Over the past month there have been 49 incidents reported to us fromBuckfastleigh.
We have had 19 crimes reported to us from the town which include 1 assault, 1 offence of making off without payment, 2 incidents of harassment, 3 criminal damage reports, 4 offences of theft from motor vehicles, 5 burglary’s and 1 robbery.
With regards to the robbery at Dial Motors two juvenile males have appeared at court and admitted their part of it. They are still both on remand and will be sentenced at Plymouth Crown Court on the 30th November 2012. One of the males has asked for 8 other offences to be taken into consideration and these will form part of his sentence when it is passed.
2 offences of arson, to a shed and a recycling bin, have been dealt with by way of restorative justice with the offender apologising for their behaviour.
Overnight on 26th/27th October 5 burglaries to sheds and 4 offences of theft from motor vehicles were reported to us from the Plymouth Road and Gipsy Lane area of the town. This type of crime spree is largely unheard of in the town and could be related either a series of crimes that have occurred along the A38 corridor, or may have been committed by a local opportunist criminal. We are keeping an open mind and anyone with any information with regards to these offences please contact PC Hooper on 101.
We have again received numerous reports with regards to motorbikes being ridden in anti-social manner. A colleague from Ashburton was off duty driving through the lanes when he came across 2 local youths who he recognised on a motorcycle. That evening when he was at work he attended their address and seized the motorcycle and the driver has been reported for various traffic offences. We will be applying to the court to get it destroyed.
No crime was reported to us from the Dean Prior area. 6 incidents were reported to us all related to offences on the roads in the area.
From the West Buckfastleigh area we have had 2 crimes reported to us which was a theft of boiler and theft from motor vehicle at Hembury Woods. A male has been interviewed regarding the theft of the boiler and has denied his involvement in this offence. There were 3 incidents reported to us.
From Holne we have had 2 crimes reported to us. 1 related to an assault that occurred near River Dart Country Park and an offence of drunk and disorderly which related to this initial incident. There were 4 incidents reported to us two suspicious vehicles/people, assault and an accident
We have again seen an increase in vehicle crime from beauty spots on the moor, an issue that affects all our rural neighbourhoods. We are still finding people leaving their valuables on show when they go off for a walk which leaves their vehicles vulnerable to any thief. We have re-vitalised our old Moorwatch initiative, using members of our Force Support Group in both marked and unmarked vehicles patrolling key locations. We share our intelligence and crime analyst reports with both the Dartmoor Rangers at their fortnightly meetings and with members of the Environmental Team at Teignbridge District Council.
In mid October we had some success in that a sharp eyed member of the public saw 2 people trying the door handles of vehicles parked at Venford Reservoir. We were able to get out to that location quickly and arrested 2 people who it transpired had driven all the way to this location from Southampton. Both were well known for committing vehicle offences and, although we were unable to charge them with any offences in relation to this incident, undoubtedly we stopped other offences being committed that day.
Police surgeries will be held at Buckfastleigh Town Hall
Wednesday 14th November 2012 at 7.30pm
Wednesday 12th December 2012 at 7.30pm
We can be contacted via the central switchboard no. 101 or via e-mail –Teignbridge@devonandcornwall.
PC 4939 Alison HOOPER, PCSO 30577 Tamzin CAMPBELL-MOSELEY
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