Wildfuzz Posted February 6, 2017 Share Posted February 6, 2017 There has been a recent increase in theft from motor vehicles in north Norfolk, the area stretches from Hickling to Coltishall. The vehicles that have been reported so far have been left insecure and it is coins, property and bags left inside which have been targeted. Upon looking at the crime trail, and the crime times I would suggest we have a nocturnal thief who is travelling along or besides the Northern Broads. Therefor a couple of requests, for those of us living in this area, please secure your vehicles and hide any valuables within, secondly it is possible this person is travelling by, or sleeping on boats during the daylight hours, or maybe walking the footpaths along the rivers. So any sightings of people seen in suspicious circumstances, or anyone who hears of a boat, boat shed or riverside property being used by someone to sleep in would be of great interest. There will be a press release in due course but I thought I would give you a little advanced warning, and also ask for your eyes and ears please. s. 11 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
teadaemon Posted February 6, 2017 Share Posted February 6, 2017 A few years ago there was a notorious criminal on the canal network (particularly the Grand Union around Braunston) who went by the name of Mr. Finch, and spent most of his time out of prison breaking into and living on moored boats. He generally took booze, food, warm clothes, and any money he could find, and had some odd habits (like always doing the washing up before he left a boat). When it got too cold in the winter, he'd hand himself in to the local police station, get sent down for a while so he could sleep in the warm and get three meals a day, and carry on as before once he was released. He apparently had a history in the services (don't know which one exactly, but given his noteworthy abilities at escape and evasion, quite possibly paras or marines), so tended only to be caught when it suited him. I do wonder if there's a similar person at work here. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wildfuzz Posted February 7, 2017 Author Share Posted February 7, 2017 Crimes reported overnight in Horning so the pattern of the rivers continues........... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ranworthbreeze Posted February 7, 2017 Share Posted February 7, 2017 Thank you for the update Stuart, it is appreciated. Regards Alan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thingamybob Posted February 7, 2017 Share Posted February 7, 2017 Thanks for the heads up Stuart. Will keep an eye open and a camera handy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thingamybob Posted February 7, 2017 Share Posted February 7, 2017 When I visited in 2015 there were a number of shifty looking people living on small scruffy unlicensed boats in that area. I spotted them rafted up just outside Stalham/Sutton and on my next visit a few weeks later they were hiding in one of the side creeks off Catfield Dyke, Hickling. Are they still around? Just a thought. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wildfuzz Posted February 8, 2017 Author Share Posted February 8, 2017 Yes these are our regular live a boards and are well known to broads beat and the rangers, they rarely cause problems other than toll and mooring offences. the current trend is different and very specific in Modus operandi. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NorfolkNog Posted February 9, 2017 Share Posted February 9, 2017 Just seen this on Twitter, not sure if it's related but worth keeping a look out! Please call if this male seen near River Bure - possibly sleeping rough in unattended moored boats or a tent! #Hoveton #Horning #Coltishall https://t.co/zdVncYdRBm Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wildfuzz Posted February 15, 2017 Author Share Posted February 15, 2017 Male located and arrested. 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vaughan Posted February 15, 2017 Share Posted February 15, 2017 Well done, good result. Probably for him as well - no more sleeping rough this winter, a warm dry bed, like-minded company and three meals a day. And all at "Her Majesty's Pleasure"! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baitrunner Posted February 15, 2017 Share Posted February 15, 2017 I thought I was going to have to mod you there Vaughan. Then I realised it was about Donny Trump 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AEJB Posted February 15, 2017 Share Posted February 15, 2017 I believe the link from Norfolk Nog and the arrest that Wildfuzz relates are two different persons. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
quo vadis Posted February 15, 2017 Share Posted February 15, 2017 AJB I think that the RSJ has been removed by a JCB so NFW now going for an NBA 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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