Be alert: 14 incidents of crime reported in four days

EPR Security has been ridding the streets of the Rand West City Local Municipality (RWCLM) of crime, one day at a time.

The security company has released its crime statistics for the week from Monday, 6 January to Thursday, 9 January. In one of the incidents in that period, the company’s Red Eye Patrol camera picked up a suspect who was cutting fence and CCTV wires in the Randfontein Central Business District (CBD).

Monday, 6 February

• Randfontein:

Housebreaking – Hillside Agricultural Holdings (AH) (panic button callout)

Theft – Brandvlei AH (panic button callout)

Trespassing – Toyota Street, Aureus (panic button callout, one suspect arrested)

• Westonaria:

Dog poisoning – Tulbachkloof, Westonaria

Tuesday, 7 February

• Randfontein:

Property found – Maluit Street, Finsbury (panic button callout)

Civil case – Middelvlei AH (panic button callout, purchase agreement gone wrong)

• Westonaria:

Break-in – Mine Street, Libanon (phone-in callout, window damaged)

Break-in – Johnstone Street, Westonaria (phone-in callout, window broken)

Wednesday, 8 February

• Randfontein

Suspecious vehicle – Loumarina AH (phone-in callout)

Damage to property – Lazaar Avenue, Randgate (phone-in callout, wall damaged)

Damage to property – Boerperd Street, Greenhills (phone-in callout, lock and gate damaged)

• Westonaria

Theft – McGregor Street, Westonaria (phone-in callout, one suspect arrested)

Thursday, 9 February

• Randfontein

Damage to property – Maugham Street, Randfontein CBD (fence and CCTV wires cut – Red Eye Patrol)

Attempted theft – Greenhills Avenue, Greenhills (panic button callout, damage to vehicle’s steering wheel)

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