Crimewatch: Spate of burglaries across area

Jun 27 2009 By Dave Whitterton

VEHICLE CRIME: Almondbury, June19. Window smashed with brick, but nothing stolen. Skelmanthorpe, June 14. Top of driver’s door bent back but nothing stolen. Almondbury, June 23. Window damaged. Almondbury, June 23. Window smashed. Shoulder of Mutton, Church Lane, Clayton West, June 12. Brick thrown denting and scratching car bonnet. White Abbey gts416 caravan stolen from driveway. White Peugeot Boxer van Y649BAC and a white pickup believed to be involved in the theft. Grange Moor, June 14. Side window smashed and CD player, binoculars and mobile phone stolen.

THEFT @Almondbury, June 17. Reversed onto drive and stole a dishwasher from under porch. Suspects: Two white males, about 36 yrs driving an old white Ford transit van. Castle Hill , June 16. Stone flags stolen. Kirkburton, June 12. Two suspects entered garden and stole exercise equipment. They drove off followed by victim, who recovered the stolen property. Suspects in white transit flat back Y298 MAK. Morrisons, Penistone Road, Waterloo, June 20. Air compressor on garage forecourt damaged and cash taken.

CRIMINAL DAMAGE: Almondbury, June 16. Vandal/s got into property and set fire to curtains and a box of wallpaper causing significant damage both inside and outside property.

Almondbury, Jun 15. Smashed outer pane of upper floor bedroom window. Grange Moor, Jun 11. Break glass in house door.

ARSON: Almondbury, Jun 15. Entered garden and set fire to wheelie bin.