Neighbourhood Watch Merged Thread

Larbre34 wrote: »

Almost certainly a Garda car. They really are out to annoy you arent they.

Garda's cars out there??? that's a really funny statement....

Larbre34 wrote: »

Anyone thinking that getting out of Dublin 15 will evade petty crime is sorely mistaken. Despite the bullsh1t crime statistics, the amount of burglary and larceny going on is like a plague, all over the City and the countryside. In fact with the aggression and boldness of some of the rural home burglaries Id much rather live in an urban/suburban spot

Assholes are everywhere, and this cannot be denied, but security becomes as well a matter of perception, and honestly after 2 house burglary (tentative, fortunately no success, we have a good security in place) 1 wallet pickpocket, and 2 bike stolen, the second one in the middle of the day, in front of dart commuter and a cctv camera... I am sorry but you cannot deny that our opinion on the security of the area is quite negative at the moment... and except for anything exceptional, a change of mind will be very difficult

Gabriele wrote: »

Today instead, brand new bike parked in front of clonsilla train station robbed in the middle of the day, between 8am and 5 pm... the only thing remaining are the two locks on the trash bin in front of the bike parking space... ah there was a nice camera pointing exactly over my bike...(a red hybrid carrera... half price on sale... )

Really sorry to hear about this.

What type of lock did you have? A good one is a worthwhile investment.
My Abus u-lock cost almost 90 euro and I am about to buy another chain lock for 80 euro.

Just an FYI, there was a smartly-dressed couple walking through my estate today (Clonee) asking if there was any Latvian or Russian people living on the road. We told them it was none of their business. They then came back a while later and rang on our doorbell again and tried to give us some religious literature which we didn't want. The only reason I say this is that I think they might have been scoping out which houses were occupied or unoccupied. The same people were seen in the estate a few weeks ago and after that there was two break-ins in the area, one in the middle of the day and one at night, in both cases the burglar came in through a downstairs window by removing the window pane first. Just letting people know.

Incident of a bicycle stolen from my neighbour's shed last night, their young teenagers bike which he'd gotten for Christmas. Nothing else taken, our own shed was left untouched with bikes inside (though not as nice as the young lads) so on the surface it would seem that maybe he was spotted on it and targeted for theft

Heard about this in the same discussion;
http://www.thejournal.ie/gardai-struggle-with-knife-wielding-man-in-post-office-1065662-Sep2013/

as another neighbour had gone to the Spar and seen the aftermath. Wasn't the nicest of neighbourly chats unfortunately, however I guess according to the news story its good to have had someone obviously violent and with outstanding warrants picked up.

The Willows in Hartstown

About 3 weeks ago in Allendale a few houses were getting robbed during the day for jewelry etc..they were getting in by removing the porch door at the back..literally taking the door off.
They were driving a black VW Golf with fake plates on it captured by cctv in the estate..anyway

About 2 weeks ago the same thieves got caught by the police in the estate,the were in the process of robbing a house,3 men altogether only 1 was caught..pepper spray,police helicopter etc..they recovered the VW in the estate aswell..

Glad they caught the fuckers

Reminds me, I heard that the Spar in Littlepace was robbed the week before last during the daytime.

Yes Fletch, the wife told me two attempts in the space of ten days. Not sure if they got anything but staff pretty shook up.

Fletch, did your mate give that video to the guards? If it was the same people who did the Apple Green it could be useful.

Any new reports?

Video going around Facebook this evening of the Champion Sports in the retail park being robbed by two men in motorcycle helmets. Absolutely astonishing how casual the whole thing is, not from the raiders themselves (who are shouting) but from the staff and customers, who remain incredibly calm. A sad thing to see, really.