a short peiod of time.

Burglary 27/05/2009
WITHAM RD. Persons unknown gained entry by force to property and removed personal belongings including keys to a 4x4 vehicle value of £60,000. Suspects made off in the vehicle.

A total of 14 calls were made to police from Wickham Bishops.

Great Totham

Suspicious Circumstances 08/05/2009
PRINCE OF WALES RD. Male aged approximately in his thirties knocked the door of premises claiming to be from EDF energy. When male was refused entry to read the meter he became aggressive. The male left in a Black Ford KA, no other details known. Later confirmed that the male had nothing to do with EDF and was a hoax caller.

Animal 12/05/2009
MALDON RD. Two horses were reported to have been seen loose on the road causing alarm to other road users. Horses later returned safely to the owner.

Driving Complaint 14/05/2009
MALDON RD. Reported by a female that whilst driving along the Maldon rd a vehicle sped up very close to her rear bumper. Vehicles stopped and a slight altercation occurred. Offending driver sped off after being abusive to the informant.

Burglary 18/05/2009
BROAD STREET GREEN RD. Suspects unknown have gained entry to property by force and ransacked the premises. Informant was unsure if anything had been stolen as he believed he may have caught them in the act and scared them off.

Fly-tipping 21/05/2009
CHURCH RD. Between the times of 1300 and 1700 suspects unknown had dumped old vehicle parts and metal off the roadside down a track. Local council were called.

Criminal Damage 27/05/2009
SCHOOL RD. Persons unknown, suspected to be local youths have removed front garden solar lights. They have also snapped off the Ariel of the owner’s car. Noticed too, that similar offences had occurred down the road to other vehicles.

Burglary 27/05/2009
CAPTAINS WOOD RD. Reported that 31 chickens have been stolen from a secure compound, electrical fence surrounding. Approx value of chickens at £250.

Theft 27/05/2009
BEADLE PL. Persons unknown have removed hanging baskets from an address and caused damage to them dragging them down the road.

A total of 19 calls were made to police from Great Totham.

Little Totham

RTC 18/05/2009
THE STREET. A lorry has collided with a wall of a premises causing considerable damage. Vehicle failed to stop for the collision. Police action not required as vehicle company was identified and damage caused was to go through insurance.

Fire 25/05/2009
SAWYERS RD. Reported that a vehicle was on fire. Upon police attendance it appeared that the fire was non suspicious and was due to an electrical fault.

A total of three calls were made to police from Little Totham.

Great Braxted

Decamp 09/05/2009
BRAXTED PARK RD. One vehicle reported to have had an RTC and then the driver got out and made off. No trace after a large police area search was carried out of the driver. It was later reported that the vehicle had been stolen from Braintree.

Tree Down 12/05/2009
LEA LN. Braxted end of Lean Lane a tree has fallen and causing a complete block to the road. Highways agency attended and removed the tree.

Burglary 19/05/2009
BRAXTED PARK RD. A large amount of gardening equipment has been stolen amounting to a very large amount of money by suspects unknown.

A total of 8 calls were made to police from Great Braxted.

Little Braxted

No incidents to report.

RICHARD STOTT
PCSO 72839
North Blackwater Neighbourhood Policing Team
Tolleshunt D'Arcy Police Post Contacts:
External 01621 868576
Fax 01621 860671
Officers Direct Contact 07958379451
Non Emergency Number 033 333 4444
Emergency Number 999
Email richard.stott@essex.pnn.police.uk

Maldon Police Station,
West Square, Maldon,
CM95PA
Opening hours: Sat - Tues 9am - 5pm, Weds - Fri 8am - 8pm,
To find out what is happening in your neighbourhood and all about your local neighbourhood policing team visit www.essex.police.uk/yourarea and enter your post code

April

Monthly Report for the Parishes

Month: April 1st – 30st

Wickham Bishops

RTC 07/04/2009
TIPTREE RD. Two vehicle collision with no injuries causing an obstruction to the road.

Theft 08/04/2009
HATFIELD RD. Reported that an orange petrol powered cement mixer had been stolen from the driveway of address. Enquiries are ongoing.

Broken Down Vehicle 09/04/2009
BLUE MILLS HILL. One vehicle causing a dangerous obstruction to other road users approaching and leaving Wickham Bishops.

Criminal Damage 11/04/2009
CHURCH RD. Reported that between the hours of 1100 and 1300 the nearside window of a vehicle was smashed by means unknown, no theft took place as a result.

Theft 13/04/2009
ROOTS LN. Unknown persons have stolen a secure 5 bar wooden gate from premises. Enquiries are ongoing.

RTC fail to stop 30/04/2009
WELLANDS. Two vehicle collision leaving one vehicle damaged and in need of roadside recovery. No further police action was taken.

Theft 29/04/2009
CHURCH CLOSE. Persons unknown have removed a large plant pot from outside premises.

A total of 15 calls were made to police from Wickham Bishops.

Great Totham

Driving Complaint 02/04/2009
BROAD STREET GREEN. A gold hatchback was seen to be driving erratically and dangerously fast through above road causing other road users alarm.

Suspicious Circumstances 03/04/2009
SCHOOL RD. Peddler knocking on doors selling unknown items door to door.

RTC 06/04/2009
Two vehicle RTC with no injuries but vehicles badly damaged. Alcohol related collision with one person arrested.

Suspicious Circumstances 14/04/2009
WALDEN HOUSE RD. Two males, thought to be travellers approached the premises of Marvins Stables asking to buy scrap metal. When declined they turned aggressive and drove their vehicle, White Ford Transit at workers on the site.

Suspicious Circumstances 15/04/2009
PLAINS RD. The same vehicle as above, White Ford Transit van was seen in suspicious circumstances. Reported that they may have been sizing up the land.

Nuisance Youths 21/04/2009
STAPLERS HEATH. Reported that approximately a group of up to 15 youths were kicking a football in the road.

Burglary 23/04/2009
COLCHESTER RD. A work shop within a secure yard had been broken in to overnight. One item value of over £800 was stolen.

Theft 25/04/2009
CAPTAINS WOOD RD. Between the hours of 2100 and 1100 persons unknown have removed three large fence panels.

A total of 19 calls were made to police from Great Totham.

Little Totham

Theft 22/04/2009
Reported that sometime overnight persons unknown have siphoned off diesel from a vehicle. Approximately 200 litres of fuel has been taken.

A total of 4 calls were made to police from Little Totham.

Great Braxted

Obstruction 27/04/2009
BRAXTED PARK RD. Reported that an articulated lorry is stuck in the road. Upon police arrival the lorry had managed to get free and carry on its journey.

A total of 5 calls were made to police from Great Braxted.

Little Braxted

Theft 06/04/2009
WITHAM RD. Persons unknown have removed the front and nearside doors of a red vehicle. Cost of replacing the doors amounts to £800.

Burglary 15/04/2009
LITTLE BRAXTED LN. Reported that the front gates to property have been smashed by persons unknown and have gained entry to by force into a warehouse and stolen a lawn mower value approximately £5/6000.

A total of 3 calls were made to police from Little Braxted.

RICHARD STOTT
PCSO 72839
North Blackwater Neighbourhood Policing Team
Tolleshunt D'Arcy Police Post Contacts:
External 01621 868576
Fax 01621 860671
Officers Direct Contact 07958379451
Non Emergency Number 033 333 4444
Emergency Number 999
Email richard.stott@essex.pnn.police.uk

Maldon Police Station,
West Square, Maldon,
CM95PA
Opening hours: Sat - Tues 9am - 5pm, Weds - Fri 8am - 8pm,
To find out what is happening in your neighbourhood and all about your local neighbourhood policing team visit www.essex.police.uk/yourarea and enter your post code

Richard's Monthly Report March 09

2009-04-16T03:36:00.000-07:00

Monthly Report for the Parishes

Month: March 1st – 31st

Wickham Bishops

Burglary 02/03/2009
WITHAM RD. Attempted burglary. The front door of the premises had been forced open but no entry was gained and nothing was taken from the premises.

Broken down vehicle 03/03/2009
WICKHAM HALL LN. A driver of a broken down vehicle reported that they were causing an obstruction to the above road. A thorough scan of the area proved no trace of the vehicle or driver.

Theft 07/03/2009
MAYPOLE RD. Reported that between the hours of 23:45 and 06:00 of the 7th, 6 solar lights had been removed from the front garden of the address.

Driving complaint/Nuisance vehicle 14/03/2009
BEACON HILL. Reported by a driver that two males on a scooter styled bike were driving erratically causing other road users to swerve and use evasive action to prevent a collision.

RTC 16/03/2009
WICKHAM HILL. Two vehicle RTC with injuries. Involving one car and one motorcycle. Motorcyclist sustained injuries also a broken leg

RTC 21/03/2009
BEACON HILL. Reported that just prior to 07:00 a vehicle had collided with a telegraph pole and a private fence causing considerable damage to both. The offending vehicle failed to stop. Details of the offending vehicle were taken and passed to police.

Nuisance youths 30/03/2009
CHURCH RD. Reported that a group of children were kicking a ball about and causing antisocial behaviour in the area. Upon police arrival there was no trace of the youths.

A total of 25 calls were made to police in March

Great Totham

Criminal Damage 04/03/2009
PRINCE OF WALES RD. Damage has been caused to a vehicle by paint being thrown over it and the tyres being let down whilst parked over night outside an address.

Nuisance youths 06/03/2009
STAPLERS WK. Youths were reported to be causing antisocial behaviour by kicking a football against some ones property. Police spoke to the youths and gave words of advice.

Criminal damage 07/03/2009
STAPLERS CL. Unknown persons have damaged wooden fence panels, taking one down and breaking a second in half causing it to splinter badly.

Suspicious vehicles 09/03/2009
CHURCH RD. Two vehicles were seen parked in a suspicious manner in a lay-by, upon police arrival it appeared that there was nothing untoward.

Theft of metal 10/03/2009
MALDON RD. Suspects unknown have removed 4 metres of lead flashing from the roof of an address in the above road.

Suspect on premises 12/03/2009
COLCHESTER RD. Reported that whilst dark approximately 21:15 a male was seen to be in the back garden of the address peering in through a back window. Nothing had been stolen from the garden and the suspect had made off upon police arrival.

Nuisance other 14/03/2009
STAPLERS WK. Reported a noise nuisance from a nearby address. Upon police arrival nothing appeared untoward/causing a nuisance.

Theft 21/03/2009
FOSTER RD. Approximately midday unknown persons have removed two hanging baskets from address.

RTC 22/03/2009
COLCHESTER RD. Unknown vehicle has collided with a parked car which in turn has rolled into a second car causing damage. No injuries were sustained as a result of the collision.

Nuisance youths 29/03/2009
MALDON RD. Reported that a group of youths were being loud in Jubilee playing area.

Flares 29/03/2009
HERIOT WAY. Two flares were seen to be set off. Upon police arrival the flares had worn out and were recovered.

A total of 20 calls were made to police in March

Little Totham

2 Calls were made to police in the month of March

Great Braxted

Flooding 04/03/2009
BRAXTED PARK RD. Near to Sextons lane approximately 20 metres in length the road was completely flooded due to the adverse weather conditions.

Burglary 12/03/2009
LEA LN. Unknown persons gained entry by force to an address, stole a large quantity of jewellery from upstairs rooms.

Burglary 19/03/2009
BRAXTED PARK RD. Overnight, a barn had been broken into where three large hot water cylinders had been removed. A padlock had been broken to gain access.

Theft 28/03/2009
LEA LN. Suspects unknown have removed a small trailer by force whilst it was padlocked and chained to a tree.

A total of 7 calls were made to the police in March.

Little Braxted

Burglary 13/03/2009
WITHAM RD. Overnight a container had been broken into by force, suspects unknown have removed a large amount of electrical equipment. A second container was subject to the same crime.

Burglary 27/03/2009
LITTLE BRAXTED HALL. Suspects unknown have gained access by force to a barn and removed a quad bike amounting to £2000. Other farm equipment was left untouched within the barn.

Fly-tipping 31/03/2009
LITTLE BRAXTED LN. Reported that a silver Ford Ranger pick up truck towing a caravan dumped a large amount of waste. Upon arrival of police there was no trace of the vehicle or dumped waste.

A total of 4 calls were made to police in March.

RICHARD STOTT
PCSO 72839
North Blackwater Neighbourhood Policing Team
Tolleshunt D'Arcy Police Post Contacts:
External 01621 868576
Fax 01621 860671
Officers Direct Contact 07958379451
Non Emergency Number 033 333 4444
Emergency Number 999
Email richard.stott@essex.pnn.police.uk

Maldon Police Station,
West Square, Maldon,
CM95PA
Opening hours: Sat - Tues 9am - 5pm, Weds - Fri 8am - 8pm,
To find out what is happening in your neighbourhood and all about your local neighbourhood policing team visit www.essex.police.uk/yourarea and enter your post code

Richard's Monthly Report February 09

2009-03-05T11:23:00.000-08:00

Monthly Report for the Parishes

Month: Feb 1st – 28th

Wickham Bishops

Tree Down 03/02/2009
WITHAM RD. A tree was reported to have fallen in the above road causing an obstruction. Council workers attended and removed the tree.

RTC 04/02/2009
BEACON HILL. Due to weather conditions Beacon Hill suffered black ice causing two collisions involving cars. No injuries were sustained but bushes by the road side were damaged.

RTC 04/02/2009
THE STREET. Minor car collision, one vehicle striking another’s wing mirror. No injuries were sustained.

RTC 04/02/2009
BEACON HILL. Reported that a vehicle had collided with a hedge outside a premises. No injuries and police did not attend as the vehicle was off the road and not causing an obstruction.

ANIMAL 06/02/2009
MAYPOLE RD. Four horses were seen loose in Wickham Bishops, from maypole rd, Holt drive, Great Totham rd. Horses were later secured in a garden and the owner came to collect.

TREE DOWN 07/02/2009
BLUE MILLS HILL. A small branch had fallen into the road causing a slight obstruction and vehicles both directions to swerve into opposing lanes.

RTC 11/02/2009
STATION RD. A three vehicle RTC causing a complete obstruction to road. Ambulance called for one person. No other persons were injured and all vehicles recovered.

RTC 12/02/2009
STATION RD. Reported that a car was on its roof and one persons trapped within.
The above road was closed due to black ice covering the entire road. The trapped person suffered no injuries

Fail to Stop RTC 17/02/2009
THE STREET. A witness saw one car strike another’s wing mirror whilst parked outside SIGNS in the above road. The culprit vehicle drove off without stopping.

A total of 15 calls were made to police from Wickham Bishops in the month of February.

Great Totham

Suspicious Circumstances 01/02/2009
MALDON RD. Reported that a male was trying to gain entry by force into the village stores. Upon Police arrival no entry had been gained and no one was seen in the area.

Theft 02/02/2009
HARVEY RD. Heating oil has been reported stolen from a tank from a rear garden. Approximately half a tank had been removed amounting near to £300. Enquiries ongoing.

ANIMAL 04/02/2009
BROAD STREET GREEN. 3 horses had been reported running loose. Upon police arrival there were no signs of loose horses.

RTC 11/02/2009
MOUNTAINS RD. One vehicle reported to have come off the road and landed up side down in a ditch. The driver was unhurt and organised his own recovery.

Fail to stop RTC 11/02/2009
BROAD STREET GREEN. One vehicle reported to have ‘lost it’ and come off the road colliding with a road sign and fencing of an address. The vehicle did not stop but later reported the collision at Maldon Police station.

NUISANCE-YOUTH 12/02/2009
STAPLERS HEATH. Reported that snowballs with stones within were being thrown at houses. Due to adverse weather conditions police would only attend to emergencies. No further calls were received.

RTC 13/02/2009
MOUNTAINS RD. One vehicle causing an obstruction after coming off the road due to severe ice on the road. No injuries were sustained.

NUISANCE-YOUTH 17/02/2009
BROAD STREET GREEN. Reported that youths were on a shared drive smoking and causing a general nuisance. Youths left shortly after police were called.

Theft 25/02/2009
BROADOAK CH. A secure car trailer had been removed by persons unknown. Enquiries ongoing.

FIREARM SEEN 25/02/2009
COLCHESTER RD. Person reporting that a male on a quad bike had a shotgun like weapon. The last sighting of this person was on a field off Braxted lane. No other sighting reported or calls made to police.

CRIMINAL DAMAGE 26/02/2009
FOSTER RD Reported that a tyre of informant vehicle had been slashed intentionally.

RTC 12/02/2009
STATION RD. Reported that a car was on its roof and one persons trapped within.
The above road was closed due to black ice covering the entire road. The trapped person suffered no injuries

A total of 22 calls were made to police from Great Totham.

Little Totham

BURGLARY 06/02/2009
FIELD VIEW DR. No signs of forced entry but reported that an address has been turned upside down. Many items stolen including house hold electrical equipment.

NUISANCE-YOUTH 12/02/2009
THE STREET. Reported that a number of youths were playing chicken in the road on bikes causing a danger to themselves and road users.

NUISANCE- VEHICLE 21/02/2009
SCHOOL RD. Reported that two quad bike were causing a noise nuisance driving past address.

Great Braxted

ROAD CONDITIONS 07/02/2009
BRAXTED PARK RD. Reported that the road was completed covered in ice.

THEFT OF MOTOR VEHICLE 10/02/2009
BRAXTED PARK RD. Between the times of 10pm and 7am reported that a vehicle had been stolen. Enquiries ongoing.

ROAD FLOODING 11/02/2009
BRAXTED PARK RD. Between Tiptree and Rivenhall End by Braxted Hall the road was completed flooded. One vehicle was seen to be broken down in the water.

RTC 17/02/2009
TIPTREE RD. One vehicle colliding with a fence. No injuries sustained and the driver organised their own recovery.

A total of 6 calls were made to police from Great Braxted.

Little Braxted

SUSPICIOUS CIRCUMSTANCES 21/02/2009
KELVEDON RD. One male was seen acting suspiciously in a car. Driving up to address the driving away numerous times. Got out of the vehicle and returned 10 minutes later. Generally acting suspiciously.

RICHARD STOTT
PCSO 72839
North Blackwater Neighbourhood Policing Team
Tolleshunt D'Arcy Police Post Contacts:
External 01621 868576
Fax 01621 860671
Officers Direct Contact 07958379451
Non Emergency Number 033 333 4444
Emergency Number 999
Email richard.stott@essex.pnn.police.uk

Maldon Police Station,
West Square, Maldon,
CM95PA
Opening hours: Sat - Tues 9am - 5pm, Weds - Fri 8am - 8pm,
To find out what is happening in your neighbourhood and all about your local neighbourhood policing team visit www.essex.police.uk/yourarea and enter your post code

Richard's Monthly Report January 09

2009-02-04T12:31:00.000-08:00

Monthly Report for the Parishes

Month: January 1st – 31st

Great Totham
Road Conditions 02/01/2009
MALDON RD. An overflowing septic tank caused both lanes of Maldon rd to be covered in ice causing a tremendous hazard to road users. Police were called to the scene to provide traffic control joined by the highways department to salt the road. The following day a private contractor dealt with the overflowing septic tank.

Hare Coursing 11/01/2009
HALL RD. Reported that 3 females and a dog were seen walking across a footpath off Hall rd claiming to be hare coursing. Upon police arrival there was no trace of any people or any hare coursing taking place.

Suspicious Persons 13/01/2009
SEAGERS RD. Reported that a male was seen acting suspiciously in an alleyway leading to the cricket pitch leading from Seagers. Male was wearing a dark Parkers jacket with the hood up over his head, no other descriptions were given and no trace of the male upon police arrival.

Nuisance Vehicle 16/01/2009
STAPLERS HEATH A young person was seen to be driving a moped at speed with no lights on and one flat tyre.

Suspicious Persons 17/01/2009
MALDON RD. Reported by an off duty police officer that a male was carrying unknown items in a wheel barrow in company with two other males also carrying unknown items. Police challenged the males and appeared to be local youths heading home after building a BMX track.

Burglary 18/01/2009
BROOK CLOSE. Unknown person gained entry to a premises without the use of force and have taken one laptop computer. A Ford Fiesta was seen to be driven suspiciously around the time of the burglary by a next door neighbour driven by a male with ginger hair.

Theft from Motor Vehicle (TFMV) 21/01/2009
ST PETERS WK. Passport Credit and debit card were taken from a car left possibly insecure as there were no signs of forced entry. Vehicle was parked on driveway of the address.

Nuisance Vehicle 18/01/2009
HARVEY RD. Reported a Mazda 4x4 was causing a nuisance being parked in the above road. An Officer attended and deemed the vehicle to be of no police interest.

Burglary 21/01/2009
BROAD STREET GREEN. Persons unknown have gained entry into an address without the use of force and have taken mainly jewellery and cash amounting to no more than £15.

Theft 22/01/2009
PRINCE OF WALES RD. A charity box by Essex and Herts Air Ambulance Trust has been taken from The Prince of Wales pub by persons unknown. The charity box was full at the time of theft.

Nuisance Vehicle 27/01/2009
HALL RD. Reported that a small blue hatchback was racing up and down Hall rd wheel spinning and causing a general nuisance to other road users. No trace upon police arrival.

RTC 30/01/2009
CAPTAINS WOOD RD. Located at the junction of Cptns Wd rd and Maypole rd a two vehicle RTC with one car causing a complete obstruction to the junction and debris spread across the rd. Minor injuries sustained by one party.

RTC 31/01/2009
COLCHESTER RD. A vehicle over night has failed to stop after colliding wit a MPH sign and a bus stop post. No descriptions of car or any other details were able to be obtained as occurred over night.

23 calls were made to police from Great Totham in January.

Little Totham

Abandoned Vehicle 05/01/2009
SCHOOL RD. Vehicle seen not to have moved for possibly ten days. Reported as thought to of been stolen. Registered owner of the local area so of no police interest.

Burglary 22/01/2009
LITTLE RENTERS FARM. A shed has been entered by force; two panels have been ripped off and two metal storage containers have been opened again by force and metal cabling taken and a workman’s drill. All amounting to well over £1000.

Great Braxted

RTC 08/01/2009
BRAXTED PARK RD. Two vehicle RTC with no injuries. Location given as the bridge by the Commodity centre. One vehicle completely obstruction the road and both vehicle immobile. Caused by one car not giving way over the bridge.

Debris 09/01/2009
BRAXTED PARK RD. Reported that a large branch of a tree had fallen into the road causing a complete obstruction. Local council attended and removed the branch.

RTC 24/01/2009
BRAXTED PARK RD. Off duty Police Officer reporting one vehicle in a ditch roadside, caused by ice on the road. Little damage caused to the car and no injuries sustained by the passengers.

RTC 24/01/2009
BRAXTED PARK RD. Reported that one car had skidded off the road due to ice. No injuries or damage caused to the vehicle.

Animal 29/01/2009
BRAXTED PARK RD. One vehicle had struck a large Deer subsequently causing a partial obstruction to the road forcing some cars to dangerously swerve to avoid it.

10 Calls from Great Braxted were made to police in the month.

Little Braxted

Burglary 11/01/2009
KELVEDON RD, ESSEX & SUFFOLK WATER SITE. Unknown persons have forced entry into the site and taken items from a metal container, unable to ascertain at this time what has been taken. One vehicle was seen to be driven off at speed from the site with the boot open and something hanging out. A Vauxhall Cavalier is a possible suspect car. Police conducted area searches of the district to no trace.

3 calls were made to the police from Little Braxted during the month.

Wickham Bishops

RTC 08/01/2009
STATION RD. Two vehicle RTC with no injuries. One vehicle causing an obstruction to the road. One driver reported for careless driving.

Theft 14/01/2009
WICKHAM HALL LN. Persons unknown have removed a canvas from a large tent erected in a field beside the road. The tent had been entered but unknown if anything else had been stolen.

Criminal Damage 16/01/2009
GRANGE RD. Reported that persons unknown have tried to gain entry by force into an address but unsuccessful as proved to hard to break through the double glazing of a window.

Burglary 17/01/2009
GT TOTHAM RD. Location given as the scout hut junction with Kelvedon rd. Persons unknown have gained entry by force into two large containers storing scouting equipment. Unknown at this time if anything has been stolen.

Burglary 22/01/2009
HOLT DR. Persons unknown have obtained entry into premises without the use of force and have taken valuable items, jewellery and a watch etc.

RTC 24/01/2009
LANGFORD RD. One vehicle RTC causing only damage to itself but causing and obstruction to the road and debris to be spread across the road.

14 calls from Wickham Bishops to the police in January

RICHARD STOTT
PCSO 72839
North Blackwater Neighbourhood Policing Team
Tolleshunt D'Arcy Police Post Contacts:
External 01621 868576
Fax 01621 860671
Officers Direct Contact 07958379451
Non Emergency Number 033 333 4444
Emergency Number 999
Email richard.stott@essex.pnn.police.uk

Maldon Police Station,
West Square, Maldon,
CM95PA
Opening hours: Sat - Tues 9am - 5pm, Weds - Fri 8am - 8pm,
To find out what is happening in your neighbourhood and all about your local neighbourhood policing team visit www.essex.police.uk/yourarea and enter your post code

Antibump Locks

2009-01-28T13:36:00.000-08:00

It is possible to get looks which are not vulnerable to these special keys, apparently.

Contact the local firm First Choice Windows for information.

Or you can google for other suppliers of locks or an additive which makes the locks arehder to manipulate.

Remember some insurance companies won't pay out if there are no signs of forced entry.

Urgent Warning Burglaries

2009-01-27T07:39:00.000-08:00

Dear All,

There have been a number of burglaries in the area, targeting things like jewellery and laptops. These appear to have been through insecure doors. However, it may be that the burglar(s) are using a special key to gain entry.

You can get locks for your laptops.

If you can. please double lock your doors.

Anything suspicious, please phone 999 if it's ongoing. Especially if you see someone fiddling with a key in a lock, and bashing it with a hammer or a screwdriver

Richard's Monthly Report for the 5 Villages Dec 08

2009-01-26T23:11:00.000-08:00

Chris's weekly report for 19 1 09 is here

Monthly Report for the Parishes

Month: December, 1st– 31st

Great Totham

RTC 05/12/2008 WALDEN HOUSE RD. Child hit by a passing car crossing the road at school closing time. Minor injuries sustained by the Child.

Property Found 14/12/2008
HALL RD. Reported a MINI MOTO had been found dumped stripped down of anything valuable. No reports regarding a stolen Mini Moto in the past week.

Burglary 22/12/2008
BROAD STREET GREEN. A single domestic computer stolen from address. Rear door was the point of entry. Unknown if entry was forced or not.

Animal 26/12/2008
COLCHESTER RD. Reported that two horses were loose and informant was concerned for their welfare and the fact that an accident may occur. Informant had rounded them into their own garden. Owner was informed.

A total of 19 calls were made from Great Totham to police 1/dec – 31/dec.

Little Totham

Road Conditions 10/12/2008
CHURCH LN. Reported that there is a large part of the road covered in black ice. Reported as three near misses involving vehicles had just occurred.

Total of 4 call were made to police regarding Little Totham

Great Braxted

RTC 02/12/2008
BRAXTED PARK RD. Car reported to have been driving all over the road, up embankments over into the opposite lane etc. Whilst informant was reporting this phoning through on a hands free device following the vehicle, the vehicle left the road completely and crashed through a fence into a field.

RTC 05/12/2008
TIPTREE RD. Two vehicle head on collision, two persons trapped in one vehicle. Fire service extracted trapped party and conveyed to hospital. Other injuries were serious and all parties attended hospital.

RTC 09/12/2008
BRAXTED PARK RD. Two vehicle RTC slight injuries sustained. One vehicle turning across road at a junction into another road as other vehicle pulled out.

A total of 6 calls were made from Great Braxted to Police 1/dec – 31/dec.

Little Braxted

Car Fire 21/12/2008
WITHAM RD. Car found completely burnt out. Owner of the vehicle had reported incident to Suffolk police. Essex police did attend but had already been dealt with.

Wickham Bishops

RTC 11/12/2008
WICKHAM HALL LN. Two vehicles involved non injury. Persons exchanged details and one vehicle remained causing a slight obstruction waiting for recovery.

RTC 11/12/2008
WITHAM RD. Two vehicle RTC one vehicle failing to stop at scene. Slight injuries sustained. Off duty paramedic was first on scene.

RTC 26/12/2008
KELVEDON RD. Two vehicle RTC no injuries, Debris spread across the road and vehicles causing a road block.

Road Conditions 26/12/2008
STATION RD. Reported that a large pothole approximately 3-4 inches deep was deteriorating further due to cars driving over it. Informant concerned as a accident may occur.

18 calls were made to Essex police from Wickham Bishops 1/dec – 31/dec.

RICHARD STOTT
PCSO 72839
North Blackwater Neighbourhood Policing Team
Tolleshunt D'Arcy Police Post Contacts:
External 01621 868576
Fax 01621 860671
Officers Direct Contact 07958379451
Non Emergency Number 033 333 4444
Emergency Number 999
Email richard.stott@essex.pnn.police.uk

Maldon Police Station,
West Square, Maldon,
CM95PA
Opening hours: Sat - Tues 9am - 5pm, Weds - Fri 8am - 8pm,
To find out what is happening in your neighbourhood and all about your local neighbourhood policing team visit www.essex.police.uk/yourarea and enter your post code

Blackwater North Villages (Great Totham) NPT

Wickham Bishops (Purleigh NPT)

Week ending 11th Jan 09

2009-01-14T00:16:00.000-08:00

NAP meeting 22nd January Great Totham Village Hall. 7.00pm

Information Update 12 01 09

Business Watch Members – do not forget meeting is Tuesday 13 January at 7.00pm at Warwick Arms, High Street, Maldon.

Purleigh

Between 5.45 and 6.00pm on 9 January, two unidentified males, claiming to be interested in a van for sale, gained entry to a premises in The Street, by barging past the occupant when she took the security chain off the door. They stole a bag containing a purse, cards, cash and a mobile phone, estimated value £200. Suspects are both white males. First is around 35-45 years old, about 6’ tall, hefty build, wearing a flat tweed cap and dark clothes. Second suspect is about 16 years old, about 5’5” tall, slim build and wearing a beanie type stretch hat and dark clothing.

Please ensure that all in the area are awre of this artifice burglary and ensure they do not remove the security chain from the door until they are satisfied they want to let the visitor in.

Maldon

Around 7.30pm on 9 January, a male threw a brick through the front window of a property in Gloucester Avenue. He also threw bricks through the rear windscreens of a blue Ford Focus and a silver Landrover Freelander. The suspect is a white male, around 5’9” tall, in his early twenties, wearing dark clothing and a dark hooded top. A request for help to identify the suspect will appear in the press this week.

Between 10.30 and 11.00am on January 10, a purse, in a secure handbag carried on a shopping trolley, was stolen in Poundstretchers. Estimated value £45.

Between 0024 and 0453 on January 11, unknown suspects broke into the Maldon Sports and Social Club, in Park Drive, by smashing a double glazed window. Nothing was taken, but a fruit machine was damaged. Since the suspects appear to have been disturbed, there is a possibility they will try again, so please let police know if you see anything unusual.

Heybridge

Between 4.00pm on January 3 and 9.00am on January 5, suspects gained entry to a white Vauxhall Combi van in Heywood way, and stole various items including a Tom Tom sat nav system, cash and clothes, valued at £520. Information to Pc Tracy Box.

Little Braxted

Around 6.15pm on January 11, suspects forced entry to a locked site in Kelvedon Road, by cutting locks and stole tools, a 10KV generator and a 4KV generator, valued at more than £1,000. Information to Pc Martyn Leggett.

Forthcoming NAPs meetings:

Thursday 22 January at 7.00pm Great Totham Village Hall NAP

NHW co-ordinators should make every effort to attend their local meeting. In that way, they can be certain that the issues in their area are identified and prioritised.

If you require any further information, please let me know.

Mrs Chris Walker
12 January 2009

Chris's report 15th Dec 08

2008-12-17T08:39:00.000-08:00

Chris's report is here

http://gttothamlostfoundmissing.blogspot.com/

PCSO Richard Stott's Report for November 08

2008-12-10T00:07:00.000-08:00

Monthly Report for the Parishes – November
PCSO Richard Stott 72839

Maldon Police Station 0300 333 4444
Tolleshunt D’Arcy Police Station 0300 333 4444
Duty Mobile 07710 046156

Great Braxted

No incidents to report

Little Braxted

Obstruction 04/11/2008
LITTLE BRAXTED LN. Report of an articulated lorry stuck trying to attempt a turn around. Miss read or not read the no lorry sign at Colemans Bridge.

RTC 20/11/2008
WITHAM RD. Foreign lorry reported to have collided with fence posts and panels. Considerable damage caused also to a bridge. The lorry driver made off without stopping.

Great Totham

Theft 05/11/2008
MALDON RD. Report of persons removing large gas bottles with cutting equipment causing damage to the address as pipes lead into the house.

RTC 19/11/2008
CAPTAINS WOOD RD. Reported that an articulated vehicle has reversed into another vehicle that was occupied at the time. Lorry driver was unaware of making any contact with another object subsequently made off from the scene.

Obstruction 28/11/2008
BRAXTED LN. A large number of trees had been dumped in the middle of the road causing an obstruction. Highways agency called and successfully removed the trees.

Little Totham

No incidents to report

Wickham Bishops

RTC 05/11/2008
MAYPOLE RD. Two vehicle RTC one, party sustaining minor injuries. As a result, the road was blocked for a short period of time.

Speeding 06/11/2008
KELVEDON RD. An ongoing situation of speeding vehicles through the road and not giving way to pedestrians.

Tree down 10/11/2008
TIPTREE RD. Report of a large tree causing an obstruction. Highways agency were informed and they dealt with the tree.

Attempted Theft 11/11/2008
KELVEDON RD. Reported that between the hours of 09:00 13:00 persons unknown gained entry by force into a car, nothing was taken.

Theft 15/11/2008
MAYPOLE RD. Reported that front and rear number plates have been removed from a vehicle.

PCSO Richard Stott 72839
Tolleshunt D’Arcy Police Post 01621 868576
Richard.stott@essex.pnn.police.uk

Chris's Reports for 30th November and 7th December

2008-12-10T00:01:00.000-08:00

Full reports for Maldon District are here

Maldon

Overnight on 24/25 November, a blue and silver Porsche 924 was stolen from London Road. The vehicle was later recovered at St Francis Roman Catholic School, West Chase. Information to Pc Michele Oliver.

At Church Street, between 1730 and 1830 on 27 November, a lady left her bag on her doorstep and it was stolen. It was returned later by a man, but various cards and some cash were missing.

In Essex Road, overnight on 27/28 November, the rear windscreen of a grey Nissan Zafira was smashed. Information to Pc Alan Bowen.

Between noon on 26 November and 0700 on 28 November, a black Renault Clio was broken into and a radio and 3 CDs were stolen. Information to Maldon Police Station.

Around 0120 on 29 November, the nearside wing mirror on a red Ford Escort was smashed. Suspects are described as three males aged around 16-17, wearing Adidas joggers and hoodies.. Information to Maldon Police Station.

Overnight in Victoria Road on 27 November, but probably around 2300, the following cars were damaged:
Black Mitsubishi L200 – dent to door caused by kick
White Ford Orion – wing mirror smashed
Blue Vauxhall Astra – wing mirror smashed
Black Toyota Rav 4 – dent to nearside door caused by kick

There is little that can be done to prevent this kind of criminal damage, but cars should be parked off road wherever possible, otherwise wing mirrors should be folded to deter damage. Information to Pc Ovais Chaudry.

Heybridge

During late afternoon on 25 November, the door was forced in garages at The Square, casing £300 of damage. It is not known if anything was stolen. Information to Pc Jackie Thorogood.

Overnight on 25/26 November, the front window of the Cherry Tree Bakery was smashed, causing £300 of damage. Information to Pc Kerry Shelford.

Between 26/28 November, a blue Citroen Saxo at Wood Road was broken into and a jack, rear light clusters, rear parcel shelf with 2 8” speakers fitted were stolen. Information to Maldon Police Station.

At around 0545 on 30 November a perfume bottle was thrown at a silver Mitsubishi Carisma, denting the bonnet and smashing the windscreen. Information to Ps Dean Stratford.

Maldon

On 1 December, in the High Street, between 1130 and 1145am, items were stolen from a zipped up baby changing bag, which was in the bottom of a pram. Items included a purse, cash and cards. Information to Pc Alison King.

In the High Street between 1215 and 1230 on 6 December, a purse containing cash was stolen from a woman’s bag, which she was carrying over her arm. Information to Maldon Police Station.

Between 1810 and 1820 on 6 December, a female went into the Co-op store and took several bottles of wine and a wine box, which she concealed in a bag and left without paying. The woman is described as a white female, about 5’5” tall, with long red auburn hair, wearing dark coloured jeans, bottle green top, flat black shoes and carrying a large black handbag on her shoulder. Information to Pc Daniel Littlefield.

At Burns Close, between 31 October and 3 December, fence panels were damaged when they were holed. Information to Pc Neil Tremain.

On 6 December in the car park of King George’s place, between 2240 and 2320, the front offside door frame of a red Ford Escort was damaged, estimated at £150. Information to Pc Neil Tremain.

At the same time, date and place, the rear offside quarter light of a purple Ford Fiesta was smashed, damage estimated at £65. Information to Pc Neil Tremain.

Overnight on 6/7 December at The Hythe, the canvas roof of a red MG was slashed, causing £850 of damage. Information to Maldon Police Station.

Overnight on 6/7 December, in Church Street, the front offside window of a grey Renault 5 was smashed. The glovebox of the vehicle was searched, but nothing was taken. Damage estimated at £150. Information to Maldon Police Station.

Overnight on 6/7 December, also in Church Street, the rear offside quarterlight of a red Nissan Micra was smashed, to unlock the door. The ignition cowling was removed. Damage estimated at £50. Information to Pc Neil Tremain.

Overnight on 6/7 December, in Downs Road, the front nearside window of a blue Honda Civic was smashed. A bag was removed and left on the ground outside the car. Nothing was taken. Damage estimated at £200. Information to Maldon Police Station.

Welcome

2008-11-30T09:10:00.000-08:00

We would like to welcome Pc Michele Oliver who takes over as Neighbourhod Specialist Officer North Blackwater Villages (Great Totham) Neighbourhood on 8th December. Pc Oliver is very keen on the role and will be attending our AGM in Monday 8th December.

This page on the Essex Police Website gives a better introduction than I can

Chris's Weekly Report

2008-11-30T09:04:00.000-08:00

Full report can be found here

Index plates
The index plates from a blue VW Golf were stolen between the afternoon of 22 November and 1.00pm on 23 November. Information to Southminster Police Station.

This is the third theft of number plates in 2 weeks – previous thefts are not just from Burnham. If anyone looks suspicious around the area of a car, please contact the police immediately.

Maldon

Overnight on 19/20 November, at Downs Road, a secure silver Rover Metro CD was stolen from outside a property. Information to Pc Sonia Mirrington.

A brick was thrown through the front window of the Tavern Garage, The Causeway, overnight on 17/18 November, causing £300 damage. Information to Pc Sonia Mirrington.

Late afternoon on 21 November, a blue BMX bike, which was left on the ground outside a house in St Peters Avenue, was stolen. Information to Pc Richard Pateman.

A pedal cycle was stolen from the rear yard of WH Smiths, High Street, about 11.00am on 21 November. Information to Maldon Police Station.

The main entrance door at St Peters Hospital was forced overnight on 20/21 November. Nothing was taken (as far as can be ascertained). Information to Pc Alison King.

The front door of the UK Fish Bar, Royal Court was kicked in at 11.15pm on 22 November. Information to Maldon Police Station.

Overnight on 17/18 November, a light blue Nissan Micra was damaged in Victoria Road, when the top half of the rear nearside door was bent in an effort to gain entry. Information to Maldon Police Station.

Overnight on 18/19 November, on Market Hill, the front offside window and front offside door locked were damaged on a parked white Ford Fiesta. Information to Maldon Police Station.

At 2112 on 17 November on London Road a white European male was arrested for possession of an offensive weapon – a Stanley knife was found in his front jumper pocket. He has now been charged.

Heybridge

Overnight on 19/20 November, from a house in Creasen Butt Close, a locked GT Vertigo blue pedal cycle was stolen from the garden of the property. Information to Pc Sonia Mirrington.

Overnight on 17/18 November, a brick was thrown through the front window of the Tavern Garage, The Causeway. Information to Maldon Police Station.

Mrs Christine Walker
24 November 2008

Weekly Update 17th November

2008-11-19T23:49:00.000-08:00

Please look here for the full weekly update.

Purse dipping is still a problem. A new problem is the theft of numberplates. marine thefts are still a problem. Bikes are still being stolen... sometimes ths chains are being cut through, but often these are not secured.

AGM

2008-11-12T15:22:00.000-08:00

Great Totham South Neighbourhood Watch AGM will be held in Great Totham Village Hall on Monday 8th December 7.00pm onwards.

Chris's Weekly report 9th November 08

2008-11-12T15:21:00.000-08:00

(For full update look at Maldon NHW blog)

Great Totham
During the day on November 5, at a house in Maldon Road, thieves stole a gas bottle, from outside the front of the house, by cutting the connecting pipe. Damage estimated at £200, value of gas bottle is £30.

Maldon
Between October 28 and November 4, a shed was broken into in Warwick Close and two bicycles were stolen. Any information to Maldon Police Station please.

Late on the night of 9 November, in Wentworth Meadows, damage was caused to a white Citroen Berlingo and a Land Rover Discovery 944.

Overnight on 8/9 November, on Fambridge Road, a green Volvo 850 SE was damaged when the front windscreen wiper was bent upwards.

At Maldon Road, Langford, between 1 and 2 pm on 4 November, a blue Mercedes Sprinter was broken into, causing £150 of damage. Any information to Pc Andrew Long.

On November 4, around 8.00am, someone entered the yard of Banyards Taxi and Minibus, The Causeway, by scaling the fence. They broke into a Ford Transit van, ripped out the panels and stole various parts, valued at £1000. Any information to Pc Lea Keene.

On 6 November at 1.00pm, a male stole perfume from Superdrug. He is described as a white male, in his 30’s, around 6’ tall, large build, with light brown short hair, a scar on his left cheek, and wearing a dark green jacket and jeans.

Around 1.30pm on November 5, a purse was stolen from the handbag of an elderly lady, whilst she was in Peacocks. She had put her handbag onto the floor whilst she was looking through a clothing rail. When she got into Poundstretchers, she discovered the purse was missing.

Around 1.55pm, an elderly lady on a mobility scooter, had her purse stolen in Peacocks. One female distracted her, whilst the other unzipped her handbag, which was in the basket at the front of the scooter, taking her purse, bank cards and a bus pass. The suspect is described as being a white female, in her early 20’s, about 5’322 tall, slim build, with a foreign accent, wearing a black hat and coat. Any information to Ovais Chaudry at Maldon Police Station.

At around 5.00pm on the same day, a purse was stolen from a customer in Iceland, after she left the purse at the till.

Tollesbury
Overnight on November 3/4, persons unknown attempted to force entry into a unit on the Industrial Estate at Woodrolfe Road. They were unsuccessful in gaining entry but did tag a window “TC”. If anyone knows who the tag belongs to, please contact Pc Richard Hamilton.

Between 4/5 November, at East Street, a white Fiat Ducato van was broken into.

Mrs Christine Walker
10 November 2008

Children in Need Scam

2008-11-05T13:09:00.000-08:00

Not in our area yet, but just so you are aware;

Reports have been received concerning an individual who has been calling door-to-door in the Shoebury area claiming to be running for Children in Need and asking for sponsorship up front. He is unable to provide any paperwork, when challenged.

Please be on your guard. As far as is known he has so far been unsuccessful in obtaining any money. Lets keep it that way. Any sightings etc should be reported to the police immediately on 0300 333 4444. No description currently available except he is male, white and in his 20s

Exerpt from Chris's report

2008-11-05T13:04:00.000-08:00

For the full report look at the Maldon Blog (Ignore the old name);

http://gttothamlostfoundmissing.blogspot.com/

Great Totham

During the day of 29 October, in Maldon Road, an air rifle and carrying bag, worth £1,000, were stolen. Information to Pc Patrick Snape.

Danbury

On 30 October, at a house in Moor Hall Lane, someone walked in the insecure back door, whilst the owners were in the house, and took the keys to a Silver Toyota Landcruiser, which they then drove away.
Please warn everyone not to leave car keys on view or to hand and make sure doors are secured, especially after dark.

PCSO Richard Stott's Report for October

2008-10-30T00:14:00.000-07:00

Monthly Report for the Parishes – OctoberPCSO Richard Stott 72839

Maldon Police Station 01621 852255
Tolleshunt D’Arcy Police Station 01621 868576
Duty Mobile 07710 046156

Great Braxted

No Incidents to report.

Little Braxted

No incidents to report.

Great Totham

RTC 10/10/2008
BROAD STREET GREEN RD. Two vehicles involved, 3 persons with serious injuries.

Suspicious Persons 12/10/2008
MORTON RD. Two males claiming to be from Zenith Windows cold calling on addresses in and around the above road. When asked for identification made off in an unknown vehicle.

Obstruction 15/10/2008
WALDEN HOUSE RD. One vehicle parked along no parking lines at the opening and closing times of Great Totham Primary School causing obstructions to addresses in above address.

Little Totham

No incidents to report

Wickham Bishops

No incidents to report.

PCSO Richard Stott 72839
Tolleshunt D’Arcy Police Post 01621 868576
Richard.stott@essex.pnn.police.uk

Chris's Reports for Maldon District

2008-10-30T00:07:00.000-07:00

Information Update 261008

Burnham on Crouch
Between 7 and 21 October, lead flashing was stolen from Lonton and Grey, Sail Makers, High Street, from the extension joint, with an estimated value of £300. Any information to Pc Wendy Brown

During the afternoon of 21 October, a blue Raleigh ATB bicycle with front basket, valued at £125, was stolen from the High Street. Any information to Pc Wendy Brown.

During the afternoon also, at Glendale Road, a Kona Hula mountain bike was stolen. The bike is valued at £230. Any information to Southminster Police Station.

Heybridge
Two bikes – black and grey BMX and red and silver Sabar mountain bike – were stolen from Butt Close overnight on 21/22 October. Bikes are valued at £450. Any information to Maldon Police Station

Please note: none of the bikes were secured, making theft extremely easy. Bikes should be secured against theft at all times, even if the bike is stored at home, it should be securely locked. Marking the bike, either with a UV pen, giving house number and post code, will help police reunite any found bike with its owner. Bikes can also be security tagged or etched.

Any registration numbers, or an accurate description, or a photo will also help identify any recovered bicycles.

Chigborough
Between October 1 and 19, galvanised steel mesh was stolen from the gates of the Essex Wildlife Trust at Chigborough. The gates are valued at £188. Any information to Pc Cally MacIver.

Maldon
During the afternoon of October 16, at the market in Butt Lane Car Park, behind the High Street, three women and one man removed a signet ring from a market stall. The stall holder challenged them and recovered the ring, but is concerned that other traders or shops may be targeted. All of the suspects are described as being of eastern European appearance, wearing full length skirts and tops. All the women were small – about 5’3’’ – 5’4’’ and aged around 60, 20 and a teenager. The man was in his 60’s, wore a trilby, jacket and a cravat. They were believed to use a blue VW Sharon. Any information to Pc Sam Pateman.

Mrs Christine Walker
27 October 2008

Information Update 12 10 08

Heybridge
Overnight on 6/7 October, at Crescent Road, the front door lock of a Silver VW Passat was drilled out, and the offside electric windows forced down, to gain entry to the vehicle and steal an in-car stereo DVD. Information to Pc Jackie Thorogood at Maldon please.

Please make sure you remove from your car any valuables or electrical goods when you leave the car unattended. In this case, the damage caused was more than the value of the items stolen.

This method of drilling the locks to gain entry is new to Maldon. Please make sure that any other instances are reported immediately.

Overnight on 10/11 October at Abbotsmead, the front wings were stolen from a blue Citroen Saxo. The wings were carefully removed, probably for re-use on another vehicle. Can you watch out for any vehicle (especially a Saxo) with different coloured wings and let the police know immediately if you see one. And it would take time and effort to take the wings off a car – did anyone see anything in Abbotsmead. The vehicle was left at 6pm. It was still light.

Heybridge Basin

During the night of 9/10 October, a Yamaha outboard engine was stolen from a boat at Stebbens Boat Yard. The engine was removed by undoing the bolts, causing damage to the boat. The engine is estimated to be worth £10,000.

There have been 34 marine thefts in the Maldon area since April, many coinciding with a night time high tide, as was last weekend. In many cases, boats or outboards have not been secured and owners do not keep information that would allow identification, such as serial numbers. There is an ongoing operation to tackle marine theft, but boat owners can help themselves by securing boats and onboard items, and keeping identification information in case of loss.

Goldhanger, Maldon

On October 7, between 1145am and 245pm, a house in Church Street, Goldhanger was burgled. Entry was gained via an insecure rear door. The burglars made a lot of mess in their search and made off with cash, electrical goods (including a PS3) and jewellery, including a wedding ring. This is a crime that could have been prevented, possibly, if the rear door was secured. The stolen items are valued at £1400. Any information, please call Maldon Police Station.

Southminster

Between 3/4 October, lead was stolen from the roof of the Old Parish Rooms, Burnham Road, Southminster. The loss was reported on 10 October, because the reporter was in hospital. Half a metre of lead was recovered near the scene.

There is a sharp increase in metal theft in the area. Police are working hard but cannot be in all places at once. To remove lead takes time and effort and anyone seen doing “work” on a building should be reported if there is any doubt whatsoever as to their intentions. Any information to Maldon Police Station.

During the night of 7/8 October, at a property under construction in Southminster Road, Asheldham, the front door was forced and a diesel generator, worth £10,000 was stolen. Please contact Pc Dave Goodchild if you have any information.

A pane of glass was broken at Christchurch United reform Church in North Street, during the afternoon of 9 October. If anyone saw or heard anything, please contact Pc Jackie Thorogood.

Burnham on Crouch

During the night of 10/11 October, entry was gained through an insecure rear door and car keys were taken to steal a red Nissan Cabstar reg no E173KLW. Two points – firstly the insecure door and secondly, never leave car keys where they can be easily found. If you have any information, or if you see the vehicle, please contact Pc Patrick Snape.

Between late on October 10 and the afternoon of October 12, lead was stolen from the toilet block at Burnham cemetery, Southminster Road. This follows the very recent theft of copper piping from the same building. Some lead was left hanging off the roof, which may mean the thieves were disturbed. Did anyone see or hear anything? Removing lead from a roof takes time, makes some noise and a vehicle is needed to take the lead away.

Anything suspicious, please report it. It is better say something and be wrong than right and do nothing.

And finally…..

There are NO thefts of solar garden lights to report this week.

Mrs Christine Walker
13 October 2008

Richard's report for September 08

2008-10-06T23:47:00.000-07:00

Monthly Report for the Parishes
PCSO Richard Stott 72839

Maldon Police Station 01621 852255
Tolleshunt D’Arcy Police Station 01621 868576
Duty Mobile 07710 046156

Great Braxted
RTC 05/09/2008
BRAXTED RD. One vehicle Collided into a telegraph pole. Reported by third party, no sign of any collision upon police arrival.

Criminal Damage 12/09/2008
TIPTREE RD. Damage caused to the goal posts on Great Braxted playing field. Parts of the goal were found in nearby bushes. The result of possible on goings of anti social behavior.

Little Braxted
Obstruction 24/09/2008
LITTLE BRAXTED LN. Two Heavy Goods Vehicles unable to proceed further down Little Braxted Lane and unable to turn around. Both lorries making for The Commodity centre.

Great Totham
Colchester Rd Youths 01/09/2008
SEAGERS. Approximately 10 youths reported to be playing football on the cricket pitch along Colchester road. Officers attended and the youths changed from football to cricket.

RTC 05/09/2008
COLCHESTER RD. Ambulance reporting a two vehicle collision with injuries. One vehicle had shunted another from behind. One person trapped from within car. Fire service called and used heavy cutting equipment to free person. Back injury caused as a result of crash. Road partially obstructed due to collision.

RTC 22/09/2008
COLCHESTER RD. Two vehicle RTC no injuries. Damage only to cars involved.

Little Totham
Nuisance Youths 26/09/2008
SCHOOL RD. Children using ditch and grass by the road side as a bike track. Ongoing issue to find somewhere for the youths to be safely moved on to.

Wickham Bishops
No reports

PCSO Richard Stott 72839
richard.stott@essex.pnn.police.uk

Chris's Reports to date

2008-10-06T23:33:00.000-07:00

MALDON and DENGIE NEIGHBOURHOOD WATCH SCHEMES

Weekly information update for week ending 5 October 2008

The purpose of this update is to:

· provide members of Neighbourhood Watch(NHW) with relevant and timely information about what is going on in their area. Some of this information may appear in the local press. However, it is provided to NHW members in advance of any publication, so they can use the information, where relevant, to inform their community.

· ask NHW members to let the police know immediately if they have any information about any of the incidents in the update, that is, if they have seen or heard anything, either at the time of the incident, or following the incident, that may assist in bringing perpetrators of crime to justice.

· remind NHW members of the need to report immediately anything unusual, or out of the ordinary, that happens in their area. NHW members are asked to be especially vigilant for activities around the homes of vulnerable members of the community, for instance, the elderly, who may be particularly targeted because of their vulnerability.

LIST OF USEFUL CONTACTS

Name Position/location Phone

In an Emergency 999

Non emergency calls to police 0300 333 4444

(if you know the extension of the person you wish to speak to, you can dial without going through the switchboard)

Crimestoppers 0800 555 111
Maldon Police Station 01621 852255
Southminster Police Station 01621 773663
Tolleshunt D’Arcy Police Station 01621 869851

Who's Who
Sgt Richard Miller PS, Maldon Neighbourhood Police Team
0300 333 4444 Ext 62146 Mobile: richard miller@essex.pnn.police.uk

Pc Alison King Pc, Neighbourhood Specialist Officer, Maldon
0300 333 4444 Ext 62135Mob: alison.King@essex.pnn.police.uk

Sgt Tim Marshall PS, Maldon Villages NPT
01621 869851 tim.Marshall@essex.pnn.police.uk

Pc Tony England Pc, Purleigh NSO 0300 333 4444 Ext 62146
01621 852255 Mob: 0788 082 4940 tony.england@essex.pnn.police.uk

Pc Peter Goodchild PC Great Totham NSO 01621 868576
Mob:0772 551 2569 peter.goodchild@essex.pnn.police.uk

PS Dean Stratford PS, Heybridge NPT 01621 852255
Mob: 07866 542460 dean.stratford@essex.pnn.police.uk

Pc Sonia Mirrington PC Heybridge NSO 0300 333 4444 Ext 62146
Mob:0794 904 0136 sonia.mirrington@essex.pnn.police.uk

Sgt Julian Wenborn PS, Dengie NPT 0300 333 4444 Ext 485800
01621 773663 julian wenborn@essex.pnn.police.uk

Pc Ian Turner Pc Southminster NSO 0300 333 4444 Ext 485808
01621 773663Mob: 07939 241434 ian.turner2@essex.pnn.police.uk

Sgt Phil Morley PS Burnham NPT 0300 333 444 Ext 485818
01621 775918Mob: 07939 241567 phil.morley@essex.pnn.police.uk

Pc Lynda Morris Pc Burnham NSO 0300 333 4444 Ext 485820
01621773663 lynda.morris@essex.pnn.police.uk

Mrs Chris Walker District Watch Administrator, Maldon and Dengie area
01621 852255Mob: 07505 485638 christine.walker@essex.pnn.police.uk

Crime Reduction Officer 01621 852255 Leave a message saying what is required and someone will get back to you

Information Update 051008

Maldon

Overnight at Quayside Industrial Estate, the yard was broken into and diesel was siphoned from 2 lorries. Damage of about £100, fuel worth about £550. Any information to Pc Jackie Thorogood at Maldon PS please.

VERY IMPORTANT

On October 3, during the afternoon, two men gained entry to properties in Saxon Way, Maldon, posing as water board officials. In one case they were allowed in, in the other, they gained entry through an insecure door.

The men are described as:
White European male, aged 25-30, about 5’8” tall, medium build, pale complexion, short mousy dark hair, spoke with an Irish accent, wearing dark blue baseball cap, dull black windcheater, white shirt, dark trousers and shoes, described as of “scruffy” appearance.

White European male, aged around 19-20, about 5’11” tall, slim build, mousy short hair, fresh faced, wearing grey clothing.

A similar burglary occurred in Broomfield earlier on the same day. In one case, a purse containing cash was take, in the other the victim eventually challenged the men, who left. Items were stolen from the kitchen in Broomfield.

This is really serious. This kind of artifice burglary occurs mainly at the end of the week, when pensioners may have more cash about them. Please ensure elderly people are made aware of the need to:
· lock their doors
· insist on seeing identity before letting people into their homes.
· if in doubt, check with the employer before opening the door
· if concerned at all, call the police immediately.

Burnham on Crouch

On the night of September 30 and 1 October, in Holly Close, a cat was shot with an air rifle. The pellet hit the cat between the shoulder blades, paralysing it. The cat was discovered in the morning and taken to the vets, but, unfortunately, it had to be put down. Clearly the owners are very upset. If anyone hears or sees anything, please call Southminster Station or Pc Sam Pateman.

Between 22 September and 2 October, in the toilet block at the cemetery in Cobbins Chase, 15-25 Square metres of copper was stolen. Damage is £150, copper is worth about £200. If anyone sees anything out of the ordinary, or someone who looks legitimate, but unexpected, removing metal, please contact the police.

And finally…..

There was yet another theft of solar garden lights, this time from Priors Way in Southminster. Whilst that crime spree may go on, police have apprehended a suspect, who was found in possession of solar lights, some of which have been identified. The suspect has now been arrested.

Mrs Christine Walker
6 October 2008
Information Update 280908

Maldon

King Street

On 21 September, paintwork on a Blue Ford Fiesta was damaged. On the same night, an Audi A4 Estate was scratched on both doors.

On 26 September a flower pot was stolen from a front garden.

On the afternoon of 27 September, a window was cracked when a stone was thrown.

On night of 28 September, a White Citroen Xantia was damaged when it was hit by persons unknown.

Elsewhere

At Broad Street/ Green Street, during the night of 16/17 September, a secure shipping container was broken into and property removed

On 21 September an unsecured Grey Volkswagen Passat was entered in Beadle Place.

During the afternoon of 22 September, 3 pairs of football boots were stolen from outside a house in Fambridge Road.

Between 20/22 September, in Fish Street, the front window of a Silver Ford Puma was smashed to steal items within.

On 23 September at 1430, goods were taken from a shop in Fullbridge without paying.

Criminal damage to cars occurred on market Hill on 21 September to a Blue BMW and on Maldon Road (between 1 August and 1 September) when sat nav, DVD etc was stolen from a Blue BMW 328i convertible.

Also on Maldon Road, between 25 August and 25 September, a white, unattended VW Panel Van was stolen from a driveway.

There were thefts at Goat Lodge Road, Station Road and Coombe Road. All of the stolen items were unsecured (including a bathroom suite!).

The Rose and Crown on the High Street was burgled on 25 September. Entry was gained through an insecure window. During the same evening, a purse was stolen from a bag, whilst it was on the shoulder of a customer, from the Rose and Crown.

Heybridge

A window was smashed in Lawling Avenue on 22 September.

Solar powered garden lights were removed from a garden in Lawling Avenue on 28 September.

Burnham on Crouch

Lead flashing was removed from the skylights at St Peters High School over the weekend of 19/22 September.

Two people selected items from a shop in Foundry Lane, and went off without paying, telling the cashier they had left their card in their car.

Bradwell on Sea

An unoccupied house was broken into between 1 July and 22 September. The thieves made a mess of the property, including damaging 5 antique fireplaces and electricity cables. They emptied the water tank, flooding the building and causing the roof to fall through. They took lead flashing and tiles off the roof, as well as copper piping.

Southminster

An unattended storage heater was stolen from a garden in Main Road on 23 September.

Lead was taken from the roof of the community centre in High Street between 10 and 23 September. The theft was only noticed when it rained.

Generally.

Damage was caused to vehicles in Elysian Gardens, Dykes Chase, and Riverside Road (to 2 cars).

NOTE.
Many of the crimes reported this week could have been avoided. Please reinforce the need to lock doors, windows, cars etc and not to leave items around where they can be taken. The increase in prices of metals means there are more thefts than ever. The damage caused by theft of part of the fabric of a building is substantial – if the building is communal, then it is the taxpayer who eventually foots the bill.

Mrs Christine Walker
29 September 2008

Information Update 210908

Maldon

On 17 September, around 5.00pm, the rear window of a red Ford Mondeo was smashed. Any information to Pc Michelle Oliver.

Overnight on 20/21 September, the wing mirror was snapped off a black Citroen Saxo in Warwick Drive. Any information to Maldon Police Station.

Great Braxted

Between noon on 11 September and 9.00am on 12 September, at Tiptree Road, a goal post was snapped, causing £200 damage. Any information to Pc Cally MacIver.

Heybridge

During the day and night of 19 September, a double glazed window was smashed in Coopers Avenue. Suspect and reason unknown. Any information to Pc Dean Stratton.

Over the weekend

The solar light crime spree continues with lights stolen from Mount View Crescent, St Lawrence and Stock Terrace, Heybridge. What is happening to them – can anyone shed any light on this trend?

Heating oil has been siphoned off at the Doctors Surgery in High Street, Tollesbury. The store was not secured. Theft of oil is already on the rise generally, so securing supplies is more necessary than ever.

An outboard motor and other items were stolen from a yacht in the Boatyard at Woodruff Road, Tollesbury. Theft of marine equipment has been a feature of this summer and, with moves to winter moorings looming closer, everyone should take extra care to secure their property.

Burnham Carnival

Additional resources, including specials, will be working in Burnham to ensure the carnival passes smoothly.

Chris Walker
22 September 2008

Information update 140908

Burnham on Crouch

On September 10, there were 3 instances of damage to cars on Springfield Road. It may be the damage was caused by the same people.
Can anyone tell the DWA if there is a link to anything going on in the Springfield Road area, for instance, football club training or match, event at local pub?

Southminster

A trailer was stolen from the garage at Buckeridge Way, Bradwell, overnight on September 8. If anyone hears about a trailer offered for sale locally, please let DWA know.

A house undergoing renovation was broken into overnight on September 10 and builders tools were stolen. The house has no running water or electricity.

Tillingham

St Nicholas Church was broken into, whilst the vicar was on holiday. The store and cupboard were forced and microphones and other equipment stolen.

Maldon

A minibus in Carmelite Way was targeted and the bonnet and grille stolen. The theft took place between the evening of September 5 and morning of September 7.

In Butt Lane, during the night of September 11/12, there was an attempted theft from a motor vehicle. A window was smashed but nothing taken from inside. Were the thieves disturbed?

In Fullbridge, overnight on September 11/12, a car was broken into by smashing a window and documents and clothes were stolen. Some clothes were recovered at the scene.

Sorry....

2008-10-06T23:27:00.001-07:00

I got out of the habit of updating this blog.

News...
PCSO Richard Stott has taken on Heather's old patch, so the monthly reports are gathered by him.

Maldon Police have a Watch Coordinator for a rear to help the various Watches function more effectively. Chris Walker will be producing a weekly crime report for the whole of maldon District.

At the end of Not in My Neighbourhood Week, Neighbourhood Watch and the Police will be holding a promotion outside Tescos Fulbridge to remind people to take care of their purses. This is because a number of people have had their purses stolenn in Maldon high Street, whilst at the pubs, and in the local stores, and is something we can all be more wary of.

NAP Meeting 10th March 08

2008-03-16T09:35:00.000-07:00

Great Totham District NAP Report:- 10th March 08

For those who are unaware of what Neighbourhood Action Panels are about, this is a bimonthly meeting of the public (that’s you and me) and various interested Key Individuals in the Neighbourhood (KIN) to discuss problems specific to our Neighbourhood. The NAP selects 3 problems in particular which need tackling. These are called ‘Policing Priorities’. (This is an umbrella term for problems which might not actually be a policing matter, but part of the wider brief of the NAP being linked with Maldon District Community Safety Partnership.)

The 3 Policing Priorities from 24th January 08 have been addressed thus:-

1. Obstruction at Tolleshunt Darcy road junction with Tuwick Road. Currently building work going is on there, causing a potential hazard to motorists. This is mainly resolved because the building work is coming to an end. The Parish Council need to check their plans to see if the path is too far into the road.
2. Speeding Through Tolleshunt Major. The traffic police have been dealing with this, but there has been no feedback from them as yet. PCSO Steve Butler spent a morning there, and gave advice to a few motorists, but people were mainly obeying the speed limits at that time.
3. Advertising of NAPs. We have addressed this in several ways. Attempts to devise a more inclusive poster have been made, and a couple of variations have been put up in shops and on notice boards. An article on NAPs has gone into the Courier, published by Maldon District Council and delivered to households in the District. A new name for the NAP has been suggested; Blackwater North Villages.

The three policing priorities from this meeting are:-
1. Enforcement of not using Mobile phones whilst driving.
2. Zero tolerance of Fly tipping, particularly in Braxted
3. Continue to promote communications and advertisement of the NAPs meetings, aims and objectives

The next Great Totham (and other villages) NAP will be on Tuesday 6th May Great Totham Village Hall at 7.00pm. All residents from the whole neighbourhood are welcome. For further details, contact :-

Pc Goodchild on 01621 868576 (often an answer machine) or
mobile 07710 046 156 (picked up by the officer on duty.)

Essex Police Website Great Totham Neighbourhood:
http://www.essex.police.uk/yourarea/y_np_mal.php?nptId=28

Great Totham South Neighbourhood Watch Blogs
http://nhw-greattothamsth.blogspot.com/

http://nw-gts-feedback-forum.blogspot.com/

NAP Report 24 Jan 08

2008-01-31T02:12:00.000-08:00

Great Totham District NAP Report:- 24th January 08

For those who are unaware of what Neighbourhood Action Panels are about, this is a bimonthly meeting of the public (that’s you and me) and various interested Key Individuals in the Neighbourhood (KIN) to discuss problems specific to our Neighbourhood. The NAP selects 3 problems in particular which need tackling. These are called ‘Policing Priorities’. (This is an umbrella term for problems which might not actually be a policing matter, but part of the wider brief of the NAP being linked with Maldon District Community Safety Partnership.)

The 3 Policing Priorities from 14th November 07 have been addressed thus:-

1. Parking with half the wheels on the pavement in Tolleshunt D’Arcy, especially on Tollesbury Road, particularly on Sundays and in the morning with the school run. This has seen a vast improvement. The shop and the pub have been very helpful in this matter. Warning signs have been put up, and one ticket has been issued. Tollesbury Road is still ongoing because football hasn’t been played recently.

2. Dog fouling is increasing in Great Totham, particularly in Harvey Road. The Street Scene Enforcement Officer has been informed of the problem. The neighbourhood watch coordinators have identified several problem areas. There are also reports of people bagging up the mess but not disposing of it properly.

3. A couple of potential road hazards were highlighted,This has been put forward to highways and added to the list of items which need to be considered.

The Priorities of the NAP meeting from 24th January are:-

1. Obstruction at Tolleshunt Darcy road junction with Tuwick Road. Currently building work going is on there, causing a potential hazard to motorists.

2. Speeding Through Tolleshunt Major; Main drag through Tolleshunt Major and Tolleshunt Darcy Road.

3. Advertising of NAPs. The feedback and turnout from the public was disappointing this time. We fear that the public are not aware of these meetings. Part of this problem is the NAP name: Great Totham NAP which means that other villages may mentally switch off before realising it applies to them too. (The name comes from Neighbourhood Policing Team, which is called Great Totham somewhat arbitrarily.) It is deemed so important that every resident in the Neighbourhood feels involved, that this was our third priority

The next Great Totham (and other villages) NAP will be on March 10th at Tollesbury Community Centre at 7.00pm. All residents from the whole neighbourhood are welcome.

For further details, contact Pc Goodchild on 01621 868576 (often an answer machine) or
mobile 07710 046 156 (picked up by the officer on duty.)

Essex Police Website, http://213.210.6.88/yourarea/y_np_mal.php?nptId=28

Can anyone think of a name for the Great Totham NAP which removes the emphasis on Great Totham and makes the other villages feel more included. Great Totham and District NAP? Great Totham and other villages NAP? Something completely different? Any ideas?

Just a reminder about NAPs:-

So what's The Neighbourhood Action Panel (NAP) all about?Neighbourhood Action Panels are being set up as a response to the new Crime and Disorder Act, To help us, the residents, voice our concerns over Policing issues and Community Safey in our area. This is Our Voice.

The way it works
Each Neighbourhood Policing Team (NPT) has a Neighbourhood Action Panel (NAP) made up of Key Individuals in the Neighbourhood (KIN). Our NAP covers the "Great Totham Neighbourhood Policing Team" area, which includes the area from Tollesbury to Broad Street Green. NAPs are an informal liaison between the Police and the local community, where we aim to find out what is causing problems for local people, and focus attention on 3 of those Priorities

The NAP will meet every 8 weeks. The meeting is split into two parts. The first half is where the Public are invited to bring their concerns to the meeting, either in person, or via filling in a form or contacting Pc Goodchild by email or phone: Tolleshunt D'Arcy Police Post 01621 868576 (Answer machine) or Mobile 07710 046156 (Picked up by the officer on duty) or Maldon Police 01621 852255 (You will get through to Chelmsford. Ask for Maldon.)

The Panel then retire to discuss these issues and concerns presented to the meeting, and select three of those issues for special attention . These "Policing Priorities" are then taken to a Joint Action Group meeting, where the appropriate people are tasked with the job of tackling the issues.

At the next meeting, the NAP will report back to the community what progress has been made on these priorities, as well as listening to new concerns and issues brought to the meeting. The venue is varied, but every resident in the NAP area is welcome to every meeting, not just residents in that local ton. Please support us with your input.
Please use this opportunity to voice your concerns, and meet with your local Neighbourhood Policing Team

For more information, check out the essex Police Website

Essex Police website: http://213.210.6.88/index.php

Artifice Burglaries Alert

2008-01-19T10:18:00.000-08:00

Artifice Burglary alert

From Maldon Police

There were several Artifice Burglaries reported in the Central Division on Thursday 17/01/08
2 x Halstead, 2 x Braintree, 1 x Chelmsford, 1 x Maldon

Please make your residents aware so they can be on their guard for persons using the following details ;-

Arnham Green, Braintree

At 1040hrs on Thursday 17/01/08, male knocked on householders door & asked to turn water off under the sink. Said he would be back in 5 minutes once he had sorted the problem next door. Male did not return. Male only entered the kitchen.
Description of suspect :- White male, Late 30’s, with dark cropped hair, wearing Jeans, dark top.

Panfield Lane, Braintree

At approx 1030hrs on Thursday 17/01/08, male knocked on door of elderly householder to check values under the sink. Householder did not let him in & asked male to knock next door to get her neighbour. Male knocked on neighbours door then asked for a name not known to neighbour , he was told he had wrong address and left & was not seen again.
Description of suspect :- white male, approx 5ft 9ins tall, with brushed back receding dark hair, medium build, wearing navy jumper, navy body warmer, & navy trousers.

Fenn Road, Halstead

At approx 1225hrs on Thursday 17/01/08 , 3 males knocked householders address pretending to be from the waterboard. Resident let them in then twigged something was not right asked them to get their ID. The males went out and householder saw one coming down the stairs. Drawers had been emptied but unknown if anything taken.
Description of suspects ;- Male 1) tall stocky, round oval face, very short shaven hair, navy hoodie & jeans, 5ft 6ins tall. Male 2) Younger, dark curly hair, 5ft 6ins tall, navy jacket with a zip up the front, jeans, spoke with Newcastle accent. Male 3) Fair hair, grey jacket, white gloves & jeans. White Van & a red Tipper truck may have been involved.

Tidings Hill, Halstead

At approx 1155hrs on Thursday 17/01/08, two white males banged on householders back door asking to go up to the bathroom to do something to the valve. Householder didn’t let them in.
Description of suspects :- 1) white male, middle aged about 40 years, with short dark hair, wearing navy coat

Falmouth Road, Chelmsford

At approx 1435hrs on Thursday 17/01/08, males knocked at address & asked householder to turn off stop cock, when she didn't know where it was he offered to do it for her. Householder said no & shut the door.
Description of suspect :- white male, approx 5ft 8ins, squarish face, dark thinning hair, approx 50years, wearing a long black coat, no tools, nothing in his hand, & no ID.

St Giles Crescent, Maldon

Between 1pm & 1.30pm on Thursday 17/01/08, a male entered householders premises, after telling householder to leave door ajar so person doing work round the corner could enter without disturbing her, & appeared to carry out some work in kitchen, then left. Householder then found purse in her shopping bag in hallway opened & money taken, by then men had disappeared. Previously to this on Monday 14/01/08 same male had called at house stating he was from a company who had a new contract with Housing association & needed to carry out some work on lights in the kitchen. Stated they would return at a later date to do the work, which they did as above stated on Thursday.
Description of one of suspect who entered house :- white male, aged 50's, approx 6ft tall, clean shaven, average build, dark short hair, wearing dark trousers & a dark anorak. At no point was any ID shown.

Urgent Information Required

2008-01-03T02:47:00.000-08:00

I have just received this information from Maldon Police:-

Police would like information about a Black VW Golf Gti index Y52TLK, which has been possibly involved in offences & seen in suspicious circumstances (e.g. near the scene of a Burglary & on another occasion making off from police) in the Southend, Brentwood & Maldon areas.

If this vehicle is seen can Police be called IMMEDIATELY by ringing 999, so this vehicle can be circulated as seen for the attention of Essex Officers by Force Information Room.

Many thanks

Steve's November Report

2007-12-04T23:18:00.000-08:00

Monthly Report for the Parishes – November.
Police Community Support Officer Steve Butler
Maldon Police Station 01621 852255
Tolleshunt D’Arcy Police Station 01621 868576
Point of Contact Mobile 07710 046156 – This is picked up by the officer on duty.
My mobile 07958 379451

Neighbourhood Action Panel

You may or may not have heard about a new meeting that is happening in your area concerning your village and a chance to have a say of issues that you feel are important to you.

Neighbourhood Action Panels are designed for a panel of people picked from your local area to discuss the issues you bring to the meeting.

Issues can be anything that involves Police, Maldon district Council, Highways Etc.

These issues are then put into three priorities and worked on within 8 weeks then when the 8 weeks are up the panel and people that have been working on then report back on the progress of these priorities.

This meeting is not a parish council meeting and the meeting will only last approximately one hour for the public that attend.

I must stress this is a good way to get your issues listened to in order to get them resolved and you also have your local Police officer and Police Community Support Officer in attendance.

The meetings in your area are already up and running but your area is poorly represented so please come along and have your say.

Dates and venues for the next meetings are:

Woodham Walter, Woodham Mortimer, Wickham Bishops meeting is Tuesday 15th January at Woodham Walter Village Hall starts at 7 pm

Purleigh, Latchingdon, Althorne, North Fambridge, Cold Norton, Mundon and Stow Maries meeting is Monday 7th January at Purleigh Village hall starts at 7pm.

Great Totham, Little Totham, Great Braxted, Little Braxted, Tollesbury meeting is Monday 28th January at Tolleshunt Major Committee rooms at 7pm.

Any Issues or questions please don’t hesitate to call 01621 868576 for information.

Althorne
29/11 - Road Traffic Accident – 2 vehicles non injuries minor damage

20/11 – Suspicious persons – Male knock on informants door point to his mouth and showed a card saying he could not speak and was trying to sell items out of a bag.

15/11 – Criminal damage – Firework thrown at a house door causing scorch marks no one seen or heard.

12/11 – Road Traffic Collision - One vehicle lost control hit tree no injuries

04/11 – Criminal damage / Road rage – informant over took slow vehicle when this was done slow vehicle put lights on full beamed and started to chase the informant. Both vehicles stopped male exited slow car and started to kick informant’s car and then drove off.

Cold Norton
14/11 – Road Traffic Accident - two vehicles one serious injury

08/11 – Tree Down – Tree down in the Burnham Road units found tree and moved it.

05/11 – Road Traffic Accident – two vehicles one slight injury on lower Burnham Road.

05/11 – Road Traffic Accident – One vehicle lost control and went in a ditch on the lower Burnham road. No injuries.

Goldhanger
25/11 – Hare Coursing – 4 Males dressed in combat wear with a Lurcher dog in the Lauriston chase / cottage area in a Daewoo car.

17/11 – Road Traffic Accident – one vehicle no injuries.

Great Braxted
21/11 – Road traffic accident – three vehicles one injury.

Great Totham
30/11 – Lost Dog - Brown Staffordshire bull terrier has gone missing answers to Fletcher.

27/11 – Vehicle parked in dangerous position

25/11 – Persons unknown have taken for sale boards out of the ground in Prince of Wales Road.

24/11 – Theft from motor vehicle – suspects unknown have caused damage to BMW vehicle in between the hours of 12:00 hrs and 13:10 parked in Colchester Road.

17/11 – Disturbance – Male refused to leave Premises male arrested for Section 5 public order.

08/11 – Search Warrant - One person arrested for offences under wildlife act.

03/11 – Road Traffic Accident – Multiple injuries on person airlifted to hospital.

Little Totham

Little Braxted

Latchingdon
15/11 – Road Traffic Accident - One vehicle no injuries

14/11 – Criminal Damage – Male paid for a room in Latching motel when he left large amounts of damage were found by cleaners.

10/11 – Fire work Nuisance – Persons setting off fireworks in Village hall car park when units arrived no one there.

Langford

Mundon
30/11 – Suspicious Persons – Two males in a grey ford transit van selling tools and generators when asked to leave they did.

03/11 – Theft – Suspect unknown have taken tiles off roof of church approx 100 tiles.

North Fambridge
20/11 – Suspicious Persons – Two males dumped a vehicle at North Fambridge and went on platform when units arrived one male was arrested on warrant and the vehicle was seized.

Purleigh

Stow Maries
18/11 – Road Traffic Accident – One vehicle non injury on vehicle skidded off the road.

Tolleshunt D’Arcy
17/11 – Road traffic accident – Two vehicles no injuries

04/11 – Burglary Dwelling – House in station road was entered by a smashed 1st floor window untidy search was made and lap op was taken.

Tolleshunt Major
27/11 – Suspicious persons – Male walking down Loamy Hill Road trying doors when units arrived no one was seen.

Tolleshunt Knights
02/11 – Suspicious persons – Persons seen with torches looking around property

Tollesbury
16/11 – Obstruction – Large lorry blocking road while delivering driver was spoken to and advised.

Ulting

Wickham Bishops
05/11 – Criminal Damage – persons unknown damaged a shop sign outside the shop ongoing enquiries.

Woodham Mortimer

Woodham Walter

See you on my patrols,
Steve Butler

Section Report Urgent Bogus Caller Alert

2007-11-28T05:50:00.000-08:00

We had a Maldon section NHW meeting on 26th November. Here is the Crime Reduction officer’s Report. Please note the very important Bogus caller alert,

Update from last report
· Purse dipping. This has been quiet recently, though one incident has been reported from a customer in Focus. However, please don’t be complacent as Xmas is coming.

· Complacency. Residents are still being complacent with leaving their vehicles unlocked and not just old bangers. Over half the cars suffering thefts were insecure. The Insurance companies generally won’t pay out if basic security measures have not been taken. Also, a lot of garages are left insecure.

· Identity theft. This has become a national problem with the mislaying of disks. Please keep an eye on your accounts for unusual transactions. And do not give out any personal or account details if someone contacts you unexpectedly.

· Spare Wheels on the outside of some vehicles are being nicked, not that some vehicles are no longer supplied with a spare:- This has dropped.

New
· Bogus Callers has taken a very nasty turn. Please be aware of this, but not unduly alarmed.Two waves of incidents have happened. One on 30th October, and one 26th November. 30th October, at about 4.00pm to 5.00pm. there was a distraction burglary in Orchard Close, 3 people purporting to be from the “Water board”. Two were in their 20 –30s, one was older and tubby. On that day there were a number of similar incidents, 2.00pm Mountnessing , others at 4.00pm, 4.40pm. Heybridge at 5.00pm, there was a burglary in Maldon Road, Witham, and a house in Spital Road Maldon. In none of these was a vehicle seen. The strategy was to keep the person busy. In all £5-6,000 and jewellery was taken.

26th November. 9.30 pm approx. Persons went to an address in Orchard Close, the story being their dog was missing in the back garden. The resident refused them entry, but the callers kicked the back door in and gained entry. Between 8.30pm and 10.10pm there were similar incidents in Wickford, Woodham Ferrers, an attempt at Bicknacre and one at Worley.

The strategies used:- The lost dog story
“I’m from the police”
“I’m from the Neighbourhood Watch”

The police are asking residents who have any suspicions about people to contact them immediately. Better a false alarm than another crime of this nature.

As Neighbourhood Watch coordinators, we want to warn people, not to alarm them such that they are terrified. Housing Association houses’ security is being reviewed. But a lot of elderly residents own their own homes. Please, if you have elderly neighbours, please ask them to make sure that their doors are secure with more than a Yale Lock, and that they actually use them. (Perhaps their family can help them in this respect). Also, if they have fall alarms, encourage them to use them in this sort of situation.

· Sat Navs are being stolen from cars,

· In the last 10 days there have been some cheeky copper piping thefts. Eg a Van driver parked his van for 20 minutes, and in that time his tube was opened and the copper removed.

· Lead roofing from churches is going missing in East Anglia, though not locally yet. Please keep an eye on your Church.

· There have been several daytime burglaries in Ulting, Langford, Tolleshunt D’Arcy, including the theft of a unique watch.

· It’s coming up to Christmas. Don’t leave presents in the car, and don’t leave presents on display under the Christmas tree. Don’t be complacent re purse dipping. We have two Victorian Evenings coming up. You shouldn’t need to take large amounts of cash with you, and please be careful, though do enjoy the celebrations.

Dog Fouling

2007-11-19T01:49:00.000-08:00

I have been asked by the Panel to draw residents’ attention to the dog fouling issue.

A resident in Harvey Road has made a complaint about persistent dog fouling outside his house. I am contacting our Neighbourhood Watch for two reasons.

1. To remind residents, quite apart from being very unpleasant for someone who steps in it, that it is illegal to allow your dog to foul any public walk or pleasure ground.

http://www.crimereduction.homeoffice.gov.uk/dogfouling01.htm

This can result in a £50 fixed penalty notice, or £1,000 in court.

2. Can I canvass opinion as to whether this is a problem elsewhere in Great Totham, and if it’s getting worse, and ask for suggestions as to how best to deal with it.

Great Totham Neighbourhood Action Panel report 14 11 07

2007-11-19T01:45:00.000-08:00

Great Totham Neighbourhood Action Panel report 14 11 07

It must be stressed that each NAP meeting is open to all residents of the whole Great Totham Neighbourhood, not just the village in which that meeting is based. The next meeting will be in Tolleshunt Major Committee Rooms on Thursday 24th Jan 2008 7.00pm. We urge all residents to ensure that either they support the NAP in person, or at least, make their concerns known so that we can ensure that the Policing Priorities are representative of the whole area.

Last meeting the issues were:-

1. Speeding on the B1022 in Great Totham South
2. Parking on the corner outside the shop in Great Totham South
3. People not using seatbelts ie not belting their children in, Tollesbury.

These have been dealt with in the following ways:-

Pc Goodchild, and Traffic have caught a number of people speeding through the village. Where the speed was just a little over the limit, words of advice were given, but where the speed was high, tickets were issued. Likewise, 17 tickets for non-use of seatbelts were issued in and around Tollesbury. Since speeding is such a big issue in all the villages, the police will continue to be doing speed checks and seatbelt checks in all areas.

The Village Shop owner has been very helpful regarding the parking issue. He has put notices on the bollards outside the shop, and PC Goodchild has issued him with cones to put on the corner, which customers seem to be respecting; a big thank you to them.

The Priorities this meeting are:-

1. Parking with half the wheels on the pavement in Tolleshunt D’Arcy, especially on Tollesbury Road, particularly on Sundays and in the morning with the school run. We shouldn’t park in such a way as to cause an obstruction or leave a vehicle in such a way as to endanger others. The Panel were told that some cars have been parked such that people with pushchairs and wheelchairs and mobility vehicles, are forced into the road to pass these obstructions.
2. Dog fouling is increasing in Great Totham, particularly in Harvey Road. The neighbourhood watch is to be contacted to see if there is a problem increasing elsewhere, and to remind people that it is an offence to allow your dog to foul anywhere other than a designated area. This can result in a fine of £1,000 or a fixed penalty notice.
3. A couple of potential road hazards were highlighted, ie the roundabout in Tolleshunt Knights, and the Tollesbury Road Junction in D’Arcy, which motorists tend to cut the corner of. The potential for installing a traffic island at this point is to be pursued.

Can anyone help with publicity? Again, some of the villages were not represented by any of the public, and the fear is that people are unaware of the meetings. These meetings are publicised on the

Essex Police Website, http://213.210.6.88/yourarea/y_np_mal.php?nptId=28

Great Totham South Neighbourhood Watch Blogs
http://nhw-greattothamsth.blogspot.com/
http://nw-gts-feedback-forum.blogspot.com/

and notices on some village notice boards. It’s the last which is important. We need people in every village to make sure that notices go up in appropriate places. Can you help?

Neighbourhood Action Panel

2007-11-06T04:53:00.000-08:00

The next NAP meeting for great totham NPT is on 14th November 7.00pm Tolleshunt D'Arcy Village Hall. All residents covered by the Great Totham NPT are welcome. Come and tell the Panel what is bothering you.

Steve's monthly Report October 07

2007-11-06T03:49:00.000-08:00

Hello. I have taken the liberty of rearranging some of Steve's report. I have Included att his villages, but I have rearranged it so that the 5 villages heather used to sertve comes at the top. Also, rather than list the items stolen in a particular crime, I will list them at the top here.

Cheers, Linda

Stolen property
laptop and jewelry
Money and jewelry taken
Lead from roof

Monthly Report for the Parishes – October.
Police Community Support Officer Steve Butler

Maldon Police Station 01621 852255
Tolleshunt D’Arcy Police Station 01621 868576
Point of Contact Mobile 07710 046156 – This is picked up by the officer on duty.
My mobile 07958 379451

Great Totham
25/10/07 – Obstruction in mountains road a tree fallen in middle of the road officers cleared road.

23/10/07 – Burglary at Staplers Close a shed broken into, a carpet and some tolls taken no one seen or heard.

20/10/07 – Suspicious persons in Goat lodge Road. Persons went around the side of informant’s house then got into a vehicle and left. When units arrived no trace of any vehicle.

14/10/07 – Nuisance youths standing in informant’s garden

Wickham Bishops

19/10/07 – Disturbance 6 the Street. Two persons who are known to the informant as regular shoplifters entered shop were being disruptive to staff.

01/10/07 – Nuisance youths in Church Street. 3 persons ringing doorbells then hiding. Area search completed no persons found.

Little Totham

Great Braxted
26/10/07 – Assault occurred one male was grabbed and assaulted when a road traffic incident occurred.

22/10/07 - Road Traffic Accident in Tiptree. One cyclist had hit a parked van. One injury.

Little Braxted

Tolleshunt D’Arcy
22/10/07 – Burglary in Vicarage close between the hours of 08:45 and 12:45 entry gained by smashing a ground floor window.

09/10/07 - Information that an Irish gentleman attended premises to ask if they wanted to buy any tools when informant declined the male left.

08/10/07 –Chapel Road Burglary between 07:30 and 13:00 Entrance was by a screwdriver being forced under the lock of the conservatory window and shed was entered too.

Tolleshunt Major
27/10/07 - Road Traffic Accident on loamy hill road three vehicle one injury one reported.

07/10/07 – Silent 999 call when units arrived children were playing on the line.

Tolleshunt Knights

Tollesbury
29/10/07 - Damage to collection box between 16:00 04/09/07 – 16:00 02/10/07 unknown persons have entered church and tampered collection box nothing taken.

25/10/07 – Damage to Dog bin on recreational ground unknown persons have put a rocket in bin and caused it to melt and then removed it from its post.

13/10/07 – Nuisance motorcycle riding on paths in new street when units arrived no trace.

08/10/07 – Theft of lead from the roof of Tollesbury county primary school no suspects heard or seen.

Goldhanger
12/10/07 – Suspects on premises in Head Street informant heard front door open.

Latchingdon
25/10/07 – Road Traffic Accident occurred on the Burnham Noad 3 vehicle accident minor injuries.

13/10/07 – Fight in 47 The Street. 20+ persons fighting in the car park. When units arrived no one was fighting

09/10/07 – Suspicious persons in Maldon Road. Male knocking on doors asking to call his aunty when told no he left and met a female at the end of the road.

07/10/07 - Road traffic accident in Burnham Road one vehicle one injury.

01/10/07 – Road traffic accident in Steeple Road two vehicles no injuries

Stow Maries
21/09/07 – 09:21 road traffic accident one car went into ditch no injuries.

Cold Norton

Purleigh

Althorne

North Fambridge

Mundon
25/10/07 – Road Traffic Accident in Barons lane two vehicles involved one male with leg injuries

Ulting

Langford

Woodham Walter

Woodham Mortimer

23/10/07 – Road traffic Accident in Maldon road involving one vehicle and a pedal cycle one person injured

See you on my patrols,
Steve Butler

Bogus caller Warning

2007-10-06T02:19:00.000-07:00

I have had a warning sent to me from Chelmsford Neighbourhood Watch

NEIGHBOURHOOD WATCH NEWS AND CRIME UPDATE ALERT.

BOGUS CALLERS - ARTIFICE BURGLARIES - DISTRACTION BURGLARIES

The surrounding areas of Chelmsford have been hit by a spate of nasty incidents all related to the above underlined named crimes. Chelmsford has not suffered any of the above but we must all be vigilant and warn our vulnerable neighbours without scaring or frightening them.

Ten incidents were reported to Essex Police last Friday and Saturday. All the incidents involved men callers frightening elderly people into believing that there was a problem with their water supply: -

I AM FROM THE WATERBOARD,
CAN I CHECK YOUR TAPS?
CAN I GET UNDER YOUR SINK?
THERE IS FLOODING NEXT DOOR,
I WANT TO CHECK A BURST PIPE,
I NEED TO TURN THE WATER OFF,

These are some of the reasons given by up to three men to con their way into premises.

Sadly SOME people did allow men into their houses and large amounts of money were stolen.

PLEASE SPREAD THE WORD AND REMIND PEOPLE TO SECURE & USE THEIR DOOR CHAIN BEFORE OPENING THEIR FRONT DOORS. DON'T OPEN YOUR DOOR TO STRANGERS.

This area of Essex is supplied with water by the Essex & Suffolk Water Company, they do not call unless requested and when they do they produce a bona-fide Identity card.

THEY DO NOT SAY "WE ARE FROM THE WATERBOARD" THIS NO LONGER EXISTS.

REPORT ANY SUSPICIOUS DOORSTEP CALLERS IMMEDIATELY TO THE POLICE ON 999

Thank you

Jim Cuddihee
Acting Chair Chelmsford
CHair Springfield NHW

Steve's Monthy Report

2007-10-06T02:05:00.000-07:00

Dear Residents,

You are probably aware that PCSO Steve Butler has taken over Heather Owen's duties as our PCSO, andd that includes providing a monthly report. At present, Steve's duties take him further afield than Heather, so I have included his report for the whole area.

Two things caught my eye in Steve's report. Can I draw your attention to two incidents of silent 999 calls which were children playing on the line, and a couple of silly 999 calls. As an area we are not bad for malicious calls… if anything we tend to be too timorous in calling 999 when it is appropriate to do so.

Can I remind people that 999 is for immediate response, ie something which is happening at the time; things like a suspected burglary, criminal damage, suspicious persons. Don't be afraid to use 999 in these circumstances, but please remind kids not to abuse the system.

Can I also draw your attention to this report:-

04/09/07 – Nuisance youths group of children reported playing with BB guns when police arrived the guns were plastic no offences.

Sadly I think the days when we were free as kids to run around in a public place, playing Cowboys ’n Indians or Cops ‘n Robbers are long gone. Recent tragic events with children and gun crime, though not local, make people nervous. There have been incidents in cities where kids playing with toys have been stopped by armed police.

Linda

Monthly Report for the Parishes – September.
Police Community Support Officer Steve Butler

Maldon Police Station 01621 852255
Tolleshunt D’Arcy Police Station 01621 868576
Point of Contact Mobile 07710 046156 – This is picked up by the officer on duty.
My mobile 07958 379451

Tolleshunt D’Arcy

25/09/07 – 17:10 Persons unknown have broken a window to gain entry no one seen or heard nothing taken.

20/09/07 – 13:05 persons unknown have removed padlocks and chain from around the surgery door. Property has not been entered, nothing taken.

15/09/07 – 14:48 abandoned vehicle left on Oxley hill. Moped had no reports on it and a helmet by the side of it.

12/09/07 – 10:15 Caravan struck pedestrian on the path in South Street no index and they failed to stop.

03/09/07 – 16:01 Road conditions a telegraph pole had been hit by a vehicle and was leaning on the wires. British telecom were advised.

Tolleshunt Major
26/09/07 – 19:14 Blue van parked in dangerous position. When checked the vehicle was insecure moved to a better location. Ongoing enquires.

15/09/07 – 18:01 one vehicle accident driver was arrested for failing to provide specimen of breath.

12/09/07 – 15:51 A large number of road signs from Beckingham Street have been stolen. No suspects seen.

Tolleshunt Knights
21/09/07 - 14:00 Blind Lane two males shooting on farmland. Persons were checked and moved on.

16/09/07 – Disturbance at Five lakes male unhappy with service shouting and staff words of advice given.

Tollesbury
22/09/07-09:21 premises in Sceptre Close have had garden ornaments taken from gardens no suspects seen or heard.

15/09/07 – 06:20 Assisting ambulance male in station road unable to gain entry when police gained entry male was intoxicated.

04/09/07 – 19:53 a blue Astra dropped people off in Darnet road and drove off with speed.

Goldhanger

15/09/07 - 16:50 Mini Moto seen driving up and down Blind Lane

10/09/07 – 18:08 one vehicle serious injury lost control on bend went into ditch.

04/09/07 – Nuisance youths group of children reported playing with BB guns when police arrived the guns were plastic no offences.

Great Totham

29/09/07 – 18:17 Request for Police informed that two balloons had collided mid air and landed in Plains Road. When checked all in order; had to make quick landing due to air speeds.

22/09/07 – 09:15 criminal damage on a car in Beadle Close. No suspects seen or heard took place approx 08:00 – 09:00.

20/09/07 – 21:42 In Hall Road a red Fiesta index unknown has been driving inappropriately.

19/09/07 - 19:32 In Hall Road a red Fiesta index unknown has been driving inappropriately causing distress to residents

16/09/07 – 21:16 suspicious vehicle was seen following a confrontation informant had with people shooting on land with an air weapon. No offences.

13/09/07 – 09:00 a gentleman’s bike was taken from a drive way in Maldon Road between the hours of 09:30- 13:30. No suspects seen or heard.

09/09/07 – 15:30 Silent 999 call child playing on line.

06/09/07 – 09:48 30 speed signs in Hall Road had been appeared to be stolen but after some investigating highways had moved the signs.

05/09/07 – 10:57 a Brown / Burgundy Vectra part index M216 vehicle was driving dangerously down Walden house Road.

03/09/07 – 14:52 Persons were approached by males in White Mercedes van selling Plasma Television from the back of van. Area search done no trace.

03/09/07 – 08:34 Aggrieved was phoned. The male calling said he was a police officer and that aggrieved’s wife had been in an accident. Aggrieved wife was with him at the time. Aggrieved gave his name and address out.

Wickham Bishops
28/09/07 - 14:56 Road traffic Accident two vehicles. No injuries

15/09/07 – 18:17 two vehicle car accident. One reported minor injury.

02/09/07 – 13:21 Suspicious white van driving up and down a private cul de sac looking at the houses index given as similar to P3** *WX

Little Totham
05/09/07 – 11:39 Request for police due to protest of the Bus shelter being demolished.

Great Braxted
No crime reported

Little Braxted
28/09/07 – 21:34 Car fire in Little Braxted Farm vehicle was stolen from Brentwood area.

Latchingdon
25/09/07 – 23:25 Informant called saying there was a disturbance in Buchanan way two persons fighting. When police arrived all was quiet. No one wanted to make complaints.

14/09/07 - 19:06 suspicious persons selling generators out of the back of the van.

13/09/07 – 09:36 Overnight tools were taken from a works van in Ramsey chase no one seen or heard.

08/09/07 – 10:02 two vehicle Road Traffic Accident out side Texaco Garage one minor injury.

06/09/07 - 14:35 Suspicious van was seen to park up outside scrap yard in Maldon road stay in lay by for 10 to 15 minutes looking at comes and going of Mayfair Ind estate.

05/09/07 – 13:40 Fire in field put out by fire brigade.

Stow Maries
21/09/07 – 09:21 road traffic accident one car went into ditch. No injuries.

Cold Norton
22/09/07 – 08:18 Lower Burnham Road vehicle lost control went into ditch

16/09/07 - two males on a mini Moto in Fambridge road in Cold Norton riding up and down the road.

07/09/07 - Theft from motor vehicle from Green Trees Avenue. tidy search of vehicle money taken.

07/09/07 – Theft of aggrieved’s handbag in Three Rivers Golf Club aggrieved left bag in toilet and when returned it had gone.

07/09/07 – Obstruction in Green Trees Avenue.

Purleigh
27/09/07 – 22:18 Road traffic Accident in Hackman’s Lane one vehicle no injuries no one reported

03/09/07 – 17:54 A group of males who appeared to be intoxicated went on the croquet pitch and urinated on it while people were playing. They went to the post office to get more alcohol were refused and sped off in a car.

Althorne
30/09/07 – 19:52 Obstruction in garden close vehicle moved when police attended.

23/09/07 – 19:16 Mini motos being ridden on Summer Hill play area. When area checked there was no trace.

22/09/07 – 01:12 Bridge Marsh Lane pick up truck being driven around farmland. When police arrived vehicle was locked up no-one to be seen.

18/09/07 - 11:34 suspicious vehicle on farmland on Burnham Road. When checked no one seen.

08/09/07 – 05:34 A male wearing a white hooded jacket was seen on the corner of garden close acting suspiciously. A vehicle alarm was going off in the vicinity.

03/09/07 – 20:18 Three Males riding mopeds on the green near the pub in Althorne, Person spoken to names taken.

North Fambridge
20/09/07 – 13:26 obstruction in Church Road junction with Ferry Road.Yellow van blocking entrance. Units checked no trace.

03/09/07 – 13:01 2 males were seen smashing up a vehicle in a farmers field in Franklin Road when police arrived males had left the area.

03/09/07 - 16:59 vehicle arrived again at location in farmer’s field, Franklin Road as it did at 13:01 but left when police arrived.

Mundon
21/09/07 – 20:05 two vehicle accident on Mundon Road. One person injured.

20/09/07 - 13:56 suspicious males in white transit van selling generators units attended area no trace.

18/09/07 – 10:09 Road traffic Accident one wheel fell off vehicle and struck police vehicle

Ulting
20/09/07 – 12:03 Doe’s Corner suspicious males in white transit van selling generators units attended area no trace.

15/09/07 - 20:26 Road traffic collision which the driver did not stop. Casualty had minor cuts and bruises.

11/09/07 – 15:54 Vehicle struck child while walking along side of the road minor injuries. The driver failed to stop.

01/09/07 – 11:23 Suspect(s) have taken a sit down lawn mower from a barn.

Langford
20/09/07 – 16:14 Burglary of premises in White Hour’s lane unknown suspects no one seen or heard. Investigation ongoing.

04/09/07 – 03:42 Road traffic accident in Maldon Road one vehicle went down a bank. One person injured.

Woodham Walter
23/09/07 – 19:07 Road Traffic Accident one vehicle, no injury, car recovered.

12/09/07- 14:05 In the Street, Woodham Walter.Two males were going door to door selling fish Informant felt this strange due to no fish van near to area.

11/09/07 - 13:46 Vehicle abandoned on Rectory Road. Removal notice put on vehicle by Council.

11/09/07 – 12:52 A Suspicious male was seen looking into sheds in which tools are kept. The male is well known to police.

Woodham Mortimer
15/09/07 – 21:50 Public order incident male was being rude and abusive to staff in a ph in Mortimer. Male was arrested.

06/09/07 – 17:06 Aggrieved had an air rifle taken

See you on my patrols,
Steve Butler

Neighbourhood Action Panel Report 20 9 07

2007-09-28T03:20:00.000-07:00

http://213.210.6.88/yourarea/y_np_mal.php?nptId=28

We held the first Public NAP meeting for Great Totham Neighbourhood on 20th September. There as a reasonable turnout, but sadly very little representation from places other than Great Totham village itself. It must be stressed that each NAP meeting is open to all residents of the whole Great Totham Neighbourhood, not just the village in which that meeting is based. The next meeting will be in Tolleshunt D’Arcy Village Hall on 14th November 7.00pm. We urge all residents to ensure that either they support the NAP in person, or at least, make their concerns known so that we can ensure that the Policing Priorities are representative of the whole area.

A number of concerns were raised, many of which are linked. This time, I wish to report on the concerns regarding traffic. Speeding is a big issue, indeed was the most complained about. The speed limits in Great Totham South have recently dropped from 40mph to 30mph. I, for one, have to really think about my speed, where the ingrained habit is 40.

We need to slow down. It’s safer for everyone and the noise nuisance is reduced. Also, if we resent people speeding through our village, we must try not to speed through other villages. It’s a problem common in the whole area, and the speeding issue on the B1022 was placed as one of the Policing Priorities.

The safety issues are compounded by parking issues. The Village Shop in Great Totham South is an important facility, much appreciated by the residents. But customers are parking too close to the junction with Hall Road. This makes visibility when driving out of Hall Road well nigh impossible at times. This was made a Policing Priority, with several positive suggestions being made.

On the matter of parking, another serious issue was discussed, that of parking with half the wheels on the pavement. It’s illegal to drive on the pavement. We shouldn’t park in such a way as to cause an obstruction or leave a vehicle in such a way as to endanger others. The Panel were told that some cars have been parked such that people with pushchairs and wheel chairs and mobility vehicles, are forced into the road to pass these obstructions. This is a problem particularly highlighted in D’Arcy, but goes on everywhere. Although this wasn’t made a Policing Priority this time (the Priorities have to be quite specific) it has been noted that this is a problem. Please let’s think before we park. If we have to park on the pavement, maybe we shouldn’t be parking there at all. Don’t let’s force people into the road where a speeding motorist might bump into them.

Another problem which was brought to the NAP’s attention is the number of parents who are failing to belt up or belt their children in properly in vehicles. This is particularly bad in the school run in Tollesbury. Just because it’s ‘just round the corner’, or we feel we’re unlikely to get caught, doesn’t excuse us from wearing seat belts. The seatbelt laws are not there just to deprive us financially via a £30 fixed penalty notice. They were brought in to stop people dying. Unbelted passengers get smeared over the windscreens at quite low speeds, even from the rear seats. This was made the third Policing Priority.

The important thing to remember with these Policing Priorities is we’re not trying to catch people out; we’re trying to improve residents’ lives by addressing some of the problems which affect us.

Please note that Wickham Bishops is under a different neighbourhood, and so has a different NAP http://213.210.6.88/yourarea/y_np_mal.php?nptId=31

Crime Circulation

2007-09-28T03:14:00.000-07:00

Anne has compiled a short crime circulation report regarding crime reported during the last week from 07/02/07 to 14/02/07.

MALDON CENTRAL AREA

Garage Burglary
Kestrel Mews, Maldon – Between overnight 12/02/07 & 13/02/07 persons gained entry to garage and stole a full set of Callaway golf clubs & bag, a red Casade ladies mountain bike, and some musical sound equipment.

Attempted Theft from Motor Vehicle
Aveley Way, Maldon – At approx 1740hrs a grey Vetaria JLK was found to be unlocked by means unknown & vehicle presumed entered as the glove compartment was found to be open, not yet known if anything has been stolen.

Criminal Damage
High Street, Maldon – Between 1945hrs on 09/02/07 & 0000hrs on 10/02/07, bodywork of a parked and unattended silver BMW was keyed along one side.

Vehicle Interference
Fambridge Close, Maldon – Between 1900hrs & 1910hrs on 09/02/07 an attempt was made to gain entry to a silver Mercedes Vito by trying to jemmy rear door. No entry gained & nothing stolen.

Criminal Damage
Highlands Drive - Between 1755hrs & 1800hrs on 10/02/07 garden wooden fence panel was pulled out and damage caused. Also between 2220hrs & 2230hrs on 12/02/07 further damage was caused to garden fence panels.

Criminal Damage
High Street, Maldon – Overnight between 10/02/07 & 11/02/07, a rear ground floor kitchen window to shop premises was smashed.

Criminal Damage
Mill Lane, Maldon – Between 0200hrs & 0850hrs on 13/02/07, front drivers window smashed to a white Nissan Micra.

Theft From Motor Vehicle
Market Hill, Maldon – Overnight between 12/02/07 & 13/02/07, windscreen and drivers windows smashed to red Peugeot 106, once inside messy search made and an angle grinder & tools were stolen from within.

HEYBRIDGE AREA

No reports of core crime

MALDON RURAL AREA NORTH

Theft of Outboard Motor
Woodrolfe Rd, Tollesbury – Between 24/01/07 & 08/02/07, a Honda outboard motor coloured silver & bronze has been stolen from unattended boat.

Burglary - Other
Langford Rd, Wickham Bishops – Between 08/02/07 & 12/02/07 commercial premises were entered and 3 double glazed windows were smashed & damage caused to fire door. Nothing stolen from within.

Theft
Woodrolfe Road, Tollesbury – Between 0800hrs & 0930hrs on 09/02/07, 2 x outboard motors were stolen by cutting through chains and removing them from boats and 3 x canoes were stolen from sailing club grounds.

MALDON RURAL AREA SOUTH

Theft of Motor Vehicle
Lawlinge Road, Latchingdon – Overnight between 09/02/07 & 10/02/07 a white Ford Mondeo part index N***HFW was stolen from a private driveway.

Criminal Damage
Burnham Road, Althorne – Overnight between 10/02/07 & 11/02/07, damage caused to 2 x plant pots outside front of shop premises.

SOUTHMINSTER & BURNHAM

Shed Burglary
Vicarage Lane. Tillingham – Between 03/02/07 & 07/02/07, shed was entered and a Sthil Strimmer, a white lining machine, and a mower were stolen from within.

Theft From Motor Vehicle
New Road, Burnham on Crouch – Overnight between 06/02/07 & 07/02/07 forced entry was gained to a silver Citroen Zantia, and a stereo, cd’s, bag and clothing were the stolen from within.

Theft From Motor Vehicle
Dunkirk Road, Burnham on Crouch – Between 2330hrs & 2345hrs on 07/02/07 persons were disturbed breaking into a white Toyota Hiace van, and an attempt was made to take the stereo radio, and only the front facia of the radio was removed.
Description given of suspects:- 1) White male, aged about 55 years, approx 5ft 8 ins tall. 2) Afro Caribbean female, aged about 24 years, approx 5ft 5ins tall.

Attempt Theft from Motor Vehicle
Station Road, Burnham on Crouch – Overnight between 07/02/07 & 08/02/07 a white Renault traffic van was entered by means uinknown and an attempt was made to remove car radio from within. Nothing stolen.

Criminal Damage
Lavender Drive, Mayland – Overnight between 09/02/07 & 10/02/07 the rear windscreen was smashed to a gold Renault Clio.

Criminal Damage
Imperial Avenue, Mayland – Overnight 11/02/07 & 12/02/07, damage caused to garden wooden fence panels, and concrete and wooden posts were snapped off.

Regards and many thanks

Anne Larn
SOA 7891
Maldon Police Station

Rip Off Tip Off

2007-09-18T23:26:00.000-07:00

I have recently been pointed in the direction of this website. http://www.ripofftipoff.net/ It is a very useful place for finding out about rip offs and for reporting if you think you've been a victim of a scam.

I will restict the scam blog site (see complete profile) to news of any scams relevant to our area //nw-gts-scamsbeware.blogspot.com/

AGM Minutes

2007-09-10T00:54:00.000-07:00

MINUTES OF THE ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING HELD AT GREAT TOTHAM VILLAGE HALL ON THURSDAY, 30TH AUGUST 07

(I have removed surnames as this is on the internet)

Linda, Chairman, opened the meeting and thanked everyone for coming.

1. Apologies for absence

Apologies for absence were received from PC Goodchild, and others

The Chairman explained that this was the first Annual General Meeting to be held since the inaugural meeting on the 9th August, 2005, mainly due to a readjustment of neighbourhood policing which had affected the Great Totham Neighbourhood Policing Team.

2. Report of launch meeting 9th August 2005

The report of the meeting was taken as read.

3. Chairman’s Report

The Chairman said that a copy of the Annual Report was being sent to Maldon District Council. Four editions of the newsletter had been delivered to Great Totham South residents and she thanked the co-ordinators for delivering these. More co-ordinators were needed and she asked that anyone who wished to volunteer should make themselves known. Maldon District Council had awarded a grant of £250 to pay for the production of the newsletter and the hire of the village hall for meetings. It had been expected that this would cover the cost of four issues but as some of the co-ordinators were printing copies themselves to distribute, there were still funds available. The dissemination of information was explained and Elizabeth was thanked for her efforts in obtaining e-mail addresses in order to contact people in outlying areas of the village. Anyone who wished to could be added to the e-mail list. Linda had set up a blog as a further means of communicating information. As not all the co-ordinators had computers, residents who had were asked if they would be willing to receive e-mails and pass them on.

4. Treasurer’s Report

The Chairman informed the meeting that a donation of £20 had been received from Stan’s Coaches, Maldon District Council had awarded a grant of £250 and £8.90 was raised from a bookstall held at the inaugural meeting. The income received totalled £278.90.

Expenditure for the production of newsletters, the hire of the village hall for the inaugural meeting and sundry e-mail expenses came to £148.75, which left a balance of £130.15. This was sufficient to produce a further two newsletters.

A discussion followed regarding the best way to raise funds in the future. A suggestion was made that residents be charged £1 per year but there was reluctance to do this as it was felt residents should not be excluded by funding. It was agreed that Maldon District Council should be approached to explore the possibility of a further grant. A further suggestion was made that, if necessary, the Neighbourhood Watch Co-ordinators should raise funds and ask the Council to match these with a similar amount. It was agreed that, although fund raising may take place in the future, it was not felt fair to ask co-ordinators to spend their time doing this at present.

5. Constitution

A draft copy of the constitution was displayed on a board in the village hall and it was also available on the blog. The Chairman read and explained the constitution following which it was accepted and will be circulated once amendments have been made.

6. Election of Officers

Linda was proposed as Chairman by Jill and seconded by Craig. David was proposed as Vice Chairman by Linda and seconded by Peter . As the Secretary and Treasurers’ positions were not filled at the meeting, it was decided that the Chairman would endeavour to find volunteers to take on these roles.

7. Election of Auditor

The Chairman proposed that Peter be elected auditor and this was seconded by Elizabeth

8. Future Annual General Meetings

It was agreed that the next annual meeting would take place on a date to be agreed during the first fortnight of October, 2008.

9. Any Other Business

The financial year end was agreed as the 31st August.

A question was asked ‘had crime dropped in the village since the Neighbourhood Watch had been set up?’ and PCSO Heather Owen agreed that, in her personal opinion, it had. The main problem at present was burglary. When asked if any crime had been solved as a result of Neighbourhood Watch, she said that two cases in the last couple of months had been.
It was agreed that for security reasons, where an e-mail is sent to a group, other than between co-ordinators, blind copies should be standard practice and that, before any e-mail is forwarded, the e-mail addresses of previous recipients should be removed.

As PCSO Heather Owen was leaving the service, PCSO Steve Butler, who will take over, was introduced. He had worked with PCSO Owen for eighteen months and knew the area well. He explained that at present he did not know which areas he would be covering but was looking forward to meeting everyone.

The Chairman said that the Neighbourhood Watch was very sorry to be losing Heather who had shown exactly what a good PCSO should be. She was thanked for all her efforts and on behalf of the young people of the village, was presented with a box of chocolates by Alex . She was also presented with flowers and a vase by the Chairman and all present wished her well for the future.

Following refreshments, Martyn gave a very interesting talk on “Dogs in the Police Service”.

Following thanks to Martyn and to those who had attended, the meeting closed at 9.50 pm.

Heather's Report August 07

2007-09-10T00:46:00.000-07:00

Police Community Support Officer Heather Owen

Maldon Police Station 01621 852255

Tolleshunt D'Arcy Police Station 01621 868576

Point of Contact Mobile 07710 046156 - This is picked up by the officer on duty.

My mobile 07958 379451

Steve Butler is your new Police Community Support Officer and is contactable on any of the above numbers. Call him if you want to meet him!

Great Totham

31/08 - 1625 hrs, 3 male youths playing golf at the Jubilee playing field, smashed a conservatory window, Hall Road.

27/08 - 1400 hrs, 3 males seen rabbit poaching down Church Road, with 2 whippets and a green Subaru. Registered owners of the car were from Kent.

16/08 - 2215 hrs, Staplers Walk. 8 local youths were seen riding on a scooter repeatedly up and down road.

29-31/07 - Shed burglary committed at property, Goat Lodge Road. Unknown suspect(s) stole chainsaws, an orange and white strimmer and an orange and white trimmer from outhouse.

Wickham Bishops

17/08 - 1522 hrs, dwelling burglary at house, Hatfield Road. Unknown suspects stole a television.

12/08 - Grange Road, between 1100 hrs - 1200 hrs, 3 local youths stole a cash tin being used by the aggrieved for selling vegetables from front garden. £2.10 was taken.

08-09/08 - Theft of diesel oil from tank in farm, Langford Road, Wickham Bishops. Unknown suspect(s) left the tank draining into the yard.

06-08/08 - Attempted dwelling burglary of property, Blacksmiths Lane. Unknown suspect(s) were unsuccessful in trying to open the kitchen and dining room windows, causing damage to the frames.

Little Totham

22/08 - 2230 hrs, unknown people throwing stones/ using catapult at cars coming along School Road. It looked as though they had purposefully put a big plastic bag in the middle of the road to slow the traffic down to hit the cars more easily.

28/08 - 0130 hrs, 3 unknown hooded suspects attempted to gain entry to garage, Wash Lane. They were disturbed by the owner.

Great Braxted

24/08 - 1300 hrs, 2 males seen trying to sell furniture from white transit van, Lea Lane. Police checks revealed no offences by the men.

Little Braxted

16/08 - 1820 hrs, a motorcyclist was pushed off his bike from people in a blue Peugeot 205, Braxted Park Road.

Draft constitution

2007-08-25T23:18:00.000-07:00

Draft Constitution NW-GTS

1. The name of the association shall be “Neighbourhood Watch Great Totham South” (NW-GTS)

Aims and Objectives
Ø To liaise and promote cooperation between the Essex County Neighbourhood Watch Association, and other relevant bodies.
Ø To raise awareness of the crimes affecting our area.
Ø To promote crime reduction.
Ø To encourage a two way communication between the Police and the local community.
Ø To reduce crime and the fear of crime.

Membership
Ø We are part of the Neighbourhood Watch in Essex, Chelmsford Division, Maldon District.
Ø We shall consist of a Village Coordinator, who liaises with the Street Coordinators,
Ø Local Area Street Coordinators who liaise between the village coordinator and some street coordinators, and some residents
Ø Street Coordinators liaise between either the Village Coordinator or the Local Area Coordinator and their residents.
Ø We will aim for flexibility in our approach.

Coordinators must be prepared to disclose their personal details to the police for checks if necessary.

Coordinators must be aware of privacy and confidentiality issues and must not disclose confidential information to inappropriate people.

Officers
Ø Chairman;
Ø Vice Chairman
Ø Secretary
Ø Treasurer

Election of Officers
Best Practice: Officers will be proposed, seconded and elected from the
Street Co-coordinators at an AGM, one vote per coordinator.
If any position should become vacant, the coordinators will adopt a volunteer to fill the position, to be ratified at the AGM

Committee
The Committee comprises the coordinators of Great Totham South.

Affairs of the Neighbourhood Watch will be conducted by the coordinators and the Chair.

The Role of the Street Coordinator is to

· To collect and disseminate local intelligence to the Police, local association and scheme members
· To read and consider all information and requests for assistance from the police and others that support the scheme’s efforts
· To encourage participation and welcome new residents
· To build the local community and promote good citizenship
· To look after your neighbours, especially the vulnerable.
· To keep an up to date list of scheme members
· To promote good crime prevention initiatives and adopt good practice where advised
· To encourage actively scheme members to identify property and serial numbers
· To hold regular meetings if applicable OR to attend relevant meetings.

Street Coordinators will liaise with their residents in the way that suits them best.

The Role of the Chairman.
Ø To ensure that coordinators are kept informed of any information from the Police, or help required by the police.
Ø To call regular meetings of coordinators, or to ensure that these tasks are done.

The Role of the Secretary
Ø To ensure that any correspondence required is done.
Ø To ensure that minutes of meetings are distributed.

The Role of the Treasurer
Ø To keep accurate accounts
Ø To have these accounts available for inspection by members
Ø To have the accounts audited before every Annual General Meeting.
Ø To prepare a report for any Grant giving bodies.

Bank Account & Expenses
NW GTS shall open a Bank Account, with two signatories required on any cheques. Coordinators will be reimbursed reasonable expenses where funds allow. Claims will be countersigned by another coordinator. The signatories must differ from the recipient.

Annual General Meeting
Best Practice:-
The AGM will be held once a year. The business of the AGM shall include
Ø Election of officers
Ø Appointment of an auditor.
Ø A Treasurer’s Report/Approval of Audited Accounts.
Ø A Presentation of an Annual Report of the Activities of NW-GTS
Ø A discussion and ratification of decisions taken during the year
Ø Questions and comments by the Residents

Coordinators meetings shall be held as required.

Complaints and Accountability
Minutes of the AGM will be made available for inspection by request to any Great Totham South resident.
Minutes of the Coordinators meetings will be made Available to Coordinators, the Maldon Area Chair, and the Police.
Complaints from the public should be addressed to the Chair in the first instance. If no satisfactory conclusion is reached, complaints should be made to the Essex Neighbourhood Watch Association.

Changes to the Constitution can be made by an emergency meeting of no less than 6 coordinators, including an officer, unless the total number of coordinators serving the Great Totham South Neighbourhood Watch is fewer than 6. Best practice is that all coordinators should be consulted in writing or by email. Changes must be ratified at the next AGM

I have received and read this constitution…………………………………………...

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Date………………………………………………………………………………..

Great Totham South Neighbourhood Watch AGM

2007-08-07T15:52:00.000-07:00

Great Totham South Neighbourhood Watch
Annual General Meeting

30th August 7.30 onwards
In the Village Hall.

Please come. This will be a chance to say goodbye to Heather Owen who has done a marvellous job of PCSO, but is leaving us to become a teacher. We are hoping to welcome PCSO Steve Butler, her replacement, and to welcome Pc Peter Goodchild, who is our current Local Police Officer.

Heather's Report for July 07

2007-08-04T15:02:00.000-07:00

Police Community Support Officer Heather Owen

Maldon Police Station 01621 852255

Tolleshunt D'Arcy Police Station 01621 868576

Point of Contact Mobile 07710 046156 - This is picked up by the officer on duty.

My mobile 07958 379451

As most of you will have heard, I am leaving Essex Police to start a primary school teacher training course this September. Therefore this is my last crime report. I want to take this opportunity to thank everyone for their support over the last 3 years, I have been so lucky to have been given a 'patch' where everyone has been so welcoming and supportive. Coupled with the fact that I have probably had to herd as many animals as I've had to deal with fights, (!) I have been lucky to have had the time to become a member of your community. I have special thanks to the Neighbourhood Watch volunteers who have given their time to help raise awareness of what is going on in our villages. I still have panic alarms and post code marking pens available if anyone wants them.You will have a new community officer, Steve Butler, who some of you may have met patrolling with me over the last year. He knows the area well and is keen to use the speed camera in the villages. You can contact him on any of the above numbers.

Great Totham's new Local Beat Officer PC Pete Goodchild is currently in the process of setting up Farmwatch in our area. Acting as a Neighbourhood Watch for farms, it will hopefully increase communication between our farms, highlight crime issues and prevent future crimes. Since Neighbourhood Watch has been updated in Great Totham and Wickham Bishops, the police have had a lot more 'suspicious person/ vehicle' calls, which has helped deter crimes and increase our intelligence on our 'criminal fraternity'.

And finally, we are currently asking members of the public for their opinions on any issues in our villages, which will be forwarded to your local Neighbourhood Action Panel for consideration. Issues can be anything police related, council matters, highways issues, environmental health concerns or suchlike. If you are interested in highlighting a local issue, call me or Maldon Police Station. Alternatively, anonymous forms have been left with Great Totham Village Store, Wickham Bishops One Stop Store and Great Braxted Store.

Great Totham

30-31/07 - Shed burglary, Goat Lodge Road. Overnight, a secure garden store was forced open and items inside were stolen. The unknown suspect(s) jumped over a garden fence to gain entry.30/07 - 0300 hrs, a Sat Nav and glasses were stolen from inside a secure parked car, Maldon Road. A car was seen driving away without its lights on, no other details known. Not known how they got into the car but no damage was caused.

Mid May - Mid July, a variety of items stolen from property, The Chase. Building work was being done at the time. Items included mirrors, lights, ladders, knife, and toilet rolls.

15/07 - 0845 hrs, deliberate fire started by entrance of Sains Farm, Church Road. None seen upon informant's arrival.

11/07 - 1530 hrs, 2 suspicious males seen looking around building site, Colchester Road. When challenged, they said that they were looking for someone. Drove off in a purple escort, M49* BEX.

10/07 - 1800 hrs, property along Prince of Wales Road had suspicious males looking around the property. The occupant had recently died and the 2 males said that they were 2 grandsons. The informant knew that they were not grandsons, and the 2 males left when challenged.

05/07 - 2210 hrs, a property along Colchester Road that had previously had 2 cars stolen from it, had 3 white youths look around the property. When approached, they drove off in a green Vauxhall Astra, N19* *JN. This car is fmiliar to the police.

02/07 - Theft of 9 memorial rose plants from Totham Green, between 1830 hrs and 1945 hrs. White transit van seen parked on the green at 1830 hrs.

Wickham Bishops

15/07 - Between 1600 - 1800 hrs, flower pots stolen from front of property, Arbour Lane.

14-15/07 - Overnight, 2 hanging baskets and 2 flower pots stolen from front of property, Wellends.

11/07 - Possible fly-tipping in the bushes of scouts hut. A crate of oil, bucket, tools, toilet rolls, chewing gum, and a T-shirt all found inside the hedge.

11/07 - Attempted dwelling burglary overnight, Wellends Close. Unknown suspect(s) tried to force open the front door.

07/07 - 2345 hrs, male heard trying to break into property window, Grange Road. When resident turned the light on, suspect male ran off. No other details known.

07/07 - 0255 hrs, 4 males seen breaking into The One Stop, The Street, to steal the cash till and cigarettes. Police followed the van to Basildon and had to ram it off the road. Evidence of 6 other burglaries in the area found in the back of their van.

06/07 - 0930-1430 hrs. Attempted dwelling burglary, Arbour Lane. Unknown suspect(s) gained entry via conservatory. Nothing taken.

05/07 - 1150 hrs, 2 car road traffic collision by the war memorial. One of the drivers was a known problem youth from the Tollesbury area that had stolen his carer's car earlier that day, and purposely crashed it. He has since been remanded in custody for committing an offence whilst on bail x 4.

02-03/07 - Overnight, ariel broken on car parked on aggrieved's driveway, Kelvedon Road.

01-03/07 - Burglary of business premises, The Street. The front door was forced open, a tidy search was made and the cash till, payphone and cash was stolen.

Little Totham

08-11/07 - All Saints Church was burgled by unknown suspect(s). The 2 padlocked sheds were broken into and a lawnmower was stolen.

Great Braxted

23-24/07 - 20 coping stones stolen from Braxted Park Wall by unknown suspect(s). They have a yellow stripe across them.

08/07 - 0345 hrs, the wooden fruit shed on the junction of Maldon Road and Braxted Park Road was deliberately set on fire.

Little Braxted

19/07 - 1000 hrs, warrant conducted on property, Lea Lane. Nothing found.

See you on my patrols, Heather Owen

Burglar Alarms Warning

2007-07-27T12:30:00.001-07:00

Dear Friends, I have had the following from Maldon Police

We have had reports from members of the public about receiving phone calls from a telesales canvassing representative working on behalf of security company mentioning that they are working with a very well known Securicor Company and persons have been selected to be contacted to receive an alarm system free of charge. The telesales persons have also been mentioning that they are doing this in conjunction with the Police and the Fire Brigade and making appointments for a representative to call on the householder who would appear to be a Security Surveyor to carry out a product demonstration and complete a risk assessment.

THE ALARMS ARE SUPPOSEDLY FREE OF CHARGE BUT THE HOUSEHOLDER HAS TO PAY FOR THE INSTALLATION.

They are inferring that the alarm will connected straight through to the police. THIS IS NOT SO.

In the report received at Maldon the Informant stated the telesales rep stated that were given suitable 10 Maldon addresses by the police to be contacted. THIS IS NOT SO AS THE POLICE WOULD NOT GIVE OUT THIS INFORMATON.

There is a mixed cross section of householders being contacted who are both elderly and younger. An elderly couple who were contacted in Maldon were not given the chance to refuse an appointment for a Security representative to call on them, and they were not asked if they would like a family member or a neighbour to be present. However, they did receive a second phone call to confirm the appointment and told the operator that they had reported them to the police and the operator immediately cut off, in which case no representative turned up on the time and date appointed.

THERE IS NO CRIMINAL OFFENCE BUT THE TELESALES REPS, IN THIS CASE, ARE USING PRESSURISED SELLING TECHNIQUES TO MAKE APPOINTMENTS SO A SECURITY REPRESENTATIVE CAN CALL ON HOUSEHOLDERS AND PERSUADE THEM TO HAVE A SECURITY SYSTEM THEY DON’T WANT AND IN SOME CASES MAKING THE MORE VULNERABLE HOUSEHOLDERS (THE ELDERLY) PAY OUT MONEY THEY CANNOT AFFORD.

Further to the above

Ray Stannard (CRO) has done some research and we have been faxed a letter that has been sent to Police Headquarters, stating that a Security Company are advising Police of their current marketing activity within the Essex County District. They stating they are a reputable installations organisation that is SSAIB (Security System Alarm Inspection Board) registered and adhere to all industry and ACPO guidelines. They work extensively with the well known company mentioned above & all their systems are connected to the well known company’s Control Room. They stated in their letter that their campaign is concerned with public awareness of monitored alarm systems that can qualify for police response. The initial approach to householders is via a telemarketing office. They are supposed to introduce themselves and state the purpose of their call and not oversell the product and only make an appointment if a householder has expressed an interest. If the householder is an elderly person they say that they invite the householder to have a family member or a neighbour in attendance. They also say that they don’t oversell on the phone.

Unfortunately with respect to the above reports that have been received by Maldon Police, persons receiving the calls have felt under pressure from the telesales persons to make an appointment, and the information stated about the connection to the Police and how their details have been obtained has not been correct.

WE THEREFORE RECOMMEND THAT SHOULD A MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC HAVE ANY DOUBTS AND ARE NOT HAPPY OVER THE VALIDITY OR THE LEGALITY OF SALES TECHNIQUES USED THAT THEY SHOULD CONTACT POLICE OR TRADING STANDARDS /CONSUMER DIRECT ON 08454 040506

SOA 7891
Maldon Police Station
X62135

Pearl XPS Ltd

2007-07-18T07:43:00.000-07:00

I have had this news passed onto me from Southend. I will copy it in as sent to me.

There was a group of door to door salespeople employed by a firm called Pearl XPS Ltd calling at pre war houses in Southend District yesterday (11.7.07) They offer free structural surveys. Anyone daft enough to take up the offer, will then be told by the surveyor that the house is in imminent danger of collapse and can only be saved by being coated. The surveyors are totally unqualified and the coating is as much use as tippex! Scare tactics are a normal part of their sales patter

The firm is known to Trading Standards and is currently under investigation by the DTI Scambuster Squad. Any information re Pearl XPS should be passed to Consumer Direct who are collating sightings, etc.

Please advise members of NW to be on their guard against this type of cold calling, not to sign any documentation they may be offered and under no circumstances to allow salespeople into their homes. Once in, the salespeople will not leave until the householder has signed on the dotted line.

According to the Companies House record, Pearl XPS was known as Anduraguard in 2006; and Wallcote in 2005. They also trade as Mosaic, which was featured on the BBC Watchdog programme

Meeting Feedback inc Crime Reduction Officer's Report

2007-06-29T00:00:00.000-07:00

The Maldon Section NHW meeting was held on 26th June 07. Here are some items of news and feedback

Great Totham South (I will also put this on the feedback forum)
Regarding the comment by anonymous person on the GTS feeback forum blog, enquiring about what can be done about the criminal damage in GTS, I asked, what can be done? Ray Stannard (Crime reduction officer) said regarding graffiti, that the police have a “Graffiti” file of tags which can be matched to names. Such damage needs to be reported to the police so they can photograph it for the files before it is cleaned off. Furthermore, if the culprit has eg cut themselves and dripped blood anywhere, please don’t clean it up, as it’s a good source of evidential DNA. In other words, don’t tidy up the mess until the police have attended.

Re offensive graffiti. If you feel you must clean it off because it’s too offensive to leave, at least take some photographs yourself.

Also, particularly in the rural locations, such damage tends to be by local people, and several people are aware of just who is responsible. But unless they are willing to make a statement, then there is little the police can do about it.

Heather said that people just aren’t reporting crime, not just criminal damage, but burglaries as well. She urged coordinators to make good use of the PCSOs and tell them what is going on, at the time, even if the information goes no further than the PCSO’s head or pocket notebook. Then it can slot into the bigger picture. Ray reiterated this, saying that resources are allocated according to need, and a place with only two reported pieces of criminal damage is going to get less attention than a place with 10 recorded incidents. So underreporting leads to under-resourcing, which means the problem is less likely to get sorted.

Crime Reduction Officer’s Report
· Most serious crime at the moment is PURSE DIPPING. There were 5 incidents in one hour. It has shifted back to the supermarkets… Tescos… Morrisons… Iceland and there are possibles from Woolworth’s and Budgens. The thefts have become bolder, with at least 2 incidents being from bags held over the shoulder at the time. Advice. Do not leave the purse easily accessible from even a big bag over the shoulder.

Further a field, the problem has also been experienced in Asda in South Woodham Ferrers, and the major supermarkets in Chelmsford, which had 3 in an hour. This time, there were no distraction techniques used. People should not carry large sums of cash around, eg one person lost £300. All the coordinators had stories of people in the supermarkets with open invitations in the supermarket trolley.

· Cycle thefts. Though in comparison with other places we are low in cycle crime, 30 have gone missing recently, of which about 2 dozen were unsecured bicycles just left lying around. Make sure they are secure. Make sure the kids don’t just dump the bikes in the front garden. That makes for easy pickings.

· There is an ever increasing problem of thefts from rural locations such as farms with industrial units attached. They are losing vehicles, petrol tools, power tools, hand tools, metals.

· Cars. There are far too many insecure cars, some being left with the keys in the ignition even. Not just old heaps, either, but quality cars. One person lost his van when he was loading it up. He put one lot of tools in the van, went away for the second lot, and the van had vanished. The keys were in the ignition… And a post van went missing in a similar incident. Lock it up, and don’t leave the keys in the ignition.

The reason car crime must be emphasised to residents is that there is a big problem with serious car crime problem working its way from Billericay, Wickford, South Woodham Ferrers, out towards this area, and we need to be less complacent to combat it. Cars are losing things like laptops left visible on the seat, mobile phones etc. Often this is made easy by the car being insecure. People will find they are not insured for such thefts as they haven’t taken the basic safety measures, so why should the insurance company pay out?

· Ray said that if the basic crime prevention precautions were followed by residents, ie not leaving purses vulnerable, back doors unlocked, cars unlocked and items temptingly visible, cycles locked and put away, crime could drop from its already low figure of just under 8 per day to under 6 per day. Just with a few simple measures.

PSCO Report from Heather

Scrap metal thefts in the area are still high

Tolleshunt D’Arcy are setting up a Neighbourhood Watch

Heather wanted to talk about communication, or rather, lack of it. She told us that someone had told her in passing that they had been burgled. They said they hadn’t bothered reporting it because they felt that there was little chance of catching the persons responsible. But if it’s not reported, there’s no chance!

Can you help regarding communication and information dissemination?

Some of our coordiators are not on emal, so can't receive information easily, which means their esidents sometimes miss out. Even if you don't want to be a street coordinator, wold you be willing to have information and alerts emailed to you so that you can pass it on toa coordinator near you who isn't on elai? Would you like us to email you the information directly? If so, please contact me on nw-gts@excite.com. Please, please, put NHW in where it says re, so I know what it's about, otherwise it will be regarded as spam.

Regarding emailing our local police officers and PCSOs, emails sent to the police which contain graphics of any description were often diverted for scrutiny or rejected, so please be aware of this.

The Fire Brigade are offering free Fire Safety Checks and fitting smoke detectors for free. Contact Carl Pullen, the Community Safety Officer 01245 328388

Alcohol and Boats don’t mix very well. Be aware of the perils of using a boat whilst drunk, because there have been fatal accidents.

PCSO Heather Owen is leaving at the end of August. Heather has done a brilliant job, is definitely one of the best PCSOs in the District, if not the best. We will miss Heather greatly and wish her well for the future.

Neighbourhood Action Panels (NAP)

2007-06-23T10:11:00.000-07:00

The first Neighbourhood Action Panel (NAP) meeting was held on 15th May. We met the new Inspector, Mark Watson, who replaces Inspector Jacobs now that he has retired. The new sergeant, Tim Marshal was unable to attend thorough illness. At this meeting, the role of the Neighbourhood Action Panel was discussed.

The “specific point of contact” (SPOC) has been renamed the “Neighbourhood Specialist Officer”. This is still Pc Bagley. (I hope you’re keeping up with the jargon and acronyms… Tee hee)

Why set it up?
Under the Crime and Disorder Act, Neighbourhood Policing has to be rolled out across the country by January 2008. Part of this requires the police to engage with the community they are policing. For this, Neighbourhood Action Panels are being set up. The aim is an informal liaison with the police and interested bodies to help focus some attention on local issues.

The way it works
Each Neighbourhood Policing Team (NPT) has a Neighbourhood Action Panel (NAP) made up of Key Individuals in the Neighbourhood (KIN). KIN should be as representative of the locality as possible. eg Residents, people who work in the neighbourhood, or own businesses, Churches and other religious bodies, Parish councils, youth groups, etc, ie anyone who has in interest in that neighbourhood. The NAP will include one police officer.

Basically NAPs are locally based partnerships. The aim is community engagement, discussing the local issues which local people are concerned about. The NAP will meet about every 8 weeks to discuss the issues which are most concerning the neighbourhood, ie the Policing Priorities.

These concerns will be sampled by doorstep questionnaires from the PCSO asking people what their concerns are, and a form available from various sources like the shop, maybe online, and the NAP meeting itself. There is a facility to leave comments on this blog, if you wish. I may convert the Feedback Forum to be the NAP feedback area.

The NAP meetings will be held every 8 weeks or so, and will be advertised in the Press (and on this Blog, hopefully). The first part will be open to the public for discussion and feedback. Then the NAP will retire in private to discuss matters arising from the meeting itself, feedback forms, emails to the police, the Parish Councils, NHW coordinators etc, and list the three Policing Priorities which the community wants to be addressed.

This list of three Policing Priorities will then be taken to the Joint Action Group (JAG), which in Maldon meets weekly. It will be decided how best to tackle the issues, and who should be tasked with tackling those issues. They will also give feedback to be presented at the next NAP meeting.

The Priorities will also be advertised on the Essex Police Website. On the page about Great Totham NPT

Prior to the next NAP meeting, the police will tell us what has been done to address those issues.

Some points about the NAP
It is important that everyone feels represented by this panel. It is not intended to supersede other community engagements with the police, like NHW and Parish Council meetings, but to supplement them. It is important, too, that the meetings are not dominated by one group alone.

One factor which is evident, is that Wickham Bishops is a separate NAP, yet we share many of the same problems. It would make sense for some of these issues to be tackled jointly. It may be that the overlap of the Neighbourhood Watch interests will help in this respect.

Criminal Damage

2007-06-18T05:21:00.000-07:00

With reference to the comment on Heather's report, Heather has responded with this message.

Dear Resident,

As far as people being brought to justice having caused the damage, we have had 2 positive results in the last 3 years - Regarding the B1022 bus stop, when the brickwork was damaged, a local male was charged with criminal damage and given a caution.

Regarding damage to the village's bus stop signs, one local youth was arrested for damaging the Catchpole Lane bus stop and was given a reprimand last November. Thanks went to the member of the public who happened to see the damage being committed.

Although I have recieved hearsay information as to could be responsible for the damage to the war memorial wreath, the police would require more substantial evidence to be able to arrest someone for this.

Interestingly, the chap given the reprimand for the damage to the Catchpole Lane bus stop and the name given as responsible for the war memorial wreath, are males from the same family, who are very well known to the police. We are monitoring this family closely, and are in regular discussions with their housing officer.

I continue to patrol these areas at different times of the day and speak to the people who use the area to meet up with friends.

As far as getting a police surveillance camera goes, this could be possible, however I believe we would need a heavy back-up of continuous repeated damage to the area over a certain period, to be able to get the authority to place a camera there. To my knowledge over the past 3 years, there have been 2 attacks to the bus stop and 2 attacks to the telephone kiosk. This would not justify the police obtaining a surveillance authority, when there are other 'hotspots' with problems every week throughout the year. I will forward your comments to our Sergeant, PS Tim Marshall for his consideration. Alternatively you can contact him on 01621 869851 or 01621 868576 - Tolleshunt D'Arcy Police Post.

Finally, regarding the criminal damage being caused to the Jubilee Playing Field equipment, the Parish Council are currently in discussion as to what steps to take next, as it seems as soon as a piece of equipment is mended, it is broken again. Options of installing CCTV, obtaining a grant form the District Council for newer, more damage-proof equipment, and doing some local fundraising event to get more funding, have been discussed so far.

There is a new antisocial behaviour coordinator at Maldon District Council, Clare Lawrence, who may be able to help the village with youth inititiatives such as setting up a youth club, organising sporting events, building graffitti walls etc. She can be contacted on 01621 875821, and I'm sure she would appreciate your comments. I have spoken to her previously, and she was keen to engage with the youth in the Maldon North villages.

I hope this helps, Heather Owen

Police Community Support Officer 8385

Great Totham Neighbourhood Policing Team
- My mobile 07958 379451
- Maldon Station Front Office 01621 852255

Heather's Report May 07

2007-06-14T01:52:00.000-07:00

Monthly Report for the 5 Parishes - May.

Police Community Support Officer Heather Owen

Maldon Police Station 01621 852255

Tolleshunt D'Arcy Police Station 01621 868576

Point of Contact Mobile 07710 046156 - This is picked up by the officer on duty.

My mobile 07958 379451

Some general crime prevention tips;

As the summer arrives, please be aware that opportunists are already targeting open properties for easy burglaries, sometimes when the occupants are even in the house. Hide keys/ wallets etc. in drawers upstairs rather than by the back door!

You can buy personal attack alarms from Maldon Police Station and Maldon District Council Offices for £1.50.

If you are going on holiday, think about purchasing timers for lights/ radios, to give the impression of someone being in the house. Ask your neighbours to draw the curtains and clear your post each day.
If a person knocks on your door asking to read your gas/ water meter and you are unsure as to whether they are legitimate, ask them for their head office phone number, so that you can make a phone call to them first to check their validity. Ask them to make an official appointment, ask for identification and ask a neighbour to be in with you when they return, IF they make an appointment.
Take your Sat Nav holders inside when parked at home, as thieves are casing cars that have the holders on a regular basis.
There are still a small number of purse dipping incidents happening in the Maldon area. Keep your purse in your jacket, or in a zipped up handbag. Buy handbags that have a long strap to place diagonally over your body, so that thieves can't quickly slip it off of your shoulder.
To make it more difficult for intruders to gain access to your property, lock side gates, and remove dustbins etc. from the walls to stop them from using them to jump over fences.
The country's biggest growing crime is identity fraud. Buy a shredder and use it! Identity thieves only need a name and address.
Fitting a spy hole in your front door is a cheap option, which will allow you to see who is at your door.
Keep a telephone by your bed. Then, if you think you have intruders in the house, the police are a quick phonecall away.
Never leave anything on a passenger seat in a car. Even a jacket may attract opportunist thieves into breaking a window to see if anything else is in the vehicle.

Great Totham
28-29/05 - School Road, a tree was dug out from resident's front garden and stolen.

28/05 - One male arrested for a public order incident outside the Prince Of Wales Pub, 2355 hrs.

24/05 - Suspects heard on premises, Plains Road. At 2255 hrs, people were heard on a building site. It is thought the unknown males made off towards Great Braxted, crossing the B1022 at 2340 hrs. No descriptions available.

17/05 - The occupants of a maroon Ford Panel Van, H1** BMM, seen acting suspiciously around the Staplers Heath area. Police checks reveal no tax or insurance, and it is notified off-road. Registered owner is from Kelvedon.

15/05 - Great Mountains Farm,Colchester Road. Suspicious white Transit Connect Van, LY** DDK, seen on site. 3 males were looking into the farm buildings, and when disturbed, drove off without explanation. The vehicle is wanted for 4 offences around Essex. If you see this vehicle please call the police as soon as you can! ie 999

12- 14/05 - Dairy Crest Dairies, Broad Street Green, had unknown suspect(s) enter property by breaking window, and take cheque books to the value of £14.

14/05 - 1500 hrs, red Subaru seen doing laps around Stapler's Heath. Owner was from Witham.

03/05 - A white Ford Escort Van, G3** WHJ was seen parked up along Beckingham Road. This vehicle is owned by the male responsible for stealing golf balls from a number of golf clubs in the area.

Wickham Bishops

There have been a couple of reports of badgers being killed in rabbit snares in the Wickham Bishops area. Can I request people keep a look out for these snares so that checks can be made to make sure that they are legal. There is a hotline number for the North East Essex Badger Group that can be called if anyone has any information. 07751 572175.

22/05 - Armed robbery at The One Stop Store, 2125 hrs. A white male, late twenties, with skinhead, wearing glasses and a dark polo shirt, threatened to use a knife if the cashier refused to hand over the cash. £300 taken, the male ran off on foot towards Snows Corner. A red Fiat Punto was seen driving away from the scene although we are not sure whether this was connected.

13/05 - One Stop Store. 1620 hrs. 2 shoplifters stole various food items by putting the goods into a shopping trolley. The male, mid forties, with black hair with blonde highlights, put the items into the 80 year old lady's shopping trolley, before they both put the trolley in a car and drove away without paying. The female wore glasses and a green jumper.

11/05 - One Stop Store. 1530 hrs, 2 males, early twenties stole handwash and beer.

Little Totham

No reported crime.There have been renewed complaints about the white van parked at the Sawyers Road/ The Street junction. This is being monitored by the local beat officer.

Great Braxted

24/05 - Dwelling burglary, Tiptree Road, at 1550 hrs. An unknown suspect entered the property from the open back door and stole a jacket containing a wallet with cash.

06/05 - Braxted Golf Course, late morning. 2 males in a Nissan Primera, PN** XDB were parked up in the golf club, despite the club being close Sunday morning. When questioned, they stated that they were just looking at the course. One male had a hand-written map of the Braxted area. A check of the vehicle reveals the owner is from Bristol.

Little Braxted

No reported crime.
It has been reported that a red pick-up may be flytipping in the Braxted area. It is thought the truck comes from Little Braxted.

See you on my patrols, Heather Owen

Normal service will be resumed as soon as possible

2007-06-06T11:45:00.000-07:00

Hi there, I've had problems accessing this blog recently, which is why there haven't been any new posts for a while. I went to the trouble of creating a new blog for the Neighbourhood Watch, which I may well use, but for the moment, keep using this one. Having set up the new one, I have found out how to do a couple of things re the links. So I'll try and do that here too. Bear with me... you know how bad I am on the computer.

Heather's Report for Feb and March 07

2007-04-03T07:52:00.000-07:00

Monthly Report for the 5 Parishes - February and March

Police Community Support Officer Heather Owen
Maldon Police Station 01621 852255
Tolleshunt D'Arcy Police Station 01621 868576
Point of Contact Mobile 07710 046156 - This is picked up by the officer on duty.
My mobile 07958 379451
Website www.essex.police.uk

Crime Figures
Our policing 'district' of Great Totham encompasses the villages of Tollesbury, Tolleshunt D'Arcy, Goldhanger, Tolleshunt Knights, both Tothams, both Braxteds and Wickham Bishops. There is a current population of around 9,500 people, 32% of this population are between 40-59 years old, and 10% account for 10-17 year olds. The following data comes from crime figures for the dates 1st Jan 2006 - 31st Dec 2006. Three were 283 reported crimes within our district last year, which averages out as 0.8 offences per day. This represents 9.7% of the Maldon District's crime, therefore highlighting that the Maldon district generally is a very low crime area.

The two main types of crime reported are criminal damage (20%) and 'offences against the person' (18%). Non-dwelling burglaries were reported 29 times last year, which shed burglaries are classified under. Again, for such a large area covering 9000 hectares, these figures are extremely low.

On a more general basis, the crime trends for the Maldon District also show a lowering trend in reported crime, with at least 30% detection rates for the first time in many years. Comparing our district to 14 other similar districts across the country with similar demographics, we have the lowest crime figures and the highest detection rates. Basically it means that the Maldon District suffers from less than eight offences a day in a resident population of over 60,000.

Great Totham
18/03 - Overnight, a truck was stolen from Industrial Park behind Tiptree Heath Garage, Maldon Road, by lifting off the iron gates. Truck later found dumped in Black Notley.
4-5/03 - Between 2015 hrs on 4th and 0715 hrs on 5th, unknown suspect(s) attempted to gain entry to garage, Stapler's Heath. Nothing stolen.
3/03 - Up to 5 local youths burgled The Prince Of Wales Pub for alcohol, Saturday evening.
2-5/03 - Unknown suspect(s) scratched obscene words onto car bodywork, Maldon Road.
25-26/02 - Overnight, Walden House Road, unknown suspect(s) have damaged car by smashing front windscreen with brick, ripping off one wing mirror and a windscreen wiper, denting bonnet and puncturing a tyre.
18/02 - Overnight, unknown suspects smashed stained glass window of St.Peter's Church, and ate a tin of biscuits. A lot of empty cans left in church (see below report from the previous night!)
17/02 - Approximately 10 unknown youths stole 10 crates of alcohol from The Bull Pub, 2000 hrs.
11/02 - 1740 hrs, 4 male youths seen riding motorbike on Jubilee Playing Field and Colchester Road.

Wickham Bishops
29/03 - 1530 hrs, 3 Asian males pull up at the Police Station, The Street, in a green Rover. When approached by the resident they got into the car and drove off at speed towards Witham.
17/03 - One female child, (under 10) found stealing a comic from One Stop Store.
25/02 - 4 unknown males seen on Wickham Place Farm land, with 7 dogs, possibly badger baiting. May have been parking at Thomas Cook Woods.
15/02 - Grange Road, between 2300 - 2330 hrs, property had unknown person enter garden whilst owner was walking dog. Nothing stolen but this is a repeat incident from Xmas.
09 - 11/02 - Wickham Grove Orchards, unknown suspect(s) smashed 3 windows of property, 1 fire door and made an untidy search of house. With nothing stolen it looked like it was nuisance youths that had gained entry.
03 - 07/02 - Unknown suspect(s) stole dark green rowing boat from aggrieved's property and dumped it under bridge, Station Road. 4 unknown male youths, approximately 15 years old were seen playing in the same location on Saturday 3rd and Tuesday 6th February.

Little Totham
22/02 - Royal Mail van stolen from along The Street at 1047 hrs, later dumped down Hall Road after the four suspects had stolen the letters from inside. A white transit followed the stolen van until they stopped along Hall Road to transfer the letters across.
15/02 - Car stolen from Stow Maries, left dumped and burnt out along Church Road. There had been four cars dumped in the Purleigh area within a week of each other previous to this, all had been burnt out, so we believe this to be the same person.
03/02 - Criminal damage by graffiti to the bus shelter, and to fence panels and two vehicles near to the bus shelter. Two local lads (under 10 ) have been spoken to.

Great Braxted
15/03 - Between 1530 hrs and 1700 hrs, unknown suspect(s) stole £320 from pavilion cash box, Braxted Park House.
12/03 - Tiptree Road, solar powered light stolen from garden between 0800 hrs and 1700 hrs.
17/02 - Braxted Park Golf Club, between 1530 hrs and 1600 hrs, unknown suspect(s) broke into vehicle by smashing car window and stole handbag left on passenger seat.

Little Braxted
No reported crime. Some of you may remember when there was a group of illegal immigrants left in Little Braxted Lane, after a lorry driver dropped them off on the 12th June 2006. One of the men was found deceased. The lorry driver who originated from Lithuania, has since been charged with manslaughter.

See you on my patrols,
Heather Owen

Village Clean Up Day Sunday 22nd April

2007-03-31T15:35:00.000-07:00

Village Clean Up Day Sunday 22nd April

The village Spring Clean Up day is scheduled for Sunday 22nd April. Can you help, please?

Meeting at 10-00am at either the Village Hall car park for Totham South, or The Compasses car park for Totham North.

Suspicious Persons & Artifice Burglary

2007-03-31T04:25:00.000-07:00

PCSO heather Owen has forwarded this information to me:-

There was a suspicious person reported to the police on Tuesday 27th March 2007, approximately 9.30pm. They knocked on the door of one of the Alms Houses, School Road, and the occupant made sure to keep the door chain on when they opened the door.

They immediately shut the door as it seemed like the man was trying to sell something. They were carrying a black clipboard and wore black. He was tall with a slim face. Unfortunately we do not have any other information, but an area search could not find anyone in the area shortly afterwards. It makes you think if they were supposedly selling anything, they would still be in the area 5 minutes later?

We have had a number of artifice burglaries in the Rettendon area, see below;

Burglary - ArtificeSouth Hanningfield Road, Rettendon - Between 9.30pm & 9.37pm on Sunday 25/03/07, 1 male called at an address purporting to be from Basildon CID asking about jewellery.

Elderly resident tried to close the door and the male forced his way into the property causing glass panel in front door to smash, followed by 2 other males. Males entered informant’s bedroom and stole handbag and other items. When personal attack alarm went off males made escape, roughly pushing past informant.

Description of males:-

1) Male, white, aged approx 20 years, about 5ft 6ins in height, short dark hair, clean shaven, slim build, wearing dark trousers and white shirt.

2) Male, white, aged approx 20's, about 6 ft tall, wearing dark clothing.

3) Male, white, aged approx 20's, about 6 ft tall, wearing dark clothing.

Lets hope that we do not have any similar occurrences in our villages.

Here are some tips for avoiding being a victim of a bogus caller.

Tips;Are you expecting anyone? Tell them to make an appontment. Especially if you have a call after 5 pm.

Secure the door bar or chain before opening the door.

Ask for caller's I.D and a number of their head office.

Call head office and confirm this with a number in the phone book, to make sure that it is not a fake.

Check the number with directory enquiries.

Keep your back door locked just in case whilst you are distracted at your front door, there aren't other people trying to get into the back of the property.

You can even pretend that there are other people in your home, that you are calling to, to deter those who might want to target those who live alone.

Regards, Heather Owen

Is impersonating a police officer a good idea?

2007-03-31T04:23:00.000-07:00

No.

It can result in 6 months imprisonment.

Urgent Crime Report

2007-03-26T10:14:00.000-07:00

Burglary – Artifice
South Hanningfield Road, Rettendon – Between 9.30pm & 9.37pm on Sunday 25/03/07, 1 male called at an address purporting to be from Basildon CID asking about jewellery. Elderly resident tried to close the door and the male forced his way into the property causing glass panel in front door to smash, followed by 2 other males. Males entered informant's bedroom and stole handbag and other items. When personal attack alarm went off males made escape, roughly pushing past informant.

Description of males:-

1) Male, white, aged approx 20 years, about 5ft 6ins in height, short dark hair, clean shaven, slim build, wearing dark trousers and white shirt.

2) Male, white, aged approx 20’s, about 6 ft tall, waering dark clothing.

3) Male, white, aged approx 20’s, about 6 ft tall, wearing dark clothing.

Ep-2007032-1398 refers

Although this incident has occurred in the South Woodham Ferrers area, it has raised a serious concern as the above males were posing as CID police Officers from Basildon and your residents, especially the vulnerable members of the community, need to be made aware asap.

Report from Maldon Police 7th to 14th Feb 07

2007-02-14T10:37:00.000-08:00

MALDON CENTRAL AREA

Garage Burglary
Kestrel Mews, Maldon – Between overnight 12/02/07 & 13/02/07 persons gained entry to garage and stole a full set of Callaway golf clubs & bag, a red Casade ladies mountain bike, and some musical sound equipment.

Attempted Theft from Motor Vehicle
Aveley Way, Maldon – At approx 1740hrs a grey Vetaria JLK was found to be unlocked by means unknown & vehicle presumed entered as the glove compartment was found to be open, not yet known if anything has been stolen.

Criminal Damage
High Street, Maldon – Between 1945hrs on 09/02/07 & 0000hrs on 10/02/07, bodywork of a parked and unattended silver BMW was keyed along one side.

Vehicle Interference
Fambridge Close, Maldon – Between 1900hrs & 1910hrs on 09/02/07 an attempt was made to gain entry to a silver Mercedes Vito by trying to jemmy rear door. No entry gained & nothing stolen.

Criminal Damage
Highlands Drive - Between 1755hrs & 1800hrs on 10/02/07 garden wooden fence panel was pulled out and damage caused. Also between 2220hrs & 2230hrs on 12/02/07 further damage was caused to garden fence panels.

Criminal Damage
High Street, Maldon – Overnight between 10/02/07 & 11/02/07, a rear ground floor kitchen window to shop premises was smashed.

Criminal Damage
Mill Lane, Maldon – Between 0200hrs & 0850hrs on 13/02/07, front drivers window smashed to a white Nissan Micra.

Theft From Motor Vehicle
Market Hill, Maldon – Overnight between 12/02/07 & 13/02/07, windscreen and drivers windows smashed to red Peugeot 106, once inside messy search made and an angle grinder & tools were stolen from within.

HEYBRIDGE AREA

No reports of core crime

MALDON RURAL AREA NORTH

Theft of Outboard Motor
Woodrolfe Rd, Tollesbury – Between 24/01/07 & 08/02/07, a Honda outboard motor coloured silver & bronze has been stolen from unattended boat.

Burglary - Other
Langford Rd, Wickham Bishops – Between 08/02/07 & 12/02/07 commercial premises were entered and 3 double glazed windows were smashed & damage caused to fire door. Nothing stolen from within.

Theft
Woodrolfe Road, Tollesbury – Between 0800hrs & 0930hrs on 09/02/07, 2 x outboard motors were stolen by cutting through chains and removing them from boats and 3 x canoes were stolen from sailing club grounds.

MALDON RURAL AREA SOUTH

Theft of Motor Vehicle
Lawlinge Road, Latchingdon – Overnight between 09/02/07 & 10/02/07 a white Ford Mondeo part index N***HFW was stolen from a private driveway.

Criminal Damage
Burnham Road, Althorne – Overnight between 10/02/07 & 11/02/07, damage caused to 2 x plant pots outside front of shop premises.

SOUTHMINSTER & BURNHAM

Shed Burglary
Vicarage Lane. Tillingham – Between 03/02/07 & 07/02/07, shed was entered and a Sthil Strimmer, a white lining machine, and a mower were stolen from within.

Theft From Motor Vehicle
New Road, Burnham on Crouch – Overnight between 06/02/07 & 07/02/07 forced entry was gained to a silver Citroen Zantia, and a stereo, cd’s, bag and clothing were the stolen from within.

Theft From Motor Vehicle
Dunkirk Road, Burnham on Crouch – Between 2330hrs & 2345hrs on 07/02/07 persons were disturbed breaking into a white Toyota Hiace van, and an attempt was made to take the stereo radio, and only the front facia of the radio was removed.
Description given of suspects:- 1) White male, aged about 55 years, approx 5ft 8 ins tall. 2) Afro Caribbean female, aged about 24 years, approx 5ft 5ins tall.

Attempt Theft from Motor Vehicle
Station Road, Burnham on Crouch – Overnight between 07/02/07 & 08/02/07 a white Renault traffic van was entered by means uinknown and an attempt was made to remove car radio from within. Nothing stolen.

Criminal Damage
Lavender Drive, Mayland – Overnight between 09/02/07 & 10/02/07 the rear windscreen was smashed to a gold Renault Clio.

Criminal Damage
Imperial Avenue, Mayland – Overnight 11/02/07 & 12/02/07, damage caused to garden wooden fence panels, and concrete and wooden posts were snapped off.

District NHW meeting

2007-02-05T23:37:00.000-08:00

Held Monday 5th February, St Cedd’s.

Section Reports

Moves to set up Neighbourhood Watches in the North Fambridge have met a good response. A revitalisation of other Neighbourhood Watches is going well. The PCSOs are visiting many of the coordinators.

The sections have very little to report in general.

Crime Reduction Officer’s Report

Ray Stannard told us that the problem which is causing most of a headache at the moment is in the Purley Cold Norton area. There is an arsonist who is stealing cars, dumping them and setting fire to them. The cars have been stolen far afield, places like Dunmow and Leigh on Sea.

If you see anyone acting at all suspiciously with a car, eg driving it into a field. Please dial 999 immediately. Don’t hesitate.

There are two ideas about this at present. One is that the person doing this actually lives in the area. The other is that someone is picking him or her up in another car.

All sorts of cars have been stolen

Youth Antisocial Behaviour is creeping back, and involves a fair bit of alcohol.

Motor vehicles are being stolen. This is across the district. Quite a lot have been taken since the beginning of the year.

Sometimes the vehicles had the keys in the ignition, Ray pointed out that this makes claiming on the insurance a bit awkward. So please don’t make it easy for someone to pinch your car. In the discussion, it was remarked that some people leave the keys in the ignition and the engine running whilst nipping into a village shop for something. (Another example we have mentioned before is whilst “defrosting” the car.)

Some cars have lost their contents overnight.

House burglaries. At the moment most are forced entry. One that hit the headlines was at Woodham Walter.

Maldon Football Club recently had someone go through the changing rooms, stealing wallets, jewellery etc, some car keys, and driving off with the car. Changing rooms in general are vulnerable to this sort of thing, so use the lockers if they are provided.

Recently someone entered the Town Hall, picked up a set of car keys and drove off with the vehicle which was parked in the Town Hall parking spaces. Please be aware that people have the nerve to do this; don’t be complacent.

Criminal damage seems to be targeting cars just now,

AOB
The Police Portal System which is used in Suffolk was looked at recently with a view to bringing this to Essex. The system seems to work very well.

Monthly Report for January 07

2007-02-04T08:27:00.000-08:00

Monthly Report for the 5 Parishes - January

Heather Owen - Police Community Support Officer - 5 Parishes

Maldon Police Station 01621 852255

Tolleshunt D'Arcy Police Station 01621 868576

Point of Contact Mobile 07710 046156 - This is picked up by the officer on duty.

My mobile 07958 379451

It has been a relatively quiet Christmas and New Year for our 5 villages, and so I have been concentrating on updating Neighbourhood Watch in Wickham Bishops. I'm then endeavoring to visit all street coordinators in our villages over the coming months. If you would like any more stickers, crime prevention leaflets, message-in-bottles, etc. then please give me a call.

Great Totham - Local Beat Officer = PC Andy Bagley.

24/01 - 2 people arrested for attempting to steal copper piping from Payne's Farm, Beckingham Rd, at 1100 hrs.

21/01 - 0335 hrs - Unknown supect(s) attempted to gain entry to van parked on owner's driveway, Spring Lane.

13-15/01 - Criminal damage to car, Hall Road, between 1800 hrs on the 13th Jan and 1800 hrs on 15th Jan. Obscene word scratched into the bonnet.

09/01 - Theft of 50 golf balls from Foresters Golf Club by unknown suspect(s), between 1600 hrs and 1630 hrs.

Wickham Bishops - Local Beat Officer = PC Andy Long.

If you would like to volunteer as a street coordinator for Neighbourhood Watch in any of the following roads, please give me a call on my mobile; Maypole Road, Witham Road, Wickham Hall Lane, Wellends (Witham Road end) and Station Road. Thankyou to those who have offered to become new street coordinators, we will be holding a quick Neighbourhood Watch 'get-together' for those interested on the 19th April at the village hall committee rooms, 1930 hrs.

20/01 - Graffiti sprayed onto the windows of the One-Stop Store. Unknown suspect(s) did this sometime after 2200 hrs.

Great Braxted - Local Beat Officer = PC Andy Bagley.

24-31/01 - Copper tape stolen from Tiptree Road, to the value of £1000. The tape was being used by the national grid engineers working along Tiptree Road at the time.

15/01 - Aggravated burglary, Tiptree Road, at 2000 hrs. 3 youths entered property and threatened aggrieved with samari sword to steal a computer console, before driving away in a dark coloured car. Two local males charged so far.

Little Braxted - Local Beat Officer = PC Andy Long.

Little Totham - Local Beat Officer = PC Martyn Leggett.

28-29/01 - Unknown suspect(s) threw rock through back windscreen of aggrieved's car, whilst it was parked on driveway, Post Office Lane.

See you on my patrols, Heather

Urgent Request and December's Report

2007-01-06T08:42:00.000-08:00

Important
There is a red Peugeot car-derived van V763 DLY that is wanted for 2 accounts of theft in the area, that has been seen twice in suspicious circumstances, (Wickham Bishops and Rivenhall).

The police need to arrest the driver for the 2 thefts (quote incidents 629 of 16th Nov '06, and 428 of 16th Nov '06.)

If you see this vehicle please call Maldon Police on 01621 852255.

November/December Report

Heather Owen Police Community Support Officer 8385 - 5 villages.

07958 379451

Maldon Police Station 01621 852255

Tolleshunt D'Arcy Police Station 01621 868576

Point of Contact Mobile 07710 046156 - This is answered by the officer on duty.

My mobile 07958 379451

Great Totham

24 - 25/12 - Wing mirror damaged from red Astra parked in Foster Rd, between the times of 1930 hrs on the 24th and 0830 hrs on 25th Dec.

15/12 - Teenage male seen trying to steal Christmas decorations from front garden of property, Maldon Rd, 2145 hrs.

08/12 - Red Ford Mondeo abandoned in ditch and set alight, Great Totham Road, 1210 hrs.

03/12 - Shed burglary, Beckingham Road. Printer and photocopier stolen from insecure building used as an office, between 1700 hrs and midnight on 03/12.30/11

Suspicious male seen knocking on doors, pretending to be deaf and mute, and asking for £10. At one property he was quite forceful by refusing to let the informant close the door until they had given him money. Male was approximately 60 years old, wearing dark clothes, a cap and had a white stubble beard. Similar reports from Hall Road, School Road and Colchester Road.

Wickham Bishops

31/12 - 0300 hrs - Front window smashed of property, Church Road. A car was heard driving away from the scene.

25-26/11 - Criminal damage caused to 2 garage windows, Church Road, between 1800 hrs on 25th and 1100 hrs on 26th.

24-25/11 - Criminal damage caused to wing mirror and passenger door of car, Church Green, between 1740 hrs on 24th and 1820 hrs on 25th.

21/11 - Dwelling burglary, Wellends, between 0930 hrs and 1630 hrs. No evidence of damage to property.

14/11 - Suspicious male in red V763 *** registration car-derived Peugeot van seen driving around back of property, and looking into property, Church Rd, 1300 hrs. When questioned the driver said that he was 'collecting rubbish'. Police records show the driver of the van wanted for 2 accounts of theft in the past 2 weeks.

12/11 - 2125 hrs, 2 local females stole alcopops from The One Stop Store. One arrested

07/11 - 1135 hrs - Insecure Silver Ford Galaxy stolen from outside address,

05/11 - Front and rear index plates stolen from car, overnight at Beacon Hill Garage.

Little Totham

10/11 - 1620 hrs, 4 males were knocking on doors, trying to sell windows. No identification, scruffy appearance but all in order when spoken to by police.

Great Braxted

22-26/11 - Garden strimmer stolen from All Saints Church shed, by damaging padlock on shed.

Little Braxted -
nothing to report.

Suspicious Person

2006-12-01T02:02:00.000-08:00

We are getting reports of someone who is approaching people for money, ie £10.

He is described as "A tall white man aged approximately mid 60's pretending to be mute and deaf with a card begging for £10.00 money" and "Mid 60ties, 'Grandad cap', dark clothing, white beard or stubble".

He is decribed as being quite demanding, over-friendly, and kissed one person's hand when they wouldn't give £10 for his art work, which they found upsetting.

Please call 999 if you are approached.

December Bullet-in

2006-12-01T01:14:00.001-08:00

You might like to look at the Essex Police Website http://213.210.6.88/index.php

Season’s Greetings to our residents.

We had a coordinators’ meeting recently where we met our NPT officer PC Bagley. We are hoping for a Public meeting in the spring. We discussed some crime prevention issues, like putting out rubbish bins shortly before they are to be emptied, as ID thieves sometimes rummage at night. Cars being defrosted are vulnerable to theft, so don’t leave them running unattended. Don’t leave valuables on display in the cars, or presents under the tree.

From January 8th, the structure of the NPT is changing slightly, which means Great Totham Neighbourhood Policing Team will gain another PCSO and another officer.

We are hoping for blanket coverage for newsletters at least, of Great Totham South. The idea is that people with Email can receive the information and newsletters, and print out a few copies for their immediate neighbours. We need coverage in the Colliers development, the new complex where the school was, Catchpole lane, Playle Chase, amongst others. Could you help with this? If so, please contact us via the shop. Thanks

(This info is aimed at residents of Great Totham South but if you’d like to be added to the list, but live elsewhere, you’re welcome. Please ask. The information sent out is generally posted here, anyway.)

I recently attended a District NHW Meeting, at which we had Crime Reduction Officer’s Ray Stannard’s Report

Car badges have been taken in Heybridge, so keep your eyes open.
There has been another house burglary in Wickham Bishops. That is the
fourth since the beginning of October. These are daytime burglaries, so please
be vigilant.
Half the house burglaries in the District just now are for car keys for high performance cars. Originally ST fords were targeted, but now it’s anything flash. Ray suggests we take our car keys to bed with us, and don’t leave car keys in the house when we go out leaving the car at home. These burglaries are happening day and night, a 24/7 problem.
The “Polish” callers have started again this week, with people of East European appearance knocking on doors, asking for money and trying hard to make you buy something. If they call on you, please phone 999 The same goes for suspicious callers.
Sat Navs are still being stolen. Unfortunately, the windows are smashed to get these. Take them out of your car, and rub off the window sucker mark.
Don’t leave your Christmas shopping on display in the car when out shopping. And don’t leave the car unlocked when you’re pulling a trolley back.
Remember not to leave your handbag or purse vulnerable in the supermarket trolley.
Beware of emails and phone calls wanting personal details. Identity theft is on the increase. Similarly, get a shredder and shed all documents. Even an old utility bill can be used to set up an account in YOUR name. Do you fancy someone taking out a loan on your behalf? Shred everything with personal data.

Heather's Report for November 06

Monthly Report for the 5 Parishes - October/ November.Police Community Support Officer Heather Owen

Maldon Police Station 01621 852255

Tolleshunt D'Arcy Police Station 01621 868576Point of Contact Mobile 07710 046156 - This is picked up by the officer on duty.

My mobile 07958 379451

At the moment the theft of ST models of Ford cars has risen in Essex and our District. Please be vigilant if you own one of these as people are burgling the house to get the keys, are not taking anything else whilst inside the house, and then are stealing the car outside.

As November has been a relatively quiet month in our villages I will circulate details of the Telephone Preference Scheme and the Mailing Preference Scheme, to help stop nuisance cold calling and junk mail respectively.

Telephone Preference Scheme - call 0845 070 0707.

Mailing Preference Scheme - call 0845 7034 599.

Great Totham

15/11 - 2215 hrs, youths were seen throwing stones at property, Hall Rd.

10th - 11th/11 - Attempted shed burglary, Totham Hill Green. Person(s) unknown tried to gain access to garage adjacent to house. No entry gained.

28th/10 - Window smashed of garden shed, Hall Rd. Nothing taken from inside.

Wickham Bishops

21/11 - Dwelling burglary between the times of 0930 hrs and 1630 hrs. Jewellery and laptop stolen from property. It was unknown how the suspect(s) got into the building as there was no evidence of damage.

12/11 - 2125 hrs, 2 females stole alcopops from The One Stop Store. CCTV shows both 14-16 years old. One wore a white top and had dark blonde hair, the other was in a dark jacket. No other information known.

07/11 - 1135 hrs - Silver Ford Galaxy stolen from outside address, Buckleys Close. Keys were left in the ignition.

05/11 - Front and rear index plates stolen from car, overnight at Beacon Hill Garage.

04-07/10 - Dwelling burglary, Wellands Close. Hedge trimmers, chain saw, brick saw and gas nail gun were stolen from a locked garage. Person(s) unknown forced entry by breaking window and padlock. Neighbours had heard noises on the Friday afternoon and an unknown blue car was seen in the area at the time. No other info known.

02/10 - Attempted dwelling burglary, 0230 hrs, Church Rd. As below report, damage caused to window. Resident heard the disturbance but did not see anyone when looking outside.

02/10 - Dwelling burglary committed, Maypole Rd, between 0630 hrs and 1630 hrs. Unknown suspect(s) attempted to gain entry to house by bending aluminum windows of property.Little Totham10/11 - 1620 hrs, 4 males were knocking on doors, trying to sell windows. No identification, scruffy appearance but all in order when spoken to by police.

24-25th/10 - Theft of Sat Nav from secure car, Field View Drive, between 2200 hrs on 24th and 0800 hrs on 25th . Person(s) unknown smashed side window to get to the Sat Nav.

Great Braxted

19 - 23/10 - All Saints Church, Gt.Braxted - theft of 15 metres of lead piping from roof. £500 damage to tiles.

Little Braxted

24/10 - Dwelling burglary, Kelvedon Rd. Between 1030 hrs and 1945 hrs person(s) unknown smashed rear kitchen window and stole jewellery, cash, cheque book.

See you on my patrols, Heather Owen

Do you know these people?

2006-11-29T10:52:00.000-08:00

I've asked for Email alerts from the Essex Police website, and this came through today. (You can do the same. It's interesting). As it's local, I thought I'd circulate it. This was the contents:-

Can you identify the gang of four?

Police release CCTV pictures of four men they want to identify.

http://www.essex.police.uk/news/n_cont.php?articleId=2742

(One of these days I'll get round to putting a link to Essex Police Website on the side here. I hope this link works, anyway. If not try copy and paste.)

New Phone Scam

2006-11-17T08:15:00.000-08:00

New Phone scam 17 11 06

Hi everyone, this has come to me via Heather, via another coordinator, originating from Lancashire police

If you receive a phone call on your mobile from any person, saying that, he or she is a company engineer, or telling that they're checking your mobile line, and you have to press #90 or #09 or any other number. End this call immediately without pressing any numbers.. There is a fraud company using a device that once you press #90 or #09 they can access your "SIM" card and make calls at your expense.

October's Report and More

2006-11-02T14:19:00.000-08:00

Please find below Heather’s Monthly report for October.

In addition there has been some trouble on Halloween. Two houses in Welland’s Close, Wickham Bishops, and a house in Maldon Road were “egged” and a house had yogurt splashed on it as well. In addition a man had a firework thrown at him from a red Orion in Wellands at 6.30 approx. The firework exploded near him.

In these incidents no-one called 999 or otherwise to get a unit out so the police had no chance of catching the perpetrators. Heather has asked me to remind you to report crime to the police. If it’s a crime in progress, then call 999. Otherwise phone Heather on her mobile, or Maldon Police Station 01621 852255 or Chelmsford 01245 491212.

They don’t have crystal balls. We have to report crime if we want something done about it.

This brings me onto the subject of phone numbers. There seems to be a lot of confusion as to what all the phone numbers are for. This isn’t just us; at a PCCG meeting in Chelmsford recently, it was apparent that a lot of us members of the public are confused about what the SPOC number is for.

The SPOC number is a mobile carried by the officer on duty. 07710 046156. It is not, it must be emphasised, not for reporting a crime in progress, ie something happening at that moment. It is not for calling the immediate response from our NPT officer. A crime in progress requires 999, because the officer might be sent into a dangerous situation, and that should be done via the Force Information Room so they know where the officer is.

The SPOC number is there so that you can talk to the officer on duty about concerns you might have, or if you have a question you think s/he might be able to help with.

Our (Great Totham Neighbourhood Policing Team) NPT is based at Tolleshunt D’Arcy. The phone number is 01621 868576. It has an answer machine, but the message might not be picked up for a day or so.

Maldon Police station’s number 01621 882255 is often put through to Chelmsford. This is for general enquiries, or to report a crime and incidents which have happened. This includes graffiti. The police are building up photos of graffiti to make prosecutions more successful, so please report it. The same goes for criminal damage.

And we have Heather’s number so we can phone her and discuss any issues with her.

Fireworks, some reminders

It is illegal for under 18s to buy fireworks
It is against the law for under 18s to carry adult fireworks (anything other than caps, sparklers, cracker snaps and indoor fireworks. The penalty is up to £5,000 or 6 months prison sentence.
Fireworks should not be let off after 11.00pm. or Midnight on 5th November

Check out the Essex Police Web site for more details http://213.210.6.88/index.php

Scrap metal is still being stolen in huge lorry loads. if you see a vehicle being loaded up with scrap metal, don't assume it's bona fide, call 999 and report it immediately

Monthly Report for the 5 Parishes – October 06

from Police Community Support Officer Heather Owen

Maldon Police Station 01621 852255

Tolleshunt D'Arcy Police Station 01621 868576

Point of Contact Mobile 07710 046156 - This is picked up by the officer on duty.

My mobile 07958 379451

Halloween has passed without too many issues, although homes were targeted with eggs along Wellends, Wickham Bishops and Maldon Road, Great Totham on Monday evening (30th). Unfortunately noone was seen at the time.

The Crime Reduction Officer Ray Stannard has expressed concern that the number of daytime burglaries is rising in the Maldon District, and we have had at least three in our villages over the last month.

The theft of Sat Nav systems is also a trend in Maldon and our villages have been hit with one of these thefts in Little Totham, to a secure car. Please be vigilant if you have a Sat Nav system and take the system out of the car when you are not using it.

Great Totham

28 - 29/10 - Damage to garden shed by breaking window, nothing taken, Hall Road.

26/03 - 15/09 - £5,000 trout has gone missing from Loft's Farm lake. It was being monitored what was being caught, taken out and put in , and divers have confirmed that there are no fish left.

16/10 - RSPCA seized 11 alive dogs and 4 dead dogs from property. Resident tried to damage evidence before the police turned up to assist RSPCA.

08/10 - Suspicious youths seen at 0137 hrs, along Goat Lodge Road, one was carrying a baseball bat. One was in a navy hooded top, the other was in a grey top.

03/10 - Known youth knocked on resident's door, Maldon Rd on Sunday (1st) asking a question about the buses. Same youth knocks on same door on the 3rd asking whether the resident knows someone called 'Darren'. Youth was seen looking into same address earlier on in the day. Same youth seen looking into peoples' windows along Maldon Rd. Well known for pedal bike theft. White male, 15 year old, 5 ft, slim build, wearing round glasses, brown short hair, often seen in the village on a bike.

02/10 - Shed burglary committed over night, Prince of Wales Rd, between the dates of 30/09 and 02/10. £300 stereo taken. Unknown suspect(s) broke through padlock to get in. The same suspect(s) may have been responsible for dumping a baseball bat, 2 empty boxes, a length of plastic tube and some fishing equipment under a bush at the same at the same time.

01/10 - Pedestrian hit by passing taxi, Colchester Rd junction with Beckingham Rd, 0015 hrs.

01/10 - 3 nuisance drivers riding in cars around corn field, Hall Rd, 1815 hrs. One red, one blue and one grey car. No other info known.

Wickham Bishops

04-07/10 - Dwelling burglary, Wellands Close. Hedge trimmers, chain saw, brick saw and gas nail gun were stolen from a locked garage. Person(s) unknown forced entry by breaking and window and padlock. Neighbours had heard noises on the Friday afternoon and an unknown blue car was seen in the area at the time. No other info known.

02/10 - Attempted dwelling burglary, 0230 hrs, Church Rd. As below report, damage caused to window. Resident heard the disturbance but did not see anyone when looking outside.

02/10 - Dwelling burglary committed, Maypole Rd, between 0630 hrs and 1630 hrs. Unknown suspect(s) attempted to gain entry to house by bending aluminum windows of property.

Little Totham

25/10 - 0200 hrs, a sat Nav stolen from secure vehicle, Field View Drive. Unknown suspect(s) smashed window to get into car.

Great Braxted

19 - 23/10 - All Saints Church, Gt.Braxted - theft of 15 metres of lead piping from roof. £500 damage to tiles. Approximate times = between 1300 hrs on the 19th and 0900 hrs on the 23rd.

Little Braxted

24/10 - Between 1030 - 1945 hrs, house broken into by breaking through window, £550 of goods stolen, (cufflinks, watches, chequebook), and £200 worth of damage to the window.

See you on my patrols, Heather Owen.

Watch Out for Your Pot Plants

2006-10-03T14:26:00.000-07:00

There is definately someone going around stealing big plant pots around the Great Totham and Wickham Bishops area. It's happened in Mount Pleasent Estate, Arbour Lane, Foster Rd, Catchpole Lane, and Harvey Rd. These have all happened over last month or so. No other info other than whoever is doing it would have to have vehicle as very heavy potted plants are being taken. Usually in middle of night but also whilst people have been on holiday.

PCSO Heather Owen's Report September 06

2006-10-03T13:59:00.000-07:00

Monthly Report for the 5 Parishes - September

Police Community Support Officer Heather Owen

Maldon Police Station 01621 852255

Tolleshunt D'Arcy Police Station 01621 868576

Point of Contact Mobile 07710 046156 - This is picked up by the officer on duty.

My mobile 07958 379451

You may have read about the new seat belt regulations for children. They are as follows:-

If the child is under 12 years of age (and above 3 years of age) and under 135 cm in height they must be sitting on a child or booster seat.

Once they either reach 135cm or 12 years of age (whichever comes sooner) they are no longer required to have a child/booster seat.

Confused?!

The police can issue £30 fixed penalty notices for this.

There has also been a rise in the theft of scrap metal in the county. A white Ford Transit, R4** HAK is known to officers as being the main suspect, who we believe is coming down from Huntingdon regularly to commit scrap metal thefts.

Some of you may remember the numerous thefts of road traffic signs that was happening around our district in the early summer. A local suspect was charged with the thefts of 40 + signs but I thought I would provide you with the numbers to call if you have any queries/ issues with local signs.

Specific road name signs - Maldon District Council -01621 854477 - Ask for Phil Chapel.

All other road signs - Essex County Council - 0845 603 7631.

Great Totham

03/10 - Known youth knocked on resident's door, Maldon Rd on Sunday (1st) asking a question about the buses. Same youth knocks on same door on the 3rd asking whether the resident knows someone called 'Darren'. Youth was seen looking into same address earlier on in the day. Same youth seen looking into peoples' windows along Maldon Rd. Well known for pedal bike theft. White male, 15 year old, 5 ft, slim build, wearing round glasses, brown short hair, often seen in the village on a bike.

02/10 - Shed burglary committed over night, Prince of Wales Rd, between the dates of 30/09 and 02/10. £300 stereo taken. Unknown suspect(s) broke through padlock to get in. The same suspect(s) may have been responsible for dumping a baseball bat, 2 empty boxes, a length of plastic tube and some fishing equipment under a bush at the same at the same time.

01/10 - Pedestrian hit by passing taxi, Colchester Rd junction with Beckingham Rd, 0015 hrs.

01/10 - 3 nuisance drivers riding in cars around corn field, Hall Rd, 1815 hrs. One red, one blue and one grey car. No other info known.

30/09 - Theft of golf club set, bag and trolley from front garden, Maldon Road, between 1400 hrs and 1500 hrs. No suspects seen.

22/09 - Beadle Place, 2 unknown males seen conducting door to door sales, 1530 hrs. Informant saw that their window had been opened, then saw said males knocking on one other property with an open window. They did not knock on any other doors, and therefore believed them to be suspicious. Approximately 18-20 year olds, one was 5" 8 tall with black hair. They even asked the informant how long they were going out for! See next report for possible cross reference.

22/09 - Beckingham Street, Tolleshunt Major. 1620 hrs, 1 male conducting door to door sales of dusters. When questioned about fake identification and illegality of sales, he replied, "I know, but everyone does it". 5" 5, slim build, approximately 18 years old, with Northern accent. Wore light coloured 'Gaberdine' jacket.

20/09 - Criminal damage committed to car in Prince of Wales Pub carpark, between 2100 hrs and 2130 hrs. Unknown suspect(s) scratched passenger front wing mirror of aggrieved's blue BMW.

13/09 - Criminal damage to tractor at Loft's Farm, Broad Street Green. Person(s) unknown have emptied bag of sugar into fuel tank of tractor, causing £300 damage.

13/09 - Aggravated burglary, Stapler's Walk. Person entered property during the night and stole keys belonging to home owner, whilst threatening them.

13/09 - Person(s) unknown, tried to enter property down Stapler's Close, overnight on the 13th/ 14th/09.

12/09 - Large plant pot stolen from front garden, Mount Pleasant Estate whilst the residents were away on holiday. Noone seen or heard. This coincides with unconfirmed reports that similar thefts are happening in the Foster Rd/ Catchpole Lane/ Harvey Rd area of Great Totham. Unknown suspects would need a vehicle to steal these large potted plants.

11/09 - Theft of laptop from commercial premises, Hall Road, 1415 hrs. Dell Insperon 1000, black model. None seen or heard.

07/09 - Road traffic Collision, failed to stop. Lorry collided with tree, Hall Road, causing damage to fencing.

21/08 - Known suspect was seen punching the Catchpole Lane bus stop, causing damage to the value of £125.

Wickham Bishops

02/10 - Attempted dwelling burglary, 0230 hrs, Church Rd. As below report, damage caused to window. Resident heard the disturbance but did not see anyone when looking outside.

02/10 - Dwelling burglary, Maypole Rd, between 0630 hrs and 1630 hrs. Unknown suspect(s) attempted to gain entry to house by bending aluminum windows of property.

30/09 - At 1350 hrs, a male called at address in Poney Chase, requesting to read gas meter. Did not call at any other addresses and did not appear to be a 'professional'. The occupants did not have a gas meter, and reported the suspicious behaviour. No description except that the male wore a blue T-shirt and jeans, and carried a clip board.

28/08 - 04/09 - Criminal damage caused to rear window and wooden frame of property in Arbour Lane, damage to the value of £100.

22/09 - 6 unknown males refused to leave The Chequers when requested, 2030 hrs. Public order warning given to one male. The landlady later received repeated nuisance calls from an unknown person, blocking the telephone line.

12/09 - Wickham Bishops resident suffered a purse snatch at Tesco, Fullbridge. £200 stolen from handbag whilst shopping. No suspects seen.

Little Totham

29/09 - Resident had a brick thrown through their car windscreen, The Street. Great Braxted

30/09 - Theft of handbag from secure car, parked at Shut Heath Wood, Braxted Road. Unknown suspect(s) smashed window and stole bag between the times of 1000 hrs and 1015 hrs.

22/09 - 2 or 3 cars full of youths seen smashing a light at the cricket pavilion, 2305 hrs. Youths seen running away at scene, one detained by police. Awaiting further information from original informant.

Little Braxted

No reported crime.

H

Domestic Violence

2006-10-02T13:11:00.000-07:00

I have a few pamphlets on this subject, printed by the Home Office in collaboration with the cross-Government Domestic Violence Unit. It contains advice on what domestic violence is, what help is available, and the safest way a friend can help.

I can't reproduce it because it's crown Copyright. If you want one for yourself, or have a friend who might benefit, please email me or contact your coordinator, and I'll try and get one to you.

A useful phone number is the 24 hour Domestic violence helpline 0808 2000 247

Maldon Section Neighbourhood Watch meeting 26th Sept 06

2006-09-26T15:52:00.000-07:00

Lights Out
The Chairman of Maldon Section NHW has send out a letter to Councillor Rodney Bass and MP John Whittingdale regarding the proposed turning out of many of the street lights between 12.00 and 5.00am, on behalf of Maldon Section Neighbourhood Watch.

Dear Councillor Bass,

I am writing on behalf of the Neighbourhood Watch coordinators in Maldon to express the concerns of many of us regarding the potential increase in car crime, burglary and antisocial behaviour which may follow the turning off of street lighting in our area, which is one of the pilots for this scheme. In addition there may be increased difficulties for those outside at night with regard to personal safety and road safety.

The concern is that whole areas will be in darkness, rather than a reduction in lighting, which would be justified on environmental grounds Please advise us of your intentions regarding this aspect.

In addition, CCTV cameras may be ineffective as a result of reduced lighting. Please advise us whether this has been taken into consideration

Finally the fear of crime, which many darkened areas may cause is very difficult to quantify or measure, but is a factor which should be taken into consideration, particularly for elderly of disabled people

I look forward to your reply and hope that you will take the matters raised into consideration.

We have received a reply from Tony Ciaburro, Service Director for Highways and Transportation, Essex County Council. I have reproduced the import of the letter.

I understand the concerns you have raised and can assure you that your views, along with the many others we have received, will be included in the evaluation process we have planned for this proposal.

The detail of the pilot scheme in the \Maldon and Uttlesford areas is still being considered and you can be assured that no decisions will be made until consultation with local district and parish councils and the police have taken place,. The county council is mindful that some areas are more vulnerable than others and the areas you mention such as where CCTV is installed will be considered before implementing the pilot scheme.

Environmentally the reduction in carbon emissions is an issue that Essex county council is trying to address and the switching to part night lighting will make a significant contribution.

Crime Reduction Officer for Maldon Police Ray Stannard’s Report.

Handbag Thefts are still a problem in the two major supermarkets in Maldon. Whereas before this was “Purse Dipping”, this is now the whole handbag which is being taken. Before, it was thought to be organised gangs coming into the area. Now this problem is thought to be local opportunists.

Don’t turn your back on your handbag when looking at the shelves. (We know that, don’t we, but we still do it!)

Car crime.
At the moment this is mainly criminal damage in the Maldon and Heybridge areas. Thefts from cars are down. Sat Nav theft has died down. (But don’t get complacent.)

The “Polish Problem”
The vast majority of migrant workers such as Poles in this country are hard working and honest. However, there are some Polish people going around the area, often a woman or women. They carry a card with a few written words, or sometimes a pencil drawing, saying something along the lines of “I need money” for some sad story. This started at Burnham and is now across the district. Whilst calling on people like this isn’t necessarily a crime, there have been 2 or 3 incidents where the callers have physically forced their way into the property and taken some money.

Some of our old folk can be a bit of a ‘soft touch’, falling for a sad story.

If you are called on by such people, can you inform the police immediately, please.
Saying, “Oh, they were here last week” isn’t as helpful.

Burglary.
We haven’t had the “summer problem” like we had last year.

However, town centre shops staff rooms have been targeted, with handbags stolen, including money, house and car keys. This represents considerable cost to the victim, who then has to change house and car locks.

Please keep an eye on Engineering type properties, those having “scrap” metal such as steel and copper piping. There have been a number of thefts of such material from Tollesbury to Maldon. This isn’t small amounts; tons are going missing, £20,000 worth; serious losses This would need the right equipment to shift it. If you see anything you think is suspicious, please dial 999 immediately

On the “Home Front” there have been a number of Fixed Penalty Notices issued for Antisocial Behaviour. One night was particularly bad with five £80 FPNs being issue for urinating in the street.

Any Other Business.

The next Chelmsford Police and Community Consultative Group Public Meeting is on Tuesday 10th Oct 06 at King Edwards Grammar School, Broomfield Road, Chelmsford.

The new opening hours for Maldon Police station are

Saturday, Sunday, Monday, Tuesday, 9.00am to 5.00pm

Wednesday, Thursday and Friday, the Police Station will be open from 8,00am to 8.00pm.

(This refers to the front office being open to the public. It doesn’t mean that nobody’s there the rest of the time.)

The Chief Constable of Essex has agreed in principle to Paid Coordinator.
Ray asked the coordinators if we would be happy to see a part time Neighbourhood Watch position funded by the police to cover the district, facilitating communication between the Police and the Coordinators and hence to the public. This was approved of by all the coordinators present. This is still very much in the discussion stage, unlikely to be introduced before the next financial year, and the exact details of such a post would need thinking out and some fine tuning. It’s hoped to use the “Ringmaster “ scheme of texts, phones and emails to get the information out quickly.

The next Maldon Section NHW meeting is on 30th November. If you’d like an issue raised, please contact me. (Linda) Or, if it’s not personal, leave a comment on the Blog

Is Anyone Actually Reading These NHW blogs?

2006-09-19T11:07:00.000-07:00

I'm just wondering if anyone is reading these blogs. I know they haven't been going long, so local people may not be aware of them. Their aim is to keep residents in touch with local Neighbourhood Watch issues, local news, and what's happening with our local police force.

There is a visit counter, but that seems to count visits to the profile, not each site, so I don't know how many visits (if any) I'm getting. I'm not very good with technical things, so perhaps I haven't grasped the best way to monitor this.

However, I have enabled the comments feature to take comments from anyone. If you've read this post, could you please acknowledge with a brief comment. Are you a local resident, or are you just browsing? Just wondering, that's all. Thanks.

Artifice Burglary

2006-09-17T09:28:00.000-07:00

Artifice Burglary
St Michaels Close, Latchingdon
– At 11.15am on Friday 15/09/06, two males called on an elderly resident & asked if he wanted any trees cut. Whilst doing the work in the garden one of the suspects distracted the resident over changing the cost of the work done, whilst the other suspect male disappeared into the house. After the suspect males left the premises, the elderly resident discovered his cash box containing a considerable amount of money missing from his bedroom, and in addition a Minolta Camera and a mobile phone were also stolen.

Males were described as being:-

1) White, approx 5ft 10ins, aged about 23/24 years, slim build, wearing a blue shirt, blue trousers.

2) White, approx 5ft 9ins, aged about 40 years, heavy build, with hair growth on his chin, wearing white/dirty shirt, blue trousers

Vehicle in their possession was a white flat back van with mesh/netting on the side, registration unknown. There was believed to have been a wheelbarrow in the back of the vehicle.

If anyone can help and have seen these persons and can give police any information to identify the males or their vehicle, please contact Maldon CID on 01621 852255 and quote reference EP-20060915-0590.

Laptop Stolen. Can You help?

2006-09-12T06:21:00.000-07:00

Did you see anything suspicious?

11th September 2.30pm, a Black Dell Insperon 1000 Laptop computer and charger were stolen from a premises in Hall Road.

Did you see anything suspicious, for example, someone walking down the road with a laptop under their arm? Has anyone tried to sell you a laptop fitting this description?

If you have any information, please contact Maldon Front Desk on 852255.

The officer dealing with the case is PC Littlefield and the crime reference number is C 422 A/24481/06

An Updated Version of Heather's July and August Report

2006-09-06T13:06:00.000-07:00

Maldon Police Station 01621 852255
Tolleshunt D’Arcy Police Station 01621 868576
Point of Contact Mobile 07710 046156 – This is picked up by the officer on duty.

It has been a quiet summer in comparison to last summer in our villages. Therefore it has been a good time to welcome our new Sergeant, PS Chapman. He has worked in Maldon for a while and is looking forward to approaching our local issues with an active, problem solving approach.

There are still a number of Polish men selling paintings in Wickham Bishops, Great Totham and Goldhanger. An elderly lady has been burgled by a Polish man who forced her to hand over money once she let him in the house. Please be vigilant, they can be very ‘pushy’ towards the more vulnerable.

Please note that private/ sensitive incidents are not posted in this report.

Great Totham
07/07 – Chapel Road informant believes someone has been entering his back garden during the day, moving garden furniture.

08/07 – Suspicious person was seen looking into informant’s ground floor bedroom window whilst she was there, 0015 hrs. Tall, white male, approximately 60 years of age, medium build.

Various – Beacon Hill home owner has had various items go missing from his back garden, pool thermometer, hose, rabbit cages etc. Noone seen or heard.

13/07 – Man in a small blue car followed a young boy home from the Gt.Totham village store to his home, in Stapler’s Heath. The male did not say anything to the lad but crept behind him until the lad got to his house. No other details known.

23/07 – 2 suspicious males entered kitchen area of The Bull Pub, when challenged, ran off.

26/07 – 2330 hrs, youths seen at the cricket pavilion, looking as though they were trying to get in. No trace upon police arrival, no damage to pavilion.

31/07 – Youths seen intimidating local resident by refusing to move from informant’s garden. Youths spoken to by police.

02/08 – Shed burglary at St.Peter’s Church, overnight of the 29/07. 2 leaf blowers stolen from shed. Noone seen or heard.

10/08 – Arson at the Maldon Road war memorial bus shelter. Committed overnight, the poppy wreath was set alight. No-one seen or heard.

13/08 – Shed burglary at St.Peter’s Church, overnight. 2 lawn mowers stolen from inside shed. No-one seen or heard.

17/08 – A white Citroen Berlingo stolen from Stapler’s Close overnight. Later found dumped in Tudwick Road.

17/08 – Attempted burglary of camping equipment from home in the evening, Goat Lodge Road. House is near footpath and they believe people may have been disturbed and disappeared before taking the equipment.

21/08 – Nuisance youths throwing stones and being loud/ abusive, Catchpole Lane, 1745 hrs.

Wickham Bishops
The ‘boy racers’ from St.Bart;s church carpark have been given clear advice to go to rural locations where they are not going to upset other people in the area. I am in the process of issuing warnings for their driving behaviour, (3 issued so far).

02/07 – 0146 hrs. Male called from the public phonebox outside the One Stop Store, saying that there was a noisy party, and after calling Environmental health, there was ‘going to be a murder in Wickham Bishops tonight’!

02/07 – Early hours of the morning, whilst the informant was holding a wedding party, 3 vehicles were keyed, after an angry male made threats to them about the noise.

17/07 – Criminal damage to St.Bartholemew’s Church windows. Almonds were thrown at the stained glass windows. Noone seen or heard.

19/07 – Prevent Breach of the Peace, footballers from Hatfield Peverel have been told to ask permission before using Wickham Bishops land, as they have been trespassing on Beacon Hill Sports Association land.

22/07 – Grange Road, local resident repeatedly shooting on own land, allowing shot to fall on residents’ cars. Advised by police.

30/07 – Fire, Mount Shell Farm. Believed not suspicious circumstances.

04/08 – Dwelling burglary, Blacksmith’s Lane. Laptop stolen. People entered by lifting yale lock with metal pole, through the letter box.

09/08 – 2150 hrs, road traffic collision, Maypole Road. Motorcyclist fell off of bike. Had no insurance or driving license.

19/08 – Theft of pedal cycle from Maypole Road. Men’s ‘Viking’ bike, grey body with red front forks.

20/08 – Nuisance youths in cars at St.Bartholemew’s carpark, playing loud music and swearing. Given official warnings for behaviour.

29/08 – Car inadvertedly hit a tree down Braxted Road, due to large lorry taking up the whole road.

Little Totham
01/07 – 2030 hrs. Informant had a young male kicking a ball against his fence. When asked to move he ‘kicked off’.

04/07 – Suspicious male, long dark hair, seen watching the young children by The Swan Public House, 1900 hrs. The man drove a black 4 x 4 with ‘Thunder’ written along the side.

05/08 – Pedal bike stolen from side of property. Bike that fitted description was found dumped on beach along Heybridge Road, but when informant had arrived, it had disappeared.

16/08 – A fail to stop road traffic collision, Green Lane. A tractor from a local farm refused to give details after hitting a car.

19/08 – Plains Road, theft of heating oil from tank in garden. Overnight, someone has taken half of the tank’s oil, causing damage to measuring pipe in process.

Great Braxted
26/08 – Theft of handbag from inside car, Braxted Road. Car was open and owner was unloading the car at the time. Noone seen or heard.

31/08 – Stolen vehicle, blue Vauxhall Nova, was found dumped down Braxted Road.

Little Braxted
No incidents in last 2 months.

Something for the Bookshelf?

2006-09-06T12:59:00.000-07:00

I've been asked by the author David Fraser to draw people's attention to his book, "A Land Fit for Criminals". To that end, I have posted his blurb below. I haven't yet read the book, so can't review it for you.

A Land Fit for Criminals
An Insiders View of Crime, Punishment and Justice in the UK
By David Fraser
Published by the Book Guild Ltd, March 30th 2006
ISBN 1 85776 964 3

This explosive new book “exposes the deceit of Government and Home Office” and “shatters the myth that probation and community service orders are effective in reducing crime”.

Author David Fraser writes with 26 years of experience working in the probation service

● Why do we put the rights of criminals above the rights of the victims of crime?

● Why are violent criminals being given such short sentences?

● Why are criminals released early only to wreck the lives of law-abiding people?

● Why are our prisons said to be too full when the evidence shows that only a minority of offenders are jailed?

It is not a text book, but tells an incredible story, and is presented in an understandable, accessible style which will help the reader address these questions and others.

Written by long-serving Senior Probation Officer David Fraser (who also worked for the National Criminal Intelligence Service), this is a meticulously researched expose that challenges the very foundation of our approach to crime and punishment in Britain. Utterly explosive!

“A unique insight into the corrupt sentencing policies of the current criminal justice system…exposes the false propaganda endlessly churned out (by the media)…readers will be appalled” Peter Coad, Director, Criminal Justice Association

“At last, someone has had the courage and ability, to bring to the attention of decent, law-abiding people in this country the truth about how crime, justice and punishment is really dealt with…David Fraser’s book exposes the deceit of Government and Home Office statistics and pronouncements…This book will change perceptions about crime and punishment for ever.”. His Honour Keith Matthewman, QC, former Circuit Judge.

“Using the government's own statistics, he shatters the myth that probation and community service orders are effective in reducing crime, and makes a powerful case for building more prisons”. Alasdair Palmer, Public Policy Editor, Sunday Telegraph.

A Land Fit for Criminals has received high profile publicity in several major newspapers, and on several Radio and TV programmes. The response to the book indicates that not only has it captured the interest of the public and media throughout England, Wales, Northern Ireland, and Scotland, but has also stimulated interest in other countries such as France, New Zealand and Australia.

Available in bookshops at £17.99, or direct from the publisher @ £21 INC. P&P. Cheques payable please, to: The Book Guild Ltd, at Temple House, 25 High St, Lewes, East Sussex, BN7 2LU (or by VISA/MASTERCARD).

Heather's 5 Villages Report for July & August 06

2006-08-21T00:55:00.000-07:00

This is PCSO Heather Owen's report for the 5 villages she covers, passed on to the Parish Council, the local Neighbourhood Watch etc.

Maldon Police Station 01621 852255
Tolleshunt D’Arcy Police Station 01621 868576
Point of Contact Mobile 07710 046156 – This is picked up by the officer on duty.

Since the kids have broken up from school, there has NOT been the expected rise in anti-social behaviour calls to the police….yet. Our villages have had the usual small rise in ‘noise nuisance’ calls due to the hot weather, but all things considered, it has been a quiet summer so far.

Things to note – there have been a few sightings of Polish men selling paintings in the Maldon District. I have had reports of this in Wickham Bishops, Great Totham and Goldhanger. One elderly lady was burgled by a Polish man selling art work. Please be vigilant as they are knocking on doors in this district at the moment and can be very ‘pushy’ towards the more vulnerable.

Ray Stannard has also emphasised the need for people to be aware of the district’s burglary numbers for the last 6 months. 66 of the 117 burglaries were non-forced entries. I can think of 3 burglaries in our villages over the last 2 months, one was through an unlocked door.

As always, this is not a definitive list of what has been reported to the police over the past 2 months. Private/ sensitive incidents are not posted in this report.

Great Totham

06/07 – 1400 hrs. There was a Polish man reported to the police as knocking on doors asking for money as he was hungry. Polish people have been in the area for a few months now asking for money. They sell art work, and have been known to claim that they have lost a hand.

07/07 – Chapel Road informant believes someone has been entering his back garden during the day, moving garden furniture.

08/07 – Suspicious person was seen looking into informant’s ground floor bedroom window whilst she was there, 0015 hrs. Tall, white male, approximately 60 years of age, medium build.

Various – Beacon Hill home owner has had various items go missing from his back garden, pool thermometer, hose, rabbit cages etc. Noone seen or heard.

13/07 – Man in a small blue car followed a young boy home from the Gt.Totham village store to his home, in Stapler’s Heath. The male did not say anything to the lad but crept behind him until the lad got to his house. No other details known.

23/07 – 2 suspicious males entered kitchen area of The Bull Pub, when challenged, ran off.

26/07 – 2330 hrs, youths seen at the cricket pavilion, looking as though they were trying to get in. No trace upon police arrival, no damage to pavilion.

31/07 – Youths seen intimidating local resident by refusing to move from informant’s garden. Youths spoken to by police.

02/08 – Shed burglary at St.Peter’s Church, overnight of the 29/07. 2 leaf blowers stolen from shed. Noone seen or heard.

10/08 – Arson at the Maldon Road war memorial bus shelter. Committed overnight, an article was purposefully pinned to the war memorial and set alight. Noone seen or heard.

13/08 – Shed burglary at St.Peter’s Church, overnight. 2 lawn mowers stolen from inside shed. No-one seen or heard.

17/08 – Dwelling burglary, Stapler’s Close. Keys stolen from inside house to then steal white Citroen Berlingo from property.

17/08 – Shed burglary, Goat Lodge Road, between the times of 1700 hrs on the 16/08 and 1200 hrs on the 17/08. Unknown people tried to steal camping equipment from shed, breaking into shed but then leaving without the property.

Wickham Bishops

The Great Totham kids are spending more time in Wickham Bishops, by the bench in Arbour Lane, and the new youth shelter. We have not had any recent problems at the youth shelter, but they are causing a nuisance at the Arbour Lane bench. I have asked ‘boy racers’ to move on at St.Bart’s church car park, although they are now going to the village hall car park instead! I am in the process of issuing warnings for their driving behaviour, (1 issued so far).

02/07 – 0146 hrs. Male called from the public phone box outside the One Stop Store, saying that there was a noisy party, and after calling Environmental health, there was ‘going to be a murder in Wickham Bishops tonight’!

02/07 – Early hours of the morning, whilst the informant was holding a wedding party, 3 vehicles were keyed, after an angry male made threats to them about the noise.

14/07 – Drunken female seen wandering into The Street, concern for her welfare. All in order on police arrival.

17/07 – Criminal damage to St.Bartholemew’s Church windows. Almonds were thrown at the stained glass windows. No-one seen or heard.

19/07 – Prevent Breach of the Peace, footballers from Hatfield Peverel have been told to ask permission before using Wickham Bishops land, as they have been trespassing on Beacon Hill Sports Association land.

22/07 – Grange Road, local resident repeatedly shooting on own land, allowing shot to fall on residents’ cars. Advised by police.

30/07 – Fire, Mount Shell Farm. Believed not suspicious circumstances.

04/08 – Dwelling burglary, Blacksmith’s Lane. Laptop stolen. People entered by lifting Yale lock with metal pole, through the letter box.

09/08 – 2150 hrs, road traffic collision, Maypole Road. Motorcyclist fell off of bike. Had no insurance or driving license.

19/08 – Theft of men’s bike from property in Maypole Road, between the times of 2130 hrs and 1300 hrs. Grey bike with red front forks.

Little Totham

There have been 2 reports of a suspicious male in the village. The first time was a white van approximately 2 weeks ago, he was waiting by the playing field for most of the day, and said that he was waiting to meet someone. The car was registered to someone in Hertfordshire.

01/07 – 2030 hrs. Informant had a young male kicking a ball against his fence. When asked to move he ‘kicked off’.

04/07 – Suspicious male, long dark hair, seen watching the young children by The Swan Public House, 1900 hrs. The man drove a black 4 x 4 with ‘Thunder’ written along the side.

05/08 – Pedal bike stolen from side of property. Bike that fitted description was found dumped on beach along Heybridge Road, but when informant had arrived, it had disappeared.

13/08 – Criminal Damage to slide at playground. Grafitti with offensive words written on slide, in permanent marker.

19/08 – Theft of £400 heating oil from tank in back garden, Plains Road. The measuring pipe was also ripped off.

Great Braxted
No incidents in last 2 months.

Little Braxted
No incidents in last 2 months.

Police Community Consultation Group meeting held 25th July, Maldon

2006-07-26T13:20:00.000-07:00

I went along to this not at all sure what to expect. There were a large number of people there, residents, senior police officers, and other agency members, such as the Fire Brigade.

The meeting was chaired by Bob Hollis (? I think that's his name. Sorry.) from Essex Police Authority.

First to Address us was Maldon’s District Commander, Chief Inspector Craig Robertson.

The joint Community Safety Partnership in Maldon has been highly praised for the way the partners work together. Compared with 14 other similar partnerships, Maldon came out the safest. There are 8 crimes a day reported for the district, and there has been a 5-8% reduction in crime over the last year. Compare this with Witham town, which has almost the same rate as the whole of Maldon District.

There is a 30% detections rate. Someone pointed out that 30% detection meant that the criminal is getting away with it 70% of the time, which seems like very good odds for getting away with crime. Craig Robertson said that criminals tried very hard not to get detected, but he did feel a little uneasy about the ones that aren’t detected.

CR mentioned the Neighbourhood Policing Team meeting in May, and told us that the World Cup had drawn officers away from their duties to help control potential misbehaviour at Stansted Airport etc. Instead of focussing on the NPTs they took the opportunity to follow up unresolved issues, making 63 arrests in a 2 week period.

A problem with the NPT mobile phones has been highlighted, where if no officer happens to be on duty, the message won’t be picked up until the next officer is on duty. The calls are now to be diverted to a human being in those circumstances.

The NPT for Heybridge has met with great success re the “Heybridge Crew”, detecting crimes which were reported. The Heybridge Crew have also admitted to crimes that the police didn’t know about.

The issue of switching off the street lighting was touched on briefly but not delved into. CR said they were aware of residents’ concerns and fear of crime, and these would be considered at the consultation process.

CR said that because we live in a safe area, there is a tendency to open ourselves up to becoming victims, eg 60% of domestic burglaries was through insecure premises.

The Merger. Shelved not Binned,

Inspector Andy Proffit (Prophet? Sorry, didn't quite get this name either) gave us a presentation on the proposed merger with Bedfordhire and Herts. He assembled a team in September to look at the pros and cons of such a merger. Two weeks ago the situation changed, and the Home Office has stepped back from pushing the mergers through. However, the mergers may still happen if Police Forces cannot show they are capable of standing alone, that is, it that police force still fit for the purpose in the 21st century?

There are 43 police forces currently. There is a minimum staffing level at which the Home Office deems that force capable of delivering the service required, 4000 officers and 6,000 staff. At present Essex has, if I noted this correctly, 3,200 officers and 5,300 staff and argues that it can stand alone with this.

The Home Officer wanted a merger with Herts and beds. On 12th July, the planned forced merger was taken off the immediate agendas, but not off the agenda altogether.

There are 3 options:-

1. and alone.
2. Effective collaboration.
3. Voluntary merger

Essex has delivered the key services required of a police force, and represents good value for money for the council tax paid, being the third cheapest force in England and Wales.

Now the planned merger is off (for the moment),Essex Police will be looking to the Government to refund the monies spent on the project.

A questionnaire has been circulated to see what we think. This is on the back of the Policing Essex newspaper delivered to all households, as well as a separate sheet delivered to much of Essex.

Open Forum

The meeting was then opened to the floor for questions.

Mobile Phones used whilst driving. The first question was what are the police doing about it. The resident mentioned he had seen a number of people using their phones on a short journey from Maldon to South Woodham Ferrers. (I think it was something like 7 cars, 2 vans 2 lorries and a coach.)

CR said this will be dealt with firmly, as will the “Boy Racers”. New powers which allow the vehicle to be seized after a warning about antisocial driving are being implemented. He told us that in a recent exercise with Essex CC Road Safety Caravan and 12 officers, a large number of people were stopped for using mobile phones or not using their seatbelts, including one person for whom there was a warrant outstanding.

The topic of young drivers was mentioned. There is a scheme “Pass Plus” where young drivers can apply for a grant of £50 towards 6 post-passing lessons to cover aspects like motorway driving. This decreased the young driver’s risk of having an accident and is very worthwhile.
Poor driving and noisy cars and people are again reported on Market Hill. This will be dealt with.

Vandalism. One resident remarked that the church windows had been smashed, replaced at considerable cost, and then one of the new windows was smashed the next day.

CR Said that criminal damage was taken seriously, amounting to a large proportion of the crime reported. Often it was children mucking about, not realising that the damage they were causing isn’t funny to the victim.

A Graffiti File is being compiled because the perpetrator will use a characteristic tag, or a certain style. The graffiti is being photographed and filed to aid detection.

The public are urged to cooperate with the police in matters of criminal damage, with as much information as possible.

Young offenders or those at risk of offending can be helped:- Many come from unpleasant backgrounds and need help rather than censure to prevent them from re-offending. 8-13 year olds can be referred to Maldon District Council for help.

Response times. CR said for priority jobs the target is to attend within 20 minutes. This is hit 100% or the time. For Urban priority jobs, the target is 10 minutes which is hit 96% of the time. A resident pointed out that someone has to prioritise the jobs, and low priority jobs often take a lot longer to respond to. There have been a couple of hiccoughs just recently where the computer has hidden a job or two which should have been given a higher priority, and this is being sorted.

CR gave a newsworthy example. The digger destroying a house incident. Contrary to what was initially reported on the news, officers were at the scene within 10 minutes. It is the specialists ie firearms officers who took 45 minutes to get there (Not that they were planning on shooting the guy. They also use non-lethal methods such as tasers.) The situation was highly volatile and dangerous, and there was little the first officers could do. They were later commended for their bravery. (I wouldn’t fancy sorting someone in a digger. Big machines those, and surprisingly manoeuvrable. What a job!)

Only 1 in 5 calls to the police is to report a crime.

Bureaucracy is a nightmare. There was an effort to reduce bureaucracy from the home office, with 61 recommendations. A lot od bureaucracy was got rid of, but has now been replaced by – you guessed it – the Home Office.

Youth offending. The “Heybridge Crew” has been broken up, thanks to intense work by the NPT. Unfortunately, unless there is intelligence beforehand, dealing with this sort of behaviour and crimes is investigative rather than proactive, ie stopping the crimes from taking place. Where there is intelligence, the police will act pro-actively.

There are a raft of measures available for dealing with youngsters, but it’s not as easy as all that to apply. Maldon has a Youth Offending Team. Maldon District has a schools officer aimed at early intervention. A lot of effort and investment is going into prevention youth offending. (Good. We want our kids to grow up to be useful members of society, not sucked into criminality from an early age.)

Maldon is held up as a good example, because of the way the partners work together.

I'm sorry if I haven't got all the facts or have got a few things wrong. This was a toe-in-the-water session for me, a snoop to see what was going on. I would urge anyone interested to go to the next meeting.

NHW Area Meeting

2006-07-21T01:40:00.000-07:00

A Summary of Points Raised at the Area Neighbourhood Watch Meeting last night

Crime Reduction Officer Report.

There has been a serious increase in cycle thefts in the Maldon Area (including Great Totham) recently. Some cycles have been taken to provide a “ride home” and have been recovered. Others have vanished. Some of the bikes were insecure, but others have been hard work to steal, such as requiring the thief to cut a fence, and in another case, the bike was stolen from a back garden.

There are still incidents of purse dipping in Maldon, especially in the two big supermarkets. It’s believed this is the work of opportunists rather than gangs just now. (As a personal observation I can understand why. Have you seen the number of people who turn their backs on their handbags whilst shopping? It’s so easy to be absent-minded when looking for a bargain. We must all be more careful and not make things easy for the opportunist.-Evelyn)

Satellite Navigation systems are being stolen from cars.

With the start of the hot weather we have the start of burglaries in insecure premises. Entry is often through an open window, including upstairs windows, or windows that look too small to allow someone to pass through. If the temperature is soaring outside, it can actually make the house hotter to have windows open.

Street Lighting

The lights are about to go out in Maldon. In an effort to reduce greenhouse emissions and save money, Essex County Council are going to turn out all but “certain limited areas” from midnight to 5.00am.

This “Key decision” is being rushed through. It was published on 14th July, and will be signed on 24th July. This gives very little time for appropriate consultation with District and Parish Councils and the police.

This has led to high levels of concern amongst Maldon Residents, and with the police, who fear an increase in antisocial behaviour, crime, and fear of crime in the area.

Evelyn’s comments:-

Cutting greenhouse gas emissions and reducing light pollution are important aims. However, this shouldn’t be at the expense of public safety. I presently live in an area where there is no street lighting. In the winter this means walking in the dark with a torch. This is scary, though I tell myself it’s a low crime area. It’s also scary because the pavements are uneven and not every dog owner clears up after the dog. The local people tend to have bright front lights to compensate, which of course negates any saving in greenhouse emissions. And I know that our elderly residents in particular won’t walk in the dark, so would rather drive half a mile to the village hall. What does that do for greenhouse emissions?

Turning the lights out in Maldon might result in a midnight curfew, where the streets are avoided by all but the mischief-makers.

I am uneasy at the way this is being rushed through as a key decision, with very little time for appropriate consultation before the decision is made and ratified.

PCSO changes.

Maldon is saying goodbye to Brett. Brett is replaced by PCSO Neil Fitter, who will be patrolling Maldon town centre.

PCSO Steve Butler will be concentrating on the rural villages, and is presently teamed with PCSO Heather Owen.

There is ongoing recruitment of PCSOs in the area.

Police and Community Consultative Group (PCCG) meeting

2006-07-20T05:07:00.000-07:00

I picked up a leaflet advertising the next PCCG meeting, which is on

25th July 2006 7.30pm,

at Maldon Town Hall.

This is our opportunity to speak directly with senior police officers and members of Essex Police Authority about any policing issues in our area.

A Worrying Incident

2006-07-14T13:33:00.000-07:00

Earlier today in Stapler’s Heath, a 13 year old lad thought he was being watched by a man in a small blue car. When he walked by, the car followed him for a time.

Contents So Far

2006-07-07T00:42:00.000-07:00

Because I'm just getting used to this, I've added material in a jumbled way.

July's Posts so far include

Request for information re Robbery

The Crime Report for the Maldon Area for April 06

The text contents of the July 06 Great Totham South Newsletter. which will be delivered to residents soon.

Heather's Report for May 06

Can you help?

2006-07-07T00:37:00.000-07:00

Here is the e-fit mentioned below.

Can You help?

2006-07-07T00:30:00.000-07:00

The Maldon Police have sent me this request. I'm going to try to post the e-fit on here, but I'm a technophobe and find this sort of thing tricky. But here's the message including the description:-

Can anyone please give any information to Police regarding the identity to the following E-Fit picture of a male in connection to a Robbery which occurred about 6pm on 14th May 2006 at Broad Street Green, Great Totham, or if seen any other information that could be of assistance to Police.

Male is described as; White, 5’10” in height, aged 32 – 40 years, with very short dark hair no longer than ¾ inch long, Wearing dark glasses with a small thin frame, Pale complexion, clean shaven Jeans and dark top. The glasses may be part of a disguise.

Male was driving a black coloured new style Mini which had black arches around the wheel trim. If anyone can help Police, please contact DS 1408 Gary McNair of Maldon CID on 01621 852255

Crime report for April 06

2006-07-06T23:45:00.000-07:00

MALDON AREA NORTH
Criminal DamageKelvedon Road, Wickham Bishops - Btwn 7.30pm on 01/04/06 & 8am on 02/04/06, damaged was caused to the rear windscreen of a grey Mitsubishi Pajero.

ArsonFarm Premises, Great Braxted - Btwn 4.52pm & 5pm on 29/03/06, a barn farm building was set on fire causing extensive damage to building and machinery.

Theft From Motor Vehicle x 2Plains Road, Great Totham - Btwn 7pm on 29/03/06 & 7.30am on 30/03/06, entry was gained by means unknown to a silver Ford Focus and also a blue Ford Fiesta. Once inside items were moved and some cash was stolen.

Criminal DamageHead Street, Goldhanger - At approx 2.17am on 04/04/06, damage was caused to garden lights.

Theft of Motor VehicleMaldon Road, Goldhanger - At approx 11.30am on 31/03/06 a blue Nissan Cabstar index F***HMX was stolen.

Burglary Farm Premises, Pages Lane, Tolleshunt D'Arcy - Btwn 6pm on 28/03/06 & 8.15am on 29/03/06, farm outbuilding was entered by removing fanlight on door, once inside some spray paint equipment and a Seeley Sander were stolen.

TheftCommercial Premises, Woodrolfe Road, Tollesbury - Btwn 12pm on 02/04/06 & 8am on 03/04/06, entry was gained to premises by cutting through fence and a small mini Komatsu Excavator was stolen.

Criminal DamageD'Arcy Road, Tolleshunt Knights - Btwn 3.30pm & 4.30pm on 01/04/06 the offisde rear door was keyed of a silver Hyundai Terracan.

MALDON AREA SOUTH
Criminal DamageThe Street, Purleigh - Btwn 6pm on 29/03/06 & 8.30am on 30/03/06, a brick was thrown through front window causing it to smash.

Criminal DamagePost Office, Church Hill, Purleigh - At approx 18.18pm, damage was caused to wooden front door of shop premises.

Att BurglaryGolf Club, Beeleigh, Maldon - At approx 1am on 01/04/06, an attempt was made to gain entry to tractor shed by cutting padlocks off. Alarm activated, no entry was gained.

TheftFarm Premises, Woodham Walter - Btwn 20/03/06 & 04/04/06, persons have entered farm grounds and dug up & stolen 7 conifers.

Criminal DamageGolf Club, Stow Road, Cold Norton - At approx 12.45pm on 10/04/06, a vehicle was left in car park and when owner returned a few minutes later damage had been caused to door locks.

Suspicious PersonCherry Blossom Lane, Cold Norton - At approx 12.35pm on 08/04/06, a male was observed hanging around the village hall and seemed to be watching young girls playing in the play area by the hall. Description given as follows:- male, late 40's or early 50's, wearing a green baseball cap, green top and dark trousers.
EP-20060408-0657 refers

Theft of Motor VehicleFarm Premises, Maldon Road, Goldhanger - Btwn 6.30pm on 07/04/06 & 8am on 08/04/06, a blue & silver insecure Ford Capri being prepared for banger racing was removed from farmyard and later found in nearby field with axel and gearbox removed.

MALDON CENTRAL
Dwelling BurglaryMasefield Rd, Maldon - Btwn 2am on 23/03/06 & 6.30pm on 06/04/06, entry was gained to private dwelling and a childs pushchair and car seat were stolen. No sign of forced entry.

Criminal DamageMasefield Road, Maldon - Btwn 9pm on 11/04/06 & 6.30am on 12/04/06, damage was caused to metal surrounding both side lights on a white Ford Transit tipper van.

Criminal DamageWentworth Meadows, Maldon - Btwn 10.15pm on 01/04/06 & 10.30am on 02/04/06, damage was caused to the front nearside wing and nearside door of a blue BMW with an unknown sharp instrument.

Criminal DamageLeisure Centre, Park Drive, Maldon - Btwn 7.30pm on 25/03/06 & 7am on 26/03/06, window was smashed Leisure Centre premises.

Criminal DamageCross Road, Maldon - At approx 11.40pm on 28/03/06, the windscren wipers and aerial were damaged to a blue Ford Mondeo.

Criminal DamageCross Road, Maldon - Btwn 10.30pm on 31/03/06 & 5pm on 01/04/06, persons unknown keyed the offside bodywork of a green Ford Scorpio.

TheftCross Road, Maldon - Btwn 2.36am & 2.45am on 02/04/06, two bundles of newspaper supplements were stolen from outside shop premises.

TheftPark Drive, Maldon - Btwn 10am on 02/04/06 & 6pm on 02/04/06, cash was stolen from jacket in insecure staff room area.

Vehicle Taken Without ConsentFambridge Close, Maldon - At approx 4.40pm on 04/04/06, a silver Peugeot Speedfight Scooter was stolen and later recovered in Fambridge Close, Maldon

Criminal DamageChandlers Quay, Maldon - At approx 11.05pm on 03/04/06, security light to front of house was damaged.

Criminal DamageChandlers Quay, Maldon - Btwn 5pm on 03/04/06 & 12.30pm on 05/04/06, wooden slats to fence damaged and gate lock damaged.

Theft From Motor Vehicle The Hythe, Maldon - Btwn 8.15pm & 10.30pm on 31/03/06, the number plates were stolen from a silver Ford Ka.

Criminal DamageMarket Hill, Maldon - At approx 12.42am on 02/04/06, window was smashed to house.

Suspicious PersonNorfolk Road, Maldon - At approx 6pm on 10/04/06, a male knocked on door of house claiming to be reading gas & electric meters. The male claimed to work for "Meters R You". The householder told male that the electric meter had already been read by a genuine representative reading electric meters. The male left after being refused entry by the householder. British Gas was contacted who stated they had never heard of the company name given by male. Description of male :- Afro caribean, early 30's, approx 5ft 7ins, slim build, clean shaven, no glasses, wearing navy blue bobble hat with "meters for you" written on the front in red writing, smart/casual navy blue coat, navy blue trousers, carrying on of the hand held computers.
EP-20060410-1259 refers

Attempt Commercial BurglaryWycke Hill, Maldon - Btwn 9pm & 9.20pm on 09/04/06, 3 youths were seen to enter commercial yard by damaging a fence and tried to gain entry to container by tampering with lock. No entry was gained. Descriptions given as:- 1) white male, aged 22-26 years, wearing baseball cap & dark clothing, 2) white male, aged 22-26 years, wearing baseball cap and dark clothing, 3) white male, aged 22-26 years, wearing baseball cap and dark clothing.
EP-20060410-0657

Criminal DamageWantz Road, Maldon - Btwn 11pm on 07/04/06 & 9am on 08/04/06, the front nearside wing mirror was pulled off and damaged from a purple Rover 214.

Criminal DamageWarwick Drive, Maldon - Btwn 6.30pm on 07/04/06 & 10.30am on 08/04/06, the nearside wing mirror of a blue Nissan Micra was kicked and damaged.

HEYBRIDGE AREA
Criminal DamageCoopers Ave, Heybridge - At approx 9pm on 06/04/06 outer pane of glass to double glazed unit in front door of house was broken.

Criminal DamageGoldhanger Road, Heybridge - At approx 8.49am on 05/04/06, three panes of glass in telephone kiosk were smashed.

Criminal DamageSports Centre, Drapers Chase, Heybridge - Btwn midnight & 9am on 04/04/06, windows and glass panel in external bar door were smashed.

Criminal DamageCaravan Park, Goldhanger Road, Heybridge - Btwn 6pm on 01/04/06 & 8.30am on 04/04/06, a door to a shalet was kicked and damaged and window to a caravan was smashed.

Criminal DamageDrapers Chase, Heybridge - At approx 12.47am on 05/04/06, glass window to telephone kiosk was damaged.

Criminal DamageCommercial Premises, Colchester Road, Heybridge - Btwn 6pm on 03/04/06 & 8.30am on 04/04/06, outer glass of two double glazed windows were damaged.

Dwelling BurglaryStock Terrace, Heybridge - Btwn 04/03/06 & 01/04/06, entry was gained to premises via insecure patio door, once inside 13 kitchen unit doors were stolen.

TheftTesco, Fullbridge, Maldon - Btwn 3.35pm & 3.50pm on 11/04/06, person distracted shopper and sunsequently stole purse from handbag. Description given as white male, approx 5ft 7ins tall, slim build, aged 26-30 years, stubble on chin and spoke with a foreign accent.
EP-20060411-0767 refers

Attempt BurglarySanderling Gardens, Heybridge - At approx 9.39am on 07/04/06, forced entry to flat was gained by forcing front door, a tidy search was made but nothing was stolen.

Criminal DamageCoopers Avenue, Heybride - At approx 9pm on 06/04/06, outer pane of double glazed window in front door was broken by unknown missile.

DENGIE AREA
Criminal DamageTattersalls Chase, Southminster - Btwn 6pm on 27/03/06 & 5am on 28/03/06, damage was caused to the drivers door and rear quarter panel of a black Ford Fiesta index EK54DTZ..

Vehicle InterferenceMedley Way, Southminster - Btwn 11pm on 05/04/06 & 7am on 06/04/06, the rear and offside door locks to a red Citroen Van were damaged, and offside door was found wide open. Nothing was stolen from within.

Criminal DamageSports Centre, Millfields, Burnham - At approx 5.20pm on 11/04/06, a window to sports centre was smashed.

Shed BurglaryArnheim Road, Burnham - At approx 4.20pm on 11/04/06, damage was caused to gate of premises and shed door to gain entry to shed, not known if items stolen.

Theft From Motor VehicleEssex Road, Burnham - Btwn 4pm on 09/04/06 & 1.35pm on 11/04/06, tax disc and disabled parking badge was stolen by means unknown from unattended green Citroen AX.

TheftQuayside, The Quay, Burnham - Btwn 1pm on 04/04/06 & 1pm on 11/04/06, 11 paving slabs and 60 tiles were stolen from premises.

TheftEsplanade, Mayland - Btwn 8pm on 09/04/06 & 8pm on 10/04/06, 4 solar lights were stolen from front garden of house.

Attempt BurglaryDebden Way, Burnham - 2pm on 08/04/06 & 3.15pm on 10/04/06, an attempt was made to gain forced entry to property via front window and back door. No entry was gained.

Criminal DamageBramley way, Mayland - Btwn 12.15am & 9.30am on 09/04/06, the Ford car badge was pulled off and stolen from grey Ford Focus causing damage to bodywork.

Criminal DamageSunnymead, Burnham - Btwn 7.35pm on 31/03/06 & 10.20am on 01/04/06, the rear windscreen of a red Vauxhall Nova was smashed.

Criminal DamageBurnham Road, Southminster - Btwn 8am & 12am on 30/03/06, gold metallic paint was sprayed over front bonnet and windscreen of a yellow Fiat Doblo Cargo vehicle.

Criminal DamageBurnham Road, Burnham - Btwn 7am & 12pm on 30/03/06, metallic paint was sprayed over a silver Ford Mondeo.

Theft From Motor VehicleGoldsands Road, Southminster - Btwn 5pm on 30/03/06 & 7am on 31/03/06, damage was caused to a bulldozer and a loading shovel, a gauge was stolen from yellow Vovo Dumper Truck alonfg with 3 cans of Easy Start.

Burglary OtherFarm Premises, Burnham Road, Althorne - Btwn 5.30pm on 30/03/06 & 7am on 31/03/06, forced entry was gained to a steel container and 2 cement mixers were stolen from within.

ArsonPrinces Avenue, Mayland - Btwn 8.30pm & 9.15pm on 27/03/06, a suspicious fire was caused to outbuilding in garden of house.

Shed Burglary Farm Premises, Southminster Road, Asheldham - Btwn 7pm on 26/03/06 & 10am on 27/03/06, entry was gained to shed by means unknown and once inside £300 worth of oil, a garden sack barrow, a gas cylinder and a lawn mower were stolen.

TheftMill End, Bradwell on Sea - Btwn 3.30pm & 7pm on 26/03/06, a cash tin on a gate was damaged and cash within for selling produce was stolen.

News Update July 06

2006-07-05T15:00:00.000-07:00

This is a summary of the latest Neighbourhood Watch Great Totham South Newsletter and Heather's Crime Reports. This blog is still in its infancy, so forgive any hiccoughs please.

July 06 Newsletter Contents

Neighbourhood Policing Teams (NPTs)
There has been a reorganisation of Maldon Policing, with the creation of Neighbourhood Policing Teams. This is to restore the familiar face in policing local issues. There are 6 NPTs, each with a point of contact for discussing issues.

If we need the police in a hurry, we should use the conventional contact method, ie 999
Great Totham NPT is based in Tolleshunt D’Arcy under PS Lee Parish. There will be six in the team, covering a rural area from Tollesbury to Althorne. Each officer will have a special interest in one segment of the area. For us in Great Totham this is PC Andy Bagley.

The emphasis in NPT is on team. When each officer is on duty they will respond to any problems needing immediate attention in the whole area, as well as focusing on their own beat.

This means we will have a more visible police presence, and it will be someone we can get to know, giving us continuity if we have a problem. We all know how helpful it has been to have PCSO Heather Owen as a familiar face. Heather will still be covering her five parishes. PC Bagley will soon become as familiar a face in the Great Totham area.

Each of the NPTs has a Specific Point of Contact (SPOC) For us, this is PC Eddy Edwards. He has always been willing to answer his mobile, even when off duty. This mobile will now be carried by whoever’s on duty.

What’s this number for? It’s for when you need to talk to an officer about a local issue. It is not for summoning that officer to your door immediately. It is not for replacing 999 calls.

On the subject of 999 calls, it seems we’re still reluctant to contact the police using 999 even something that requires immediate attention. There was a situation recently where a member of the public saw a suspicious person but didn’t dial 999. By the time the information had reached the police, 5 hours had elapsed, reducing the chances of the police finding this person.

The Maldon District is a very safe place, 7.9 crimes a day, which is low, but if you are one of the unlucky people to be a victim, it’s still very upsetting. The low crime rate makes us all too complacent, leaving back doors and windows open, cars unlocked, and handbags temptingly open or unguarded in shopping trolleys while we look on the shelves. And our old folk just don’t imagine that a bogus caller will call on them. But lately we’ve had those sorts of crimes in the area, and need to be more aware of purse dipping, bogus callers, and home security measures.

Graffiti. Please report all graffiti to the police before cleaning it off, because the police want to photograph it for evidence. The perpetrators have certain characteristic styles and tags which make a conviction easier with photos.

PC Bagley is looking forward to being out and about as much as possible, getting to know the beat and the people in the area.

PC Bagley emphasizes that crime, however trivial seeming, should be reported so that manpower and resources can be targeted appropriately. The police can’t act if they don’t know something has happened. Crimes like criminal damage often go unreported.
We’ve got to report it if we want them to sort it.

Highlighted crimes
10/5 18.30 hrs Stapler’s Heath. Suspicious person asked female her name & address and if she wanted to get into his car.

16/5 Two suspicious males entered Gt Totham Store. One tried to get money out from a credit card, the other paid a lot of attention to the store. Left in a white Sherpa van with “School Bus” written on it. 15 minutes later the van drove past again, but didn’t stop when a police vehicle was parked outside. 2 black males in mid 30s, one wearing a baseball cap.

18/5 Mill Rd. Sus person stopped outside a house, asking resident directions to Harwich. Then locked resident out of his house, demanding money from resident’s wife for 2 Gucci coats to get to Harwich. They told him to go and he sped off in his vehicle. This has happened before in Mill Rd.

Ray Stannard, Crime Reduction Officer warns that the police are implementing powers to seize motor vehicles which are on the road with no insurance, on the spot, leaving the occupants with a long walk home.

Heather’s report for May 06

Great Totham02/05 - Road Traffic Collision, Gt.Braxted Road, 1630 hrs. 2 vehicles, non-injury.

10/05 - Suspicious person asked female her name and address, and whether she wanted to get into his car, 1830 hrs, Stapler' Heath.

12/05 - RTC, Braxted Road junction with Grove Farm Road, 0800 hrs. 3 vehicles, 2 minor injuries.

14/05 - Robbery committed towards male, Broad Street Green, 1830 hrs. 35 yr old male pulled alongside aggrieved in a black mini and said he would punch the aggrieved if he didn't hand over money.

16/05 - 2 suspicious people entered Gt.Totham Store, one tried to get money out from a credit card, the other paid a lot of attention to the store. Left in a white Sherpa Van with 'school bus' written on it. 15 minutes later the van drove past again but didn't stop when a police vehicle was parked outside.2 black males in their mid thirties, one wearing a baseball cap.

18/05 - Mill Road, 1130 hrs, Suspicious person stopped outside a house, asked for directions to Harwich. Resident went to go inside to ask his wife, but the suspicious male locked him out, and then demanded £50 from the residents' wife, to get to Harwich in return for 2 Gucci coats. They told him to get out of their house, and he then sped off in his vehicle. This is not the first time this specific offence has happened in Mill Road.

19/05 - 2000 hrs, blue Ford Escort seen doing circuits of Stapler' Heath, driver warned of driving behaviour.

26/05 - At 3.50pm, along Catchpole Lane, a suspicious male was seen to be looking into peoples' gardens. Before the informant spoke to the male, he tried to jump in front of a bus. Possible mental health issues. The male then disappeared, so possibly lives in the area. Mid 40ties, with dark hair, blue trousers, blue collar shirt and long sleeved zip fleece.

26/05 - Distraction burglary committed whereby 3 males called at the address, 1 spoke to the aggrieved about 'smelly drains' whilst the others stole money.

Wickham Bishops

05/05 - Possible theft of 2 bin bags full of clothes from front of home. Great Ormond St Hospital were doing a collection of old clothes but aggrieved had left her own clothes for the ironing lady to collect. Great Ormond Steet collectors were adamant that they would not pick up black bin bags when their collection bags are white and clearly marked for G.O.S.H.

13/05 - Drunk male seen in informant's front garden at 0230 hrs, unable to walk.

22/05 - Actual Bodily Harm committed to youth at the Tennis Club, 2030 hrs.

28/05 - 1830 hrs, Local youth arrested for being in possession of an air rifle, that may have caused damage to window.

Little Braxted

10/05 - Local youth given reprimand for public order incident that happened earlier in year.

10/05 - Local youth given reprimand for criminal damage offence that happened earlier in the year.

10/05 - Local man given a caution for a public order incident that happened earlier in the year.

09/05 - Yellow tip -up van caught fly tipping down Witham Road. Maldon Council are dealing with prosecution.

26/05 - Road Traffic Collision, Braxted Road, by the war memorial at 1845 hrs. 2 vehicles, non-injury.

Heather’s Crime Report for April 06

Great Totham

28/04 - Actual Bodily Harm to local resident, offender got out of a dark silver BMW and hit aggrieved in the face. Offender was a white male, 5ft 10", with blonde spiky hair, wearing blue jeans and beige jumper, and wore a gold coloured buckle ring on right hand.

27/04 - Suspicious person seen loitering outside a property, Prince of Wales Rd at 8pm. Person looked approximately 25 years old, tall and slim, had dark hair and wore a white shirt. It looked like he was looking at informant's new car, even opened informant's garden gates to get into yard.

26/04 - Scrambler motorbike nearly hit passing resident on Hall Road, 7.45 pm. The motorbike rider wore a red jacket, and a white helmet with a stripe.

22/04 - Theft of silver Ford Focus from Forrester's Golf Park, between 9am and 6.30 pm.

13/04 - Robbery to local youth, Broad Street Green at 0030 hrs. 2 males in hoodies with London accents committed the robbery, stole mobile phone.

Wickham Bishops

29/04 - Theft of Nokia mobile phone from The Chequers. Phone left on bar.
16/04 - 6 cars full of youths trespassed onto property, 2340 hrs, possibly believed to be ravers trying to find place to party.
16/04 – Fly tipping reported down Langford Road.
15/04 - Theft of dog from back garden kennel, Station Road. Repeat victim, believed knows offender.
15/04 - RTC with injuries, Arbour Lane, 2 cars.
02/04 - Criminal damage to car, Kelvedon Rd, between 7.30 pm on 1st and 8am on 2nd April. 2 small holes in rear windscreen.

Great Braxted

30/04 - RTC, Braxted Rd at 5.10 am. 1 vehicle near bridge crashed into telegraph pole.
24/04 - Member of the public impersonated a police officer after a driving dispute with informant, acted in an intimidating manner. Braxted Road.
23/04 - RTC with minor injuries, Braxted Rd. 2 vehicles collided at 1135 hrs.
29/03 - Fire to Porter's Barn - 3 local youths arrested, 1 charged.

New Start

2006-06-05T15:09:00.000-07:00

Having got completely confused over adding new post to the NHW blog, I decided to cut my losses and start again. So first blog is now Heather's report for May

Heather’s Report

Monthly Report for the 5 Parishes - May
Police Community Support Officer Heather Owen

Maldon Police Station 01621 852255

Tolleshunt D'Arcy Station 01621 868576

Point of Contact Mobile 07710 046156

The change to Neighbourhood Policing Teams is finally here, and myself, Sergeant Lee Parish, PC Eddy Edwards, PC Andrew Bagley and PC Tony England find ourselves working out of Tolleshunt D'Arcy Police post. Therefore some of the contact numbers have changed. If you want to speak to a police officer, but the enquiry is not an emergency, then there is a new 'point of contact' i.e. a mobile number that the PC on duty carries on them, so that you can quickly access advice/ enquiries/ information from us. There is also a new office number with answer phone for more general enquiries, if you do not need to speak to an officer immediately.In due course, each local beat officer will go to their respective Parish Council Meetings, and I am in the process of introducing them to Neighbourhood Watch coordinators, local businesses and the schools in the area.

Great Totham
02/05 - Theft of motor vehicle, Stapler's Heath.
02/05 - Road Traffic Collision, Gt.Braxted Road, 1630 hrs. 2 vehicles, non-injury.
10/05 - Suspicious person asked female her name and address, and whether she wanted to get into his car, 1830 hrs, Stapler' Heath.
12/05 - RTC, Braxted Road junction with Grove Farm Road, 0800 hrs. 3 vehicles, 2 minor injuries.
14/05 - Robbery committed towards male, Broad Street Green, 1830 hrs. 35 yr old male pulled alongside aggrieved in a black mini and said he would punch the aggrieved if he didn't hand over money.
16/05 - 2 suspicious people entered Gt.Totham Store, one tried to get money out from a credit card, the other paid a lot of attention to the store. Left in a white Sherpa Van with 'school bus' written on it. 15 minutes later the van drove past again but didn't stop when a police vehicle was parked outside.2 black males in their mid thirties, one wearing a baseball cap.
18/05 - Mill Road, 1130 hrs, Suspicious person stopped outside a house, asked for directions to Harwich. Resident went to go inside to ask his wife, but the suspicious male locked him out, and then demanded £50 from the residents' wife, to get to Harwich in return for 2 Gucci coats. They told him to get out of their house, and he then sped off in his vehicle. This is not the first time this specific offence has happened in Mill Road.
19/05 - 2000 hrs, blue Ford Escort seen doing circuits of Stapler' Heath, driver warned of driving behaviour.
26/05 - At 3.50pm, along Catchpole Lane, a suspicious male was seen to be looking into peoples' gardens. Before the informant spoke to the male, he tried to jump in front of a bus. Possible mental health issues. The male then disappeared, so possibly lives in the area. Mid 40ties, with dark hair, blue trousers, blue collar shirt and long sleeved zip fleece.
26/05 - Distraction burglary committed whereby 3 males called at the address, 1 spoke to the aggrieved about 'smelly drains' whilst the others stole money from a drawer.

Wickham Bishops
05/05 - Possible theft of 2 bin bags full of clothes from front of home. Great Ormond St Hospital were doing a collection of old clothes but aggrieved had left her own clothes for the ironing lady to collect. Great Ormond Steet collectors were adamant that they would not pick up black bin bags when their collection bags are white and clearly marked for G.O.S.H.
13/05 - Drunk male seen in informant's front garden at 0230 hrs, unable to walk.
22/05 - Actual Bodily Harm committed to youth at the Tennis Club, 2030 hrs.
28/05 - 1830 hrs, Local youth arrested for being in possession of an air rifle, that may have caused damage to window.

Great Braxted Nothing reported.

Little Braxted
10/05 - Local youth given reprimand for public order incident that happened earlier in year.
10/05 - Local youth given reprimand for criminal damage offence that happened earlier in the year.
10/05 - Local man given a caution for a public order incident that happened earlier in the year.
09/05 - Yellow tip -up van caught flytipping down Witham Road. Maldon Council are dealing with prosecution.
26/05 - Road Traffic Collision, Braxted Road, by the war memorial at 1845 hrs. 2 vehicles, non-injury.

Little Totham Nothing reported.