[deisemum]

Gardai in Waterford City are searching for a man who threatened staff in a shop with a large kitchen knife in a robbery yesterday afternoon.Between 4 and 4.30pm the man entered the Freshways Store in Cleaboy and demanded money.He left with a small amount of cash. He was followed by the manager and another member of staffwho managed to trip him up in De Vinci Avenue. The culprit then threatened the staff member by holding a knife to his face. Some of the cash was recovered and the staff did not follow him any further. No injuries were reported. The man was was wearing a Grey hoodie and grey tracksuit bottoms. His face was covered.

Between 12.40 and 12.55 am early this morning a man entered a house at St. Catherines Grange and pepper sprayed one of the occupants. Nothing was taken.

Between 7.45am and 6.30pm yesterday a house was broken into in St Johns Park, Waterford Entry was gained through a back bedroom window and a small amount of cash was taken.

Between 9am on Tuesday last and 1pm yesterday a house at Briot Avenue was broken into and ransacked.It's not known what is missing as some of the students are still away on Easter Holidays

If anyone has information they are asked to contact Waterford Garda Station on 051-305300.

[allthedoyles]

Not worth following a robber .......It can go horribly wrong .

Its frightening to hear of all this happening within a few days .

We all think/believe it won't happen to us ...But you just cannot be careful enough.

[michellie]

Originally Posted by allthedoyles

Not worth following a robber .......It can go horribly wrong .

Its frightening to hear of all this happening within a few days .

We all think/believe it won't happen to us ...But you just cannot be careful enough.

God no if it ever happened me I would hand it over and just get away from there. Our team leader was held up before Xmas at the bank he had just dropped money to the nightsafe, the robber got €10 off him !

[danjo-xx]

Originally Posted by allthedoyles

Not worth following a robber .......It can go horribly wrong .

That is very true indeed but unfortunately the less a robber is tackled the more they and newbies will believe they can get away with it.

More garda stations to close next year..

[mike65]

Not in Waterford, there only being one.

[kryogen]

Attempted break in next to my Mams house last week at 9.30 in the morning, two little ****s with hoodies trying to pry the neighbours window with screwdrivers.

They were seen by another neighbour who let a roar out of him and the scattered.

My friends house was completely ransacked two weeks ago too, absolutely everything taken down to the buggy.

[Faq]

Originally Posted by mike65

Not in Waterford, there only being one.

we have more then 1 btw

[kryogen]

Originally Posted by Faq

we have more then 1 btw

Where is the other one? I only know of the one in Ballybricken.

[Faq]

Ferrybank, Tramore, Ardmore, kill, Kilmacthomas, Leamybrien and a few more

[kryogen]

Originally Posted by Faq

Ferrybank, Tramore, Ardmore, kill, Kilmacthomas, Leamybrien and a few more

Ah your talking about the county. This is the city though.

[Dan133269]

I think (and hope) it will get to the stage where people are prepared and willing to defend themselves, and there will be a high-profile case where a burglar is killed, and that will hopefully turn the tables on these *****.

[allthedoyles]

Below are some examples of when it goes horribly wrong :

The killing of a post office worker in an armed robbery in Kilkenny has been condemned as cowardly and senseless.

The victim, named locally as Alan Cunniffe, was shot in the stomach as he tackled a lone gunman who robbed his family business in the city centre. The raid took place in the busy John's Green post office on Wolfe Tone Street shortly after 12.10pm yesterday.

O'Callaghan entered the TSB bank in New Ross armed with a sawn-off shot gun. There he confronted Mrs Walsh and discharged his gun.
She was taken to Waterford Regional Hospital where she was put on a life support machine. Three days after the shooting, a consultant pronounced her brain-stem dead. She suffered irreversible damage to vital functions of the brain.
The judge said the defence did not dispute that death was caused by gun shot wounds.

[Finnbar01]

Originally Posted by allthedoyles

Below are some examples of when it goes horribly wrong :

As opposed to pleasantly well?

All crimes of this nature are wrong from the outset. Nobody should be anywhere near your home or business with a loaded gun. (With obvious acceptions of course.)

I'm not trying to be smart with you either.

[watermark]

Originally Posted by danjo-xx

That is very true indeed but unfortunately the less a robber is tackled the more they and newbies will believe they can get away with it.

More garda stations to close next year..

i used to work in the supermarket that was robbed and for months a gang of young lad, my age at the time (16-17) would come in lookin to buy beer etc. I would ask for I.D. and refuse. one day about 10 more of them than usual came in, took up 6-8 cans each and walked towards the counter, then legged it out the door. Garda came and we told them we knew their faces but not their names (genuinely didnt). The next day the same lads were in the shop buyin sweets and other stuff. Shud have locked them in the big container we had out the back and left em there or something more physically damaging

[daenerysstormborn3]

Originally Posted by Dan133269

I think (and hope) it will get to the stage where people are prepared and willing to defend themselves, and there will be a high-profile case where a burglar is killed, and that will hopefully turn the tables on these *****.

I think that the law was changed in the last few months or so whereby homeowners are legally entitled to defend themselves in their own homes without fear of being sued by the burglars for injury (as has happened in the past). I remember reading it online somewhere, may have been in one of the online newspapers, just can't think where.