BRAINTREE AND DISTRICT NEIGHBOURHOOD WATCH Affiliated to County Neighbourhood Watch Association which is a registered Charity No: 1168988 THE WEEKLY NEIGHBOURHOOD WATCH NEWSLETTER TWO PAGE ISSUE Monday 24th May 2021 Number: 587 Email: [email protected]

ESSEX POLICE TWITTER (1) THEFT FROM PERSON ROBBERY GREAT NOTLEY The Square Notley Green May 12th between 16:35hrs and 16:41hrs. Suspects unknown distracted the victim and one of them stole victim’s purse from the passenger seat of her vehicle which contained bank cards and £80 cash

BURGLARY OF BUSINESS PREMISES BRAINTREE Flitch Way Thursday 20th May 17:15hrs. HATFIELD PEVEREL Main Road Detectives are appealing for witnesses to a Between May 18th 17:57hrs and May 20th 12:41hrs. robbery. Three teenagers approached a man in his 20s Suspect unknown broke into an office and stole a and the group threatened him with what is believed to be Lenova all-in computer and items of Hi Vis clothing. two knives and demanded that he hand over his phone and cash. When the man refused to hand over his SHED BURGLARY phone, the teenagers assaulted the man before fleeing HATFIELD PEVEREL Main Road the scene with £10 in cash from his pocket. The man Between May 17th 00:00hrs and May 18th 00:00hrs. sustained minor injuries. Suspect broke into a shed and removed tools and two The teenagers are believed to be aged between 15 and pedal cycles from the garden and gained entry to a 16, two are described as being white and the third is camper van but nothing stolen from it. described as being black. One of the teenagers was wearing a blue face mask and the other two were wearing dark face coverings pulled up from around their THEFT FROM GARAGES necks. They were all wearing dark clothing and gloves. HATFIELD PEVEREL Main Road th Anyone who witnessed the incident or may have dash May 18 between 15:48hrs and 16:45hrs. cam, CCTV, or doorbell footage from the time is asked to Suspect unknown gained entry to a garage & stole please contact us. If you have any information you items. can submit a report online or use the 'Live Chat' button PANFIELD Piccotts Lane th st to speak to an online operator between 7am-11pm. Between May 20 23:00hrs and May 21 09:10hrs. Please quote the crime reference number 42/95142/21. Suspect unknown broke into a garage and stole multiple You can also call Braintree CID on 101 or contact tools and food from a freezer valued at £5/6,000. Crimestoppers anonymously on 0800 555 111. BRAINTREE Courtauld Road May 20th between 15:30hrs and 16:03hrs. Suspect unknown pulled up in a van , walked up the victim’s drive way and into an INSECURE garage and removed a Bosch V5 019, large silver vehicles batteries and then made off in the van.

ANTI SOCIAL BEHAVIOUR SILVER END Broadway ESSEX POLICE TWITTER (1) Between May 17th 16:09hrs and May 19th 17:30hrs. WITHAM Wednesday 19th May . Suspects unknown broke the outside key safe and used Witham CSC Officers assisted in a road traffic collision the key to gain access to a building where they had on Cressing Road after an occupant had fled the scene. ridden their bikes and scooters in reception area - They followed on high visibiluity patrols. During the nothing stolen. patrols they disrupted potential drug activivites near Highfields Road. ATTEMPTED STABLE BURGLARY Church Road May 18th 02:50hrs. Suspect unknown broke the bolts to the victim’s stable where expensive gardening equipment was kept but nothing was taken after an alarm was activated.

FOR THOSE WHO LIVE IN ESSEX AND WOULD LIKE TO VOLUNTEER TO WORK WITH ESSEX POLICE TO REDUCE CRIME PLEASE SEND YOUR FULL DETAILS AND EMAIL ADDRESS TO [email protected] BRAINTREE AND DISTRICT NEIGHBOURHOOD WATCH Affiliated to Essex County Neighbourhood Watch Association which is a registered Charity No: 1168988 THE WEEKLY NEIGHBOURHOOD WATCH NEWSLETTER TWO PAGE ISSUE Monday 24th May 2021 Number: 587 Email: [email protected]

SUFFOLK POLICE TWITTER (1) THEFTS FROM MOTOR VEHICLES KELVEDON Feering Hill May 17th between 07:51hrs and 08:47hrs. Suspect unknown removed victim’s black Fiat 500 Abarth index nukber EU21 KBZ THREE FIELDS Northfield May 12th between 00:01hrs and 15:00hrs. Suspect unknown removed a catalytic converter from a PC Jed Raven advised that this vehicle was stolen on silver blue Honda Jazz by cutting it off. May 22nd and after some good work by Essex Braintree RAYNE Granary Halt Police resulted in the vehicle being recovered and a Between May 14th 16:00hrs and May 16th 11:00hrs. male arrested. Suspect unknown removed a catalytic converter from a SUFFOLK POLICE TWITTER (2) black Toyota Auris which was parked off the road at the Haverhill Police have had a busy week!! rear of the property. x3 Search Warrants Executed WITHAM x3 People Arrested , 22g of Crack Cocaine seized Holly Walk 4kg+ of cannabis seized, £3000+ Cash seized Between May 13th 23:00hrs and May 17th 20:50hrs. x3 Offensive weapons seized Suspect unknown stole rear index plates from an orange Toyota CHR Sauls Bridge Close May 20th 17:00hrs and May 21st 20:00hrs. Suspect gained entry to a Honda Civic and stole a camera. Blott Rise Between May17th 15:30hrs and May 18th 08:26hrs Suspect removed front and back number plates from a vehicle. NEWSLETTER EDITOR:- Poplar Close Please note that this newsletter is a summary of crime Between May 17th 18:00hrs and May 18th 06:15hrs. incidents in , also information from Suspect unknown stole front and rear number plates Suffolk/Norfolk/Essex Police including Twitter & Essex from a red Ford Fiesta . Police Facebook. The newsletter is distributed to:- HALSTEAD Beridge Road Acton, Alphamstone, Ashen, Belchamp St. Paul, May 19th between 00:03hrs and 04:13hrs. Belchamp Walter, Bocking, Borley, Bradwell , Braintree Suspect unknown stole a catalytic converter from a Town areas, Bulmer, Bures, Burtons Green, Castle Subaru Forester. Hedingham, Chelmsford , Clare, Coggeshall, Colchester, Colne Engaine, Cornish Hall End, Cressing, Earls Colne, THEFTS OF MOTOR VEHICLES Fairstead , Feering, Finchingfield, Foxearth, WITHAM Burdin Close Gestingthorpe, Gosfield, Great Bardfield , Great Henny, Between May 14th 20:30hrs and May 15th 10:00hrs. , Great Notley, Great Saling, Great Suspect unknown removed a blue Ford Fiesta Yeldham, Great Waldingfield, Greenstead Green, BRAINTREE Wood Way Halstead, Hatfield Peverel , Haverhill, Hitcham, Between May 16th 18:00hrs and May 17th 09:45hrs. Kelvedon, Lamarsh, Leigh-on-Sea, Little Baddow, Suspect stole a blue BMW index YE19AMU Liston, Little Henny, Little Yeldham, Little Maplestead, Long Melford, Middleton, Ovington, Panfield, Pattiswick, , Pentlow, Radwinter, Rayne, Rivenhall, Shalford, Sible Hedingham, Silver End, Stambourne, Stisted, Stoke by Clare, Southend, Sturmer, Sudbury, Terling, Tilbury Juxta Clare, Toppesfield, Twinstead, Wethersfield, White Ash Green, White Colne, Wickham St. Pauls, Witham. FOR THOSE WHO LIVE IN ESSEX AND WOULD LIKE TO VOLUNTEER TO WORK WITH ESSEX POLICE TO REDUCE CRIME PLEASE SEND YOUR FULL DETAILS AND EMAIL ADDRESS TO [email protected]