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Crime Briefs – Week ending 19 March 2010

saps Crime briefs are a weekly update of crime in the Sandton area, with detailed accounts of the arrests that have been made and crimes that have been committed recently.

SANDTON POLICE STATION
(011-722-4200)

HOUSE ROBBERY AND THEFT OF CAR
Rivonia: A woman arrived home after dropping off her children at school and was grabbed by two men inside her house.
They took her to the bedroom and tied her up and ransacked the house. They took cash from the safe, laptop and her handbag. The men drove away in her dark blue Mercedes-Benz. Her car was later recovered in Alexandra. The men hid on the premises in the gardener’s outside room the night before.

ARRESTS
Common assault 2; shoplifting 10; fraud 8; possession of stolen property 4; drunken driving 4; illegal immigrants 68; rape 2; attempted theft of car 1; common robbery 2; malicious damage to property 2; bilking 1; warrant of arrest 1; hijacking 2; theft 4; house robbery 6; theft of car 1; pointing of gun 1; possession of counterfeit goods 1; drinking in public 19; possession of drugs 1; reckless and negligent driving 2; possession of hijacked car 1.

PARKVIEW POLICE STATION
(011-486-5000)

ARRESTS
Loitering 104; intimidation 1; reckless and negligent driving 2; indecent assault 2; drunk in public 10; possession of firearm and reckless and negligent driving 1; assault to do grievous bodily harm 3; drunk and driving 1; common assault 3; reckless and negligent action 1; theft 2; illegal immigrant 1; housebreaking and theft 3; fraud 1; armed robbery 1; possession of cable 2; malicious damage to property 1.

RANDBURG POLICE STATION
(011-449-9100)

ARRESTS
Fraud 4; theft 3; drunk driving 1; possession of housebreaking implements 3; common robbery 1; possession of drugs 5; shoplifting 4; domestic violence 1; manufacturing and dealing in drugs 1; illegal immigrants 23; possession of dagga 2; possession of suspected stolen goods 1; reckless and negligent driving 4; warrant of arrest 1; drinking in public 7; contempt of court 1.

Published on March 17, 2010 at 3:22 pm