{"id":101298,"date":"2015-10-01T08:16:00","date_gmt":"2015-10-01T06:16:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/101298\/man-arrested-for-possession-of-stolen-property\/"},"modified":"2015-10-01T09:09:24","modified_gmt":"2015-10-01T07:09:24","slug":"man-arrested-for-possession-of-stolen-property","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/news-headlines\/2015\/10\/01\/man-arrested-for-possession-of-stolen-property\/","title":{"rendered":"Man arrested for possession of stolen property"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Officers from the Primrose Police Station recently arrested a 23-year-old man and charged him with the possession of suspected stolen property.<\/p>\n<p>The arrest was made in Main Road, in Solheim, following a tip-off from a community member.<\/p><div class=\"stream-item stream-item-in-post stream-item-inline-post aligncenter\"><\/div>\n<p>\u201cOfficers rushed to the scene after receiving the tip-off and found the accused with a bicycle, a tent and two boxes full of tools,\u201d explained Sgt Styles Maome, communications officer for the Primrose police.<\/p>\n<p>The man was questioned by the officers but could not produce proof of ownership, or explain where he had obtained the items.<\/p><div class=\"stream-item stream-item-in-post stream-item-inline-post aligncenter\"><\/div>\n<p>He was arrested.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are appealing to our community to stop blaming poverty as a reason for committing crimes.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf any community members require any advice on the challenges they may face they should come forward,\u201d said Maome.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Other articles you may be interested in:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/95188\/man-nabbed-selling-suspected-stolen-goods\/\" target=\"_blank\">Man nabbed selling suspected stolen goods<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/67946\/men-nabbed-for-possession-of-suspected-stolen-property\/\" target=\"_blank\">Men nabbed for possession of suspected stolen property<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"stream-item stream-item-below-post-content\">\n<div class='tenancy_slot tenancy_slot_1 jannah_ad' style='display: none;' data-query-id='d2abf2706533fae06ec6ac298fe40e09'><\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Man found with alleged stolen tools.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1848,"featured_media":100751,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"hasGravity":false,"cxt_article_byline":"","cxt_disable_google_ads":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[9,2],"tags":[1041,8297,989,1012,1003,1106,979,969,2730,999,1000,1480,997,998],"class_list":["post-101298","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-local-crime-news","category-news-headlines","tag-arrests","tag-community-2","tag-crime","tag-east-rand","tag-ekurhuleni","tag-gcn","tag-germiston","tag-germiston-city-news","tag-leigh-hodgson","tag-police","tag-primrose","tag-primrose-police","tag-primrose-saps","tag-saps"],"amp_enabled":true,"category_labels":{"Category":"News","SubCategory":"Crime News"},"tag_labels":["arrests","community","crime","East Rand","Ekurhuleni","GCN","germiston","germiston city news","Leigh Hodgson","police","primrose","Primrose police","Primrose SAPS","SAPS"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/101298","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1848"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=101298"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/101298\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/100751"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=101298"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=101298"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=101298"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}