Rural Robberies!

mollzer

Just been speaking with my mother in Sligo and she was telling me that there has been alot of robberies lately in the Castleconnor/Easkey/Dromore West areas the past 2 weeks.

These guys are obviously watching peoples houses, watching their comings and goings so would be advisable to up security if you live in a rural area.

No harm double checking that your doors/windows are locked, no keys left in doors at night, cars locked before dusk, and don't keep cash in your house!

And make sure your house is insured for contents, just in case.

FoxyVixen

Just to add that Calry got hit too in that time frame. Seems to be houses lying on a main road that are getting the brunt of it.

fillefatale

FoxyVixen wrote: »

Just to add that Calry got hit too in that time frame. Seems to be houses lying on a main road that are getting the brunt of it.

Funny you should say that, I live near there and last week, and just yesterday we had a courier van call to the door, one ring of the doorbell/not long enough for whoever was at home to answer, but they left no card. We're not expecting anything via courier and its a week between these two calls. One of them was a nightline van, so I rang up nightline sligo depo in the afternoon, and the guy who does my area said he'd not been out my way nor knew of any parcels waiting for me.... don't know whether to be confused or suspicious.

fillefatale

fillefatale wrote: »

Funny you should say that, I live near there and last week, and just yesterday we had a courier van call to the door, one ring of the doorbell/not long enough for whoever was at home to answer, but they left no card. We're not expecting anything via courier and its a week between these two calls. One of them was a nightline van, so I rang up nightline sligo depo in the afternoon, and the guy who does my area said he'd not been out my way nor knew of any parcels waiting for me.... don't know whether to be confused or suspicious.

Scratch that! My paranoia, the man rang back today and they kept calling to the wrong house, maybe looking for directions. The joy of no postcodes to refer to!

FoxyVixen

Was just about to say it was possibly that very reason

Son Of A Vidic

I'd gladly invite some scumbags to pay me a visit. If they can manage to get past the strong locks on my gate and make it down my driveway. They will be very warmly welcomed by my pack of very large German Shepherds. Who would only be too delighted to rip them a new arséhole.

Ham Sambo

These thugs are also well aware of the lack or Garda presence in that area, all they have to do is to send the Gardai on a wild goose chase while they scour the area looking for soft targets. Oil tanks and jewellery I believe is what they target, Cash for Gold shops must be cleaning up.

waterboy15

I think at this stage everyone in Ireland knows someone that has been burgled recently, I think that if the government/gardai don't address it seriously and soon other people out there might.

overshoot

Corvus Maximus wrote: »

I'd gladly invite some scumbags to pay me a visit. If they can manage to get past the strong locks on my gate and make it down my driveway. They will be very warmly welcomed by my pack of very large German Shepherds. Who would only be too delighted to rip them a new arséhole.

good luck there, i know a lad (north sligo) who had one door properly alarmed the other extremily well bolted (from inside i think too) plus a bear trap inside it and they still got in for a few grands worth of equipment and didnt set of the alarm or bear trap:(

Son Of A Vidic

overshoot wrote: »

good luck there, i know a lad (north sligo) who had one door properly alarmed the other extremily well bolted (from inside i think too) plus a bear trap inside it and they still got in for a few grands worth of equipment and didnt set of the alarm or bear trap:(

I think you missed this bit....

Corvus Maximus wrote: »

They will be very warmly welcomed by my pack of very large German Shepherds. Who would only be too delighted to rip them a new arséhole.

sligo camper

add Ballintogher to the list... from what i hear in broad daylight as well!!

blackiebest1

Ballintogher has been hit at least three times in the last couple of weeks and yes in daylight in village center! MAd. Bastards did my Aunt in Ballaghaderren last Friday!

sligono1

these robberies are taking place by either locals or with the aid of local scumbags,ive herd of a few cases and the finger has to point to local knowledge

mollzer

Some of the robberies I heard about were down lanes/small roads.

Also one of the houses had their copper water tank and pipes ripped out! woman came back after school run/shops to find the place flooded!

These guys are on the loof out, watching people heading to mass etc and know they won't be back for 20/30 mins at least.

YeatsCounty

Well at least the Gardai may have a lead now:

http://www.oceanfm.ie/sp/article_manager/detail/gardai_investigate_burglaries_in_west_sligo

Gardai are looking for information on a silver-coloured car, seen in the area at the time, between 6.15pm and 7.30pm, which may have been travelling from the Ballina direction.

It is possibly a Honda or Mazda make-car, with the numbers, 07 MO on the number plate.

As sligono1 said, somebody is likely tipping them off on who to strike and when. Hopefully they will break into a house with a security camera, even a rudimentary webcam based system would do the trick.

mitosis

YeatsCounty wrote: »

Well at least the Gardai may have a lead now:

http://www.oceanfm.ie/sp/article_manager/detail/gardai_investigate_burglaries_in_west_sligo

Gardai are looking for information on a silver-coloured car, seen in the area at the time, between 6.15pm and 7.30pm, which may have been travelling from the Ballina direction.

It is possibly a Honda or Mazda make-car, with the numbers, 07 MO on the number plate. .

As sligono1 said, somebody is likely tipping them off on who to strike and when. Hopefully they will break into a house with a security camera, even a rudimentary webcam based system would do the trick.

"Travelling", eh? My gran lives near Ballaghadereen. Afraid to leave the house, what with anything that's not nailed down going missing (and some things that are), gates, gnomes FFS :mad:

irbx

My family live in the area and a house down the road was robbed and 3 nights later it was robbed again!

wayoutwest

House robbed at Lough Conn,south of Ballina,last night .....second time in a couple of weeks.

1st time - owners away for few days [large gas bottle]

This time- owners sleeping [small gas bottle, heating oil + THE OIL BURNER!]

Tonight,the poor woman, and her disabled mother who she cares for fulltime, are sitting scared in a cold house........at least there's nothing left to rob .......unless they want the gravel from the drive.

I hope that these rodent-like scumbags be sucessfully eradicated soon.

SprostonGreen

Lets face it. Its the minkers. Dirty shower of gips.

redarmyblues

Lets call a spade a spade, it is the Minks, round punting blocks to spec places out, and knowing what time people are out and then striking.

sligono1

SprostonGreen wrote: »

Lets face it. Its the minkers. Dirty shower of gips.

go easy now the PC brigade will be out for us,dare we say anything against these types

1928

mitosis wrote: »

"Travelling", eh? My gran lives near Ballaghadereen. Afraid to leave the house, what with anything that's not nailed down going missing (and some things that are), gates, gnomes FFS :mad:

I've heard of plenty of break ins around that town in the past two or three months. I know a guy who had this tractor stolen in Achonary the other week.

sligono1

not local but in Wicklow houses were broken into in the evening with people in them,one woman was confronted and ordered to hand over all her rings and other jewellery.

I have to question are these cash for gold outlets fuelling these crime sprees,is it that simple to pass stolen gold in these places??and what sort of regulation have they??

Ham Sambo

I have to hand it to that FG councillor from Co. Donegal who on hearing from a neighbour that there was a suspicious white van parked beside his house promptly returned home and blocked in thisvan with his own vehicle to stop it from leaving. Along with a few neighbours theyapprehended two suspects who were about to break in to his next door neighbourshouse, they tied up the suspects with ‘electric cable ties’ and waited for theGardai to arrive, the two suspects appeared in court shortly after that, now that’swhat I call community spirit!!

Son Of A Vidic

Had to laugh at the Champion this week, with the Garda checkpoints set up to catch these scumbag burglars. Ya, they'll catch them on the main roads alright :rolleyes:. Nothing more thatn PR bullshít, suit them better to do their job without advertising the fact.

Bichon Lover

Corvus Maximus wrote: »

Had to laugh at the Champion this week, with the Garda checkpoints set up to catch these scumbag burglars. Ya, they'll catch them on the main roads alright :rolleyes:. Nothing more thatn PR bullshít, suit them better to do their job without advertising the fact.

Well said!

leana

Corvus Maximus wrote: »

Had to laugh at the Champion this week, with the Garda checkpoints set up to catch these scumbag burglars. Ya, they'll catch them on the main roads alright :rolleyes:. Nothing more thatn PR bullshít, suit them better to do their job without advertising the fact.

They may as well be standing in the middle of the road trying to catch them as trying to get them in the average patrol car-a 1.6 litre ford with 250,000 kms on the clock. It's madness, people are afraid to leave their homes and have to have all doors locked even when they're in. You'll have another Padraig Nally case before the powers that be decide that this is an important issue.

Luca Brasi

Wheres's <snip> when we need him?

fillefatale

Luca Brasi, its inappropriate to name previous cases in this context. I'd ask you to refrain from doing so.

Bichon Lover

Neighbour rang Gardai re Silver Avensis with LS in registration (sorry, do not have full number), seen in North Sligo.
They would like to talk to the driver.

YeatsCounty

Hmm. Nine Garda stations to close in Sligo/Leitrim: http://www.sligotoday.ie/details.php?id=23387

Aclare, Ballyfarnon, Easkey, Cloone, Dromod, Keshcarrigan, Domahair, Glenfarne and Cliffoney.

I haven't been around in a good few years but the Easkey Garda station wasn't manned full time anyway, the Guards would normally have to come from Ballina (Ballymote now) when an incident occurred. It's still not good for the area to lose Garda presence, part time or not. Are the rest of the stations marked for closure part time?

genie

I can only speak for Ballyfarnon. There is supposed to be a Guard there in the mornings but whenever I've driven past before 1pm the Garda station has been closed.

The Guard in Ballyfarnon used to have to share a patrol car with the Guard in Riverstown.

Guards will now have to come from Ballymote to any incidents in this area and that will take 45 minutes to one hour. :rolleyes:

BUBBLE WRAP

A house near me was robbed about 3 0r 4 weeks back. Owners of the house was gone to a funeral and came back to find passports and a large sum of money robbed.

FirstinLastout

BUBBLE WRAP wrote: »

A house near me was robbed about 3 0r 4 weeks back. Owners of the house was gone to a funeral and came back to find passports and a large sum of money robbed.

Me, you say? Not aware of that area in Sligo; where about's is Me??

BUBBLE WRAP

FirstinLastout wrote: »

Me, you say? Not aware of that area in Sligo; where about's is Me??

Would it be against the charter for me to not name the area?

:EDIT - if it's not, I will gladly name it.

FirstinLastout

I'd just prefer to know where they are happening that's all BW.

If robberies are been referred to in this thread without any context it could, perhaps, make it appear that there is more occurring than there actually are... its worrying enough as it is and as I'm based in West Sligo its already on my mind.:mad::mad::mad:

BUBBLE WRAP

FirstinLastout wrote: »

I'd just prefer to know where they are happening that's all BW.

If robberies are been referred to in this thread without any context it could, perhaps, make it appear that there is more occurring than there actually are... its worrying enough as it is and as I'm based in West Sligo its already on my mind.:mad::mad::mad:

It happened in Ballindoon.

5 Mins from castle baldwin.

Truley

I know this isn't quite as extreme as the break-ins that have been happening but there have been a lot of incidents in Sligo estates of people having their bin bags stolen and their rubbish dumped in hedges, greens and other people's gardens. Be sure to put your bins out on the day of collection not the night before.

Also I'd wonder if there are people cruising around doing this what's to stop them helping themselves to an unsecured lawnmower or child's bike in a garden.

Hobbitfeet

House broken into in ballymote last week. Is there any point in locking your doors they seem to get in anyway even in a town.

BUBBLE WRAP

Any news of all these robberies being connected? As in any similarities with the robberies?

FoxyVixen

I live at the end of a back road and have had a suspicious van just turning at the shed. Took it's time but moved once the dog was alerted and seen me at the window.

Got no plates and took a spin down the road.

Never get traffic up here this late. I know the neighbours and the dog knows their cars at this stage.

Living in the Calry area where a house got robbed a few weeks back. Never hurts to be just a little paranoid.

GG66

The scouting is done locally, practically every house in the country is marked. They know if there are guns, dogs, alarms etc.

The thieves never strike locally, they "travel" across the country to follow up on local knowledge.

If you want to recover stolen goods from Mayo for instance, try looking in waterford.

An alarm is a deterent, they'll go next door if it's easier...

Dogs are better, big ones

Son Of A Vidic

Truley wrote: »

I know this isn't quite as extreme as the break-ins that have been happening but there have been a lot of incidents in Sligo estates of people having their bin bags stolen and their rubbish dumped in hedges, greens and other people's gardens. Be sure to put your bins out on the day of collection not the night before.

People need to realise that you should never put anything personal in a bin. Bank statements, ESB bills and all similar type documentation should be burned. Raiding people's rubbish in search of this information is an age old trick that scum use.

Truley

Corvus Maximus wrote: »

People need to realise that you should never put anything personal in a bin. Bank statements, ESB bills and all similar type documentation should be burned. Raiding people's rubbish in search of this information is an age old trick that scum use.

Also they want to get hold of the bin bags themselves, which are worth €10 a pop

GG66

GG66 wrote: »

The scouting is done locally, practically every house in the country is marked. They know if there are guns, dogs, alarms etc.

The thieves never strike locally, they "travel" across the country to follow up on local knowledge.

If you want to recover stolen goods from Mayo for instance, try looking in waterford.

An alarm is a deterent, they'll go next door if it's easier...

Dogs are better, big ones

the guys responsible for the spate of robberies were caught after about 40 Garda cars chased them. might put someone's mind at ease.

mongoman

GG66 wrote: »

the guys responsible for the spate of robberies were caught after about 40 Garda cars chased them. might put someone's mind at ease.

Was that the guys who were caught, after the car crashed near Milltown, Co. Galway?

Bride11

Hi
Just want to add to this thread to let people know about a gang that is targeting Sligo (and maybe further counties of the NW).

My mother in laws house was broken into on Tuesday 15th January circa 7pm, they broke down the front-door. Garda believe they had some equipment to take the door off the hinges.

I want to make people aware of their MO. They call to the house pretending to sell something, trying to look legitimate with a clipboard etc.

In our case they called on the Monday 14th January asking did my mother in-law want her front drive-way tarmacadamed. They came back the next day rang the door bell and then proceeded to break in. According to neighbours they saw a driver in his forties who waited in the car and two others in their twenties. The driver keeps look out for when neighbours raise the alarm.
Just be aware of people coming to your door pretending to sell something.

bonzos

All people have to look at is the collection of BMW's in ballyfree and connaughton road carpark to see who is responsible for crime in the NW. The same scum are in the paper every week for steeling. Social welfare in cranmore are flat out interrogating unemployed people who are struggling to pay the mortgages but they dont ask any of the cultured scumbags who show up week in week out and park the €40k cars and 4x4's in the disabled spaced outside the SW office where all the money is coming from....Time for the taxpayers to start spend money in Barton Smyths!

FirstinLastout

Bride11 wrote: »

Hi
Just want to add to this thread to let people know about a gang that is targeting Sligo (and maybe further counties of the NW).

My mother in laws house was broken into on Tuesday 15th January circa 7pm, they broke down the front-door....
QUOTE]

Thanks but where in Sligo?

Bride11

Old Cartron Hill

FirstinLastout

Well the break-ins continue unfortunately.
A small farm house was broken into in Skreen along the Coast Road on Sunday in the early evening.
The Rat F*ck Ba$tards that carried out the job entered through an open window in the back of the house whilst it was unoccupied.
Sounds like opportunists carried it out and were likely driving around looking for handy numbers.

Remember folks to lock up securely, check that all locks work and that doors & window frames are secure & functioning.
It’s not a bad idea to check that the same is the case on the houses of elderly neighbors either or indeed to keep an eye on neighbors in general.