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Received Reports
Date: 29 April 2010 [Reference: EAR102/251]
In the early hours of this morning two
males were disturbed trying to break in via the front door of a
property in Kidmore End Road, Emmer Green.
Description of Suspects:
White male, 5ft 8ins-6ft tall, unshaven wearing baggy jeans, light
coloured zip up top, maroon beanie hat and carrying a rucksack.
White male, 5ft 6ins-5ft 8ins tall, mousy brown hair below the ears,
wearing dark coloured Nike zip up top with Nike logo on the rear and
maroon beanie hat.
Date: 23 April 2010 [Reference: EAR102/246]
Ch Inspector Jim Weems, the deputy
Reading Local police area commander, announced the Reading end of
year crime figures at a media briefing earlier today. Here are the
highlights:
*In the last financial year there were 1,411 fewer victims of crime
in the Reading area with a reduction in total crime from 22,112
offences to 20,701. There were 2,265 fewer victims of crime than
there were two years ago.
*There was a 7.2 per cent reduction in Serious Acquisitive Crime,
which includes domestic burglary (-2.7 per cent), vehicle crime
(theft from vehicle -4.6 per cent, theft of vehicle -19.9 per cent)
and robbery (-22.3 per cent).
*There were 646 fewer victims of Serous Acquisitive Crime than there
were two years ago.
Date: 23 April 2010 [Reference: EAR102/245]
Your observations are requested for the following vehicle
stolen during a burglary in Kidmore Road, Caversham yesterday
morning.
Description of Vehicle:
Grey Range rover Reg no: DO55 TOM.
Please report any sightings immediately to The Thames Valley Police
Enquiry Centre on 0845 8505 505 quoting URN675 20/4/10.
Date: 23 April 2010 [Reference: EAR102/243]
At approx 16.50 on Tuesday 20th April 3 males called at an
address in Whitley Wood Lane, Reading stating they were Police and
flashed a badge and they needed to gain access to the property to
investigate an incident.
No entry was gained.
Description of suspects:
White male tanned complexion , late 20's possibly foreign accent.
White male large build.
White male.
Please inform your NHW members and report any similar incidents or
information to The Thames Valley Police Enquiry Centre on 0845 8505
505 quoting URN1161 20/4/10.
Man jailed for stealing from vehicles - Reading:
A Woodley man has been jailed for a year after pleading guilty to
two charges of theft from motor vehicle and asking for another 51
offences to be taken into consideration.
Mark Ward, aged 32, from Hearn Road, appeared at Reading
Magistrates' Court today (20/4).
He was charged with stealing a CD player and CDs from a Ford Fiesta
on Kennet Island on 12 March and a CD player from blue Citroen Saxo
in Cradock Road, on 5 March.
Det.
Con Kev Cox, from the Reading Priority Crime Team, said: "This was
an unusual case where Ward approached us, saying that he was having
problems with drugs and committing crime to fund that habit.
"He wanted to admit to carrying out a number of offences so that he
could go to prison and get his life back on track.
"He had been a prolific thief and we hope that he does use his time in jail to conquer his drug use."
[Reference: EAR102/240]A 15 year old boy from Caversham has been arrested in connection with an incident of theft from motor vehicle, in Portman Road, Reading, and attempted theft of a car from Loverock Road, Reading . He has been released on Bail.