Perry Mead Eaton Bray - Burglary car taken

Posted on December 1, 2011

Bedfordshire Police ask residents to review their home security and where they keep vehicle keys, after a burglary took place in Perry Mead, off High Street, in Eaton Bray, on Wednesday the 30th of November.

• The offence took place between 8:00 a.m. and 2:45 p.m.
• The offender has gained access to the garden through a side gate that had been left unlocked.
• A patio door has been damaged, and a ground floor window has been forced open.
• An iPod and vehicle keys have been taken.
• The offender has used the stolen keys, to remove the owner vehicle.
• The car has since been recovered in Dunstable.

This crime is part of a series where the offenders have used keys stolen from a burglary, to also steal a vehicle.

• Keep doors double-locked at all times.
• Avoid leaving property like vehicle keys, handbags, or laptops in hallways, or where they can be seen from outside the house.
• Remove all keys from the locks and keep them in a safe place and out of view.
• Keep garden furniture, ladders, and Wheelie bins in a secure garage or shed, or locked up away from the house, where they might be used to climb onto a roof or access a first floor window.
• Be a good Neighbour.
• Be aware of sounds like breaking glass.

If you have any information about this crime or other suspicious incidents, please call the Force Control Room on 101, and quote crime reference, J D / 4 8 4 6 5 / 2011.

Alternatively text your message to (07786) 200011

Email your message to [email protected]

Alternatively you can contact the independent charity Crimestoppers, anonymously, on 0800 555111, or online at www.crimestoppers-uk.org.

No personal details are taken, information is not traced or recorded and you will not go to court.

Thank you for your support.

Source: Ringmaster Bedfordshire