Housebreakings escalate in Kinross
11 houses broken into in one street in Kinross.
KINROSS – Thieves broke into 11 houses, as well as the Sasolia Primary School, in one street in Thistle Grove recently.
They seem to favour flat screen TVs since these were the only items stolen during the housebreakings.
They stole 21 desktop computers from the school on 27 February.
There has been an increase in the number of housebreakings in Thistle Grove that led to the establishment of a neighbourhood watch forum whereby residents can alert one another when a housebreaking happens.
Residents also created a WhatsApp group for their neighbourhood forum which makes it easy to assist one another.
One resident said: “They also came to my house at night and broke a window while I was asleep.
“They must have seen that I only have old furniture and an old TV, because they left without taking anything.
“I only realised that the window was broken the morning.”
The thieves broke into a house in Andrew Julies Street, but they failed to steal the flat screen TVs because they were mounted to the wall.
One resident lost nearly everything because they stole a TV, furniture and even clothes.
W/O Elmes confirmed that there have been several housebreakings.
No one has been arrested yet.
He pleaded with the community to come forward should they have any information which might lead to the arrest of the suspects and further said residents should be vigilant, especially at night.
Residents should also look out for strange objects like a tin of Coke, strange marks near their homes and plastic bags put next to their houses, because these are also used by burglars to mark houses.
He urged residents to begin neighbourhood watch forums.
Should you have information, please contact W/O Helmes at 082 890 6027 during office hours and 017 687 1313 after working hours.
