I have some better work stories to share following a week of great catches.
It was good to put a stop to some out-of-town offenders committing crime here in Cambridge. On Tuesday, police received a report that a male who had stolen from three Cambridge stores three days earlier, was back in town and offending again. With good community support we were hot on his trail. He subsequently ran from a vehicle at a traffic stop but was caught and arrested. A female associate had remained in the car nearby and the vehicle was seized and searched.
As a result, property from one of the Saturday thefts was located, along with some from the Tuesday thefts reported. We also uncovered property found to be from three additional thefts that had not been detected by the stores involved – all in Cambridge. The male was then linked to yet another theft from a store earlier in August. All of the recovered property was returned to happy store owners. The male has appeared in court on several charges.
Last Thursday, police received two reports of a vehicle driving dangerously. Enquiries with the registered owners showed the vehicle to be a rental hire that was overdue for return. Luckily for us, it transpired that the person in possession of the car had called for assistance after locking himself out of the vehicle. While assisting with the return of the vehicle, drugs and stolen property were found. A male was arrested and appeared in court accordingly on drug and theft related charges.
Last weekend, the team arrested three youths in relation to unlawfully taking a vehicle, failing to stop for police and careless driving. The charges related to a vehicle stolen from a Cambridge East address. It was found in Fencourt.
Cambridge staff then stopped another vehicle which had been stolen from Hamilton and was seen travelling south on Tirau Road, State Highway 1. A male and female were arrested, and the vehicle and valuable property was returned to its owner.
In addition to the great work above, in the last seven days, police in Cambridge received nine reports of vehicles and people behaving suspiciously, attended nine reported burglaries, a theft from a vehicle and another attempt at stealing a car, a mental health incident, two family harm events, apprehended two people driving with excessive breath alcohol, received one complaint of fraud, attended three traffic crashes along with the usual traffic offending.
Have a good week and be vigilant.
Deb Hann – Senior Constable at the Cambridge Farmers’ Market. Photo: Mary Anne Gill
