Please be aware there have been a number of burglaries and attempted distraction burglaries that are believed to be linked.
\nA burglary was reported between 15:50 \u2013 16:00hrs 18\/02\/2015 at Church Street, Haslingfield a witness saw four males leaving the property they were described as tanned possible Eastern Mediterranean, one male was waiting in a vehicle nearby he was described as unshaven with dark hair wearing a peaked cap. All the males wore fluorescent jackets.
\nA further offence of distraction burglary was reported 16:15 \u2013 16:30hrs 18\/02\/2015 at High Street, Harlton. Two males wearing fluorescent jackets called at the address one claimed the neighbouring property was having a problem with their water, and he needed to locate the stop-cock the male insisted he needed to check the \u2018stop-cock\u2019 inside the house by the water heater. The first male was described as in his 30\u2019s with a deep scar on his right cheek. The second male was described as in his 20\u2019s with a high pitched child-like voice. The occupants monitored the male during his visit, so fortunately no items were stolen.
\nThis was a typical \u2018Waterboard\u2019 M.O. distraction burglary offence as the occupants were asked to turn on taps etc. The male that entered the property had a white I.D. card with \u2018S\u2019 something water written on it and a photo of himself.
\nA vehicle stolen from a burglary in Soham 18\/02\/2015 appears to be the same vehicle seen at the burglary scene in Haslingfield, this is thought to be a black Ford Focus Reg: EK57 H**
\nThere was also another linked burglary at Lower End, Swaffham Prior.
\nPlease be especially vigilant if you are called on by males dressed as utility workers, or wearing high visibility clothing. Always keep your door shut, or use a door-chain if you have one until you are satisfied the callers are genuine. Don\u2019t call a number the caller has given you, check your utility bill for the emergency contact number.
\nIf you feel threatened or suspicious contact the police on 999.<\/p>\n
Kind regards
\nSouth Cambs. Neighbourhhood Team<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Please be aware there have been a number of burglaries and attempted distraction burglaries that are believed to be linked. A burglary was reported between 15:50 \u2013 16:00hrs 18\/02\/2015 at Church Street, Haslingfield a witness saw four males leaving the property they were described as tanned possible Eastern Mediterranean, one male was waiting in a … Continue reading Waterboard’ Hoax Burglary Series – South Cambs 20\/02\/2015<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/haslingfieldvillage.co.uk\/dev\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/376671"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/haslingfieldvillage.co.uk\/dev\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/haslingfieldvillage.co.uk\/dev\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/haslingfieldvillage.co.uk\/dev\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/haslingfieldvillage.co.uk\/dev\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=376671"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/haslingfieldvillage.co.uk\/dev\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/376671\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/haslingfieldvillage.co.uk\/dev\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=376671"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/haslingfieldvillage.co.uk\/dev\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=376671"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/haslingfieldvillage.co.uk\/dev\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=376671"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}