{"id":44304,"date":"2013-09-19T08:00:00","date_gmt":"2013-09-19T06:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/44304\/be-extra-aware-when-shoppingorpurses-being-snatched-at-shopping-centres\/"},"modified":"2013-09-19T08:41:23","modified_gmt":"2013-09-19T06:41:23","slug":"be-extra-aware-when-shoppingorpurses-being-snatched-at-shopping-centres","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/news-headlines\/2013\/09\/19\/be-extra-aware-when-shoppingorpurses-being-snatched-at-shopping-centres\/","title":{"rendered":"Be extra aware when shopping"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The residents in Primrose are urged to be extra aware when shopping.<\/p>\n<p>The warning comes after numerous reports that criminals are snatching purses and even holding the elderly up and taking their money at local shopping centres.<\/p><div class=\"stream-item stream-item-in-post stream-item-inline-post aligncenter\"><\/div>\n<p>The elderly are especially at risk and should remain alert and shop in groups or pairs whenever possible.<\/p>\n<p>Residents are reminded not to carry unneeded money or large amounts of money around with them as this presents a target.<\/p><div class=\"stream-item stream-item-in-post stream-item-inline-post aligncenter\"><\/div>\n<p>&#8220;We are fast approaching the end of the year, which often means an increase in crime,&#8221; said Wendy Morgan, from the Primrose CPF.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Be alert to your surroundings and try to avoid placing yourself in a high risk situation.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Residents are asked to report any suspicious behaviour to either the Primrose Sector Two police vans on 071 675 6866\/67 or the Primrose police on 011 842-0500\/0522.<\/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='063f5947bbefa2dc4936b33f80cab66c'><\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Purses being snatched at shopping centres.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1848,"featured_media":44671,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"hasGravity":false,"cxt_article_byline":"","cxt_disable_google_ads":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[9,509,2],"tags":[1205,8297,989,1012,1003,979,1000,1323],"class_list":["post-44304","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-local-crime-news","category-editors-note","category-news-headlines","tag-beware","tag-community-2","tag-crime","tag-east-rand","tag-ekurhuleni","tag-germiston","tag-primrose","tag-warning"],"amp_enabled":true,"category_labels":{"Category":"News","SubCategory":"Crime News"},"tag_labels":["Beware.","community","crime","East Rand","Ekurhuleni","germiston","primrose","warning"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44304","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=44304"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44304\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/44671"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=44304"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=44304"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=44304"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}