BLCC Minutes and March police report
Police Report
Bonnyrigg, Lasswade and Poltonhall and District
March 2019
During the month of March 2019 in the beat area BD01 – Bonnyrigg, Lasswade, Poltonhall & District – there were 54 recorded crimes reported, of which 15 were solved (27% solvency).
During this time period, there were 326 calls to Police Scotland.
INCIDENTS OF NOTE
Between 8am and 3pm on Monday the 4th of March the window a property at Eskdale Court was smashed.
Between 9.30pm on Monday the 4th of March and 6.30am on Tuesday the 5th of March a silver Vauxhall Vectra car was stolen from Pentland Road. The vehicle key was attached to house keys and it suspected that these were left on the inside of the properties door lock, which were thereafter acquired by unknown persons.
About 9am on Thursday the 7th of March a 35 year old female was stopped driving a vehicle without insurance at Lasswade Primary School. She has been reported for Road Traffic Offences.
About 5pm on Friday the 8th of March a youth entered Co-op and stole a bottle of vodka. The youth is described as white male, 14 years old, 5 foot 2 inches tall, short dirty blonde hair wearing all dark clothing. Enquiries are ongoing.
About 8.45pm on Friday the 8th of March a 39 year old man was arrested after being traced driving a vehicle whilst disqualified from driving and the vehicle was thereafter seized as no policy of insurance was in force. The man has been reported for road traffic offences.
About 8.20pm on Saturday the 9th of March a 38 year old man was arrested after causing a disturbance on High Street, Lasswade and has been reported.
Between 6.30pm on Saturday the 9th of March and 1pm on Sunday the 10th of March a vehicle parked on Cameron Crescent was broken in to by unknown persons and a handbag and its contents were stolen. The bag was later recovered.
About 5pm on Tuesday the 12th of March the owner of a property on Kevock Road discovered jewellery missing. Police enquiries are ongoing, but entry was not forced to the property.
Between 9pm on Tuesday the 12th of March and 8am on Wednesday the 13th of March a white Ford Transit parked on St Anne’s Path was broken in to and power tools stolen from within.
Between 4pm on Tuesday the 12th of March and 8am on Wednesday the 13th of March a white Ford Transit parked on Cameron Crescent was broken in to and power tools/hand tools stolen from within.
About 10:40 am on Wednesday the 13th of March the wing mirror and bonnet of a vehicle parked on Sherwood View were damaged.
About 2.30am on Friday the 15th of March 2 men wearing all dark clothing attempted to force entry to a garage at Grove Farm Gardens, but were disturbed by the properties owner.
About 6pm on Friday the 15th of March the conservatory window of a property at Skeltiemuir Avenue was smashed.
About 8pm on Friday the 15th of March a 13 year old youth stole quantities of fizzy juice from Tesco Express. He was seen by officers running from the store and was apprehended and charged.
About 8pm on Monday the 18th March at Eldindean Road an unknown person attempted to gain entry to property. Nothing was taken and no access was gained.
On Saturday the 23rd March at Burnbrae Road an unknown person tried a door in attempts to gain entry to a property. No entry was gained.
Overnight between Monday the 25th of March and Tuesday 26th March at Burnbrae Place a parked white Ford Transit van was broken in to and power tools stolen from within.
About 8am on Thursday the 28th March 2019 at Lothian Street a dog walker was attacked by another dog. This has been reported to the Dog Warden.
The rear of the flats at Dickson Grove has been identified as a youth disorder hotspot. In response to this community officers have carried out a site visit with Midlothian Council during which time several potential solutions were discussed including installing locked doors to the bins stores to deter youths loitering.
Police Scotlands Rural Crime campaign has now commenced seeing community officers patrolling locations where livestock worrying and acquisitive crime could be prevalent. As well as patrolling these countryside and farm locations officers will be engaging members of the public and issuing information leaflets.
If any person has any information about the incidents listed above, or indeed any other crime, please contact your Community Policing Officer PC Jonny Cassidy, PC Owen Findlay or PC Christie Burnett via 101 or email:
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Additional Information
Hate crime and domestic abuse can now be reported online via the official Police Scotland website at www.scotland.police.uk or by visiting a Third Party Reporting Centre – details of which are also on our website.
Information regarding crime can be passed to Crimestoppers on 0800 555 111 or through an Online Form - both of these routes are completely anonymous and available 24 hours a day, 365 days a year.
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