Below you'll find a list of all posts from August, 2016
On Sat 27th Aug, LCW along with residents and Prasa officials also continued cleaning up and clearing bush along Orient Road, focusing particularly on the railway way line side of the fence between Lakeside station and Uxbridge Road. We found 4 sleeping places up against the walls and tucked behind all the dense bush in the area we cleared, so …
Incident report – 30 August 2016 A resident was on his way home from Claremont. Stopping at a traffic light a women approached the passenger window to distract the driver. Whilst looking left another pepper sprayed the driver through his driver side window which was a bit open. Fortunately they only sprayed 1 eye and so the driver was able …
Incident Report – 30 August 2016 All residents, please be aware that today around lunch time, an elderly couple who had stopped on Boyes Drive to take a hike up the mountain, were robbed by two males at gunpoint and then fled up the mountain in the direction of St James. Various items were stolen. SAPS and Sanparks have been …
26 August 2016 On Friday the 26th Aug at around 20:15, a resident got off the train at Lakeside Station and headed on foot down Rooikraans Road. He was sadly mugged and pushed to the ground where he was kicked. He advised LCW that he had a broken nose and very sore ribs (Still needed a medical assessment to see …
What can we, as residents, do with regards to the crowbar house break-ins? The following commonalities have been noted: 1. All homes targeted have armed response companies and the alarms were activated at the time. 2. The alarm LED light, which shows that the alarm is activated, is visible from the street. 3. Most homes were in darkness and showed …
On Friday the 5th of August LCW had a visibility and training evening for all the patrollers. It was a chance for new patrollers to meet everyone as well as get some valuable training in. It was also a chance for LCW to take a drive through Lakeside to show the residents how much it has grown and to thank …
As part of our initiative to make our communities safer we would like to alert you to the ongoing trends in crime. We have seen a steep increase in theft of personal possessions from vehicles. A common strategy for thieves is to use normal gate motor remotes to block the signal of your car remote when you try to lock …
Update: 21 July 2016 This evening at 17:00, a resident noticed a young women walking aimlessly near Lakeside Station and who looked delirious. She moved very quickly and headed up to Main Road. She tried to cross Main road and to my horror saw her step into the road in front of on coming cars. She’s was whisked out of …
