Lightwater Police Link

It continues to be a busy time for us. Unfortunately we are still experiencing house burglaries but these are mainly focused around the Lightwater area. You may recall from my previous e-mail we had one day with burglaries and car chases so it would appear this area is currently proving to be attractive to criminals. Accordingly if you should see any suspicious activity / persons / vehicles please do call us as soon as you can.  Use of 999 is very appropriate. We had a burglary on Guildford Road where the offender used a spade to lever open the rear patio doors and stole electrical equipment. We had another in Ambleside Road where the offenders pretended to be gardeners and stole jewellery and finally one in Springfield where the offenders forced a side door and stole jewellery. We are continuing to keep patrols up in the areas.

This week we have been checking car scrap yards in the villages under Motor Salvage legislation where we are empowered to check the vehicles and documents kept on these yards to ensure the owners are complying with the law. These visits help prevent stolen cars being passed through these yards and having their engine numbers changed.

Crime wise, other than the burglaries, it has not been too bad in the villages. However the criminals are certainly out there as colleagues from our traffic garage at Chertsey arrested four males who been braking into vehicles in the early hours and stealing cash and other valuables. They caught them just off the A322 in Knaphill in the early hours a couple of nights back. The offenders are not local and without doubt will have been looking around on our area as well. Please ensure you don’t leave valuables in your vehicle.

I am now off for a month, back July 21st, as I have some commitments in the USA however my colleagues are still around.
If it relates to Bisley or Chobham please call Maria Budd on 07967 988390 or via e-mail 11710@surrey.police.uk
If it relates to West End or Lightwater please call Pc Anna Whiteside on mobile 07967 986883, e-mail 3276@surrey.police.uk or Pc Ali Worger e-mail 2191@surrey.police.uk

Kind regards
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Pc Ed Griffiths

Please can I ask you all to be vigilant as we have had a sudden spate of house burglaries in the villages.

On Monday between 1pm and 1:15pm a burglary occurred at a premises on the A30 at Windlesham, smashed through a front window and stole jewellery. The house owner encountered the male leaving the premises as she returned home. He is described as a white male, 5′ 8″ tall, proportionate build, with short brown hair balding on top. He was wearing a dark coloured jacket and light brown / beige trousers.

Between 3:30pm and 4pm three white males , mid 20s to mid 30s in age wearing tracksuit bottoms broke into a house on MacDonald Road, Lightwater. They were disturbed by an alarm and ran off getting into a blue Ford Focus parked nearby and sped off.

The blue Ford Focus had also been seen in suspicious circumstances at another house in Windlesham earlier in the day. However Pc Foster from our dog section saw the vehicle in Sunningdale at 4:50pm where it was apparent they were breaking into another house. The vehicle tried to make off and was pursued at speed through Sunningdale and Chobham by officers but unfortunately lost near to Castle Grove Road. The vehicle was later recovered abandoned in Horsell. The number plates were false and had been stolen from a car in London and the actual car had been stolen in Hertfordshire.

Today we attended a house on Chertsey Road, Chobham near to the junction with Brookleys at 3:15pm as a male had tried to break into the house. The offender used a common trick by ringing the door bell and knocking on the door to see if the house was occupied. The owner was actually in the garden but when he got to the door the offender had gone, only to return a few minutes later thinking the house was empty tried to force open the front door but ran off when the occupier sounded his alarm. The offender is described as a white male, in his 30s, 5′ 10″ tall, short dark hair, wearing a light coloured t-shirt, black jumper, black gloves and light coloured shorts. We were on the scene very quickly and despite the best efforts of Pc Heywood and his dog a track could not be found for the dog to follow suggesting the offender had a car parked very nearby.

Please, if you see any suspicious persons / vehicles / activity call us straight away on 999. These appear to be experienced burglars travelling all over the south of England and we would love to catch them. Often what may appear to be only a minor matter that you may think wouldn’t warrant a phone call could prove to be of vital importance leading to some good arrests.

Many thanks
Pc Ed Griffiths