The Lambton Klip Sector Four CPF is warning the community that we are entering the \u201csilly season\u201d, when crime is rife and on the increase in the area.<\/p>\n
Pine Pienaar, vice-chairman of the forum, told the GCN that, on Thursday and Friday, dogs were yet again poisoned.<\/p>
Four dogs were poisoned in Rhodes Avenue, Parkhill Gardens, and housebreakings followed.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe urge residents to be aware that perpetrators are again at work poisoning our dogs, using polony laced with Aldicarb (also known as Two Step),\u201d Pienaar said.<\/p>
\u201cIf your dog sleeps in the house please take a walk outside and look out for these poisoned packages before letting it out.<\/p>\n
\u201cKeep all valuables out of sight as this creates an invitation to criminals to break-in and, if your dogs do bark, please check on them; they may be dead in the morning.\u201d<\/p>\n
Mugging is also on the increase in the area and Pienaar warns school children and other pedestrians to always be vigilant and on the lookout.<\/p>\n
\u201cDon\u2019t walk with your cellphones or valuables in open view, as the muggers will pounce on you,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
\u201cArm yourself with pepper spray as a defensive measure and always look around you when you are walking and be aware of your surroundings at all times.\u201d<\/p>\n
The warning comes after patrollers received a call about a mugging on Gill Street, at about 5.25pm on Wednesday.<\/p>\n
A search was launched for the two male suspects and a CPF member called in a possible sighting on Arenheim Road.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhile searching the area, a patroller was flagged down on Dallas Road by a member of the public who notified him that they were chasing a second group of muggers, two males who had mugged a school child.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe pupil had purchased airtime for his cellphone at a local shop and was returning home when he was confronted by two men, one armed with a knife, on Order Road.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe men took the child\u2019s cellphone and fled along the railway line towards the Wadeville Train Station,\u201d Pienaar said.<\/p>\n
A chase ensued and one of the men was apprehended.<\/p>\n
The 12-year-old boy identified the suspect and his cellphone was recovered from the man.<\/p>\n
The Germiston SAPS were notified and the man was arrested.<\/p>\n
A case of theft has been opened at the Germiston Police Station.<\/p>\n
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