£200 stolen from parked van (From Bucks Free Press)
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£200 stolen from parked van in High Wycombe
11:34am Wednesday 22nd August 2012 in News By Neil Phillips
£200 stolen from parked van
HUNDREDS of pounds in cash was stolen from a parked van in High Wycombe last week.
Between Tuesday, August 14, and Thursday, August 16, the white Peugeot van, which was parked in Chipperdale Close, was accessed while the victim was working on the road.
A total of £200 was stolen from the glove-box.
The vehicle was not damaged.
Police would like to hear from anyone who saw suspicious activity in the area as any information could be useful in the investigation.
If you can help, please call the 24-hour Police Enquiry Centre on 101 and ask to speak to PC Hayley McEvoy at High Wycombe police station.
If you don't want to speak directly to the police you can contact the independent charity Crimestoppers anonymously on 0800 555 111 or online at crimestoppers-uk.org.
No personal details are taken, information is not traced or recorded and you will not go to court.
Comments(20)
MrsFBucks
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12:08pm Wed 22 Aug 12
Lady Totteridge
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12:16pm Wed 22 Aug 12
ArnyP_HW
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12:37pm Wed 22 Aug 12
So anyone who leaves that amount of cash in car glove box (locked or unlocked) runs a very high risk of the vehicle being trashed.
But who does that? Wish I could afford to leave a few hundred kicking about doing nothing and not notice it missing for a few days (definitely NOT a sign of the times!)
Me, just me
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12:38pm Wed 22 Aug 12
Me, just me
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12:41pm Wed 22 Aug 12
Lady Totteridge wrote:Clearly the owner of the van has a very low IQ. Yes, they deserve to be robbed, he may learn from the experience. Next week we will hear how he has left his child in the van over night and they have been stolen from him. Lock it up, put valuables and children in your bag and take them with you...
Ok the owner of the van was stupid to leave it unlocked, but is this what society has come to in that if a person leaves valuables in a unlocked vehicle "they deserve to be robbed!" What a great country we live in.
Flackwell
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12:49pm Wed 22 Aug 12
Me, just me
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1:02pm Wed 22 Aug 12
Flackwell wrote:Ive heard that Lady T has two rather nice points
sewer rat morals - Lady T has a valid point imo
miccles
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1:05pm Wed 22 Aug 12
MrsFBucks wrote:Why do you have that amount of cash in your vehicle??
Why do you keep your van unlocked if you have that sort of cash lying around in it?
Paint_It_Red_77
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1:17pm Wed 22 Aug 12
Paint_It_Red_77
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1:18pm Wed 22 Aug 12
Me, just me
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1:21pm Wed 22 Aug 12
Paint_It_Red_77 wrote:+1
Surely this article should be about how stupid this person was to leave money in a van... and they're not sure which day it stolen, dumb ar*e!
Me, just me
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1:22pm Wed 22 Aug 12
Slacker
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3:16pm Wed 22 Aug 12
Me, just me
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3:20pm Wed 22 Aug 12
Slacker wrote:Not only did he leave it in the van but he didnt lock it, gravy. I bet the van keys were in the ignition along with his house keys and a post-it with his address stuck on the windscreen (incase he forgets where he lives). Could have been alot worse for the chap.
Nobody deserves to be a victim of theft but it was very silly to leave money in the car. Police are always advising not to leave valuables in cars. It seems this person didn't read that advisory.
Marmite XO
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4:04pm Wed 22 Aug 12
washondo
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4:19pm Wed 22 Aug 12
Me, just me
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9:08am Thu 23 Aug 12
washondo wrote:He should have pinned the money to his top and then the perp would have cracked him over the head before he stole it. More chance this chap would learn from his mistakes if something like that happened
General comment infers his money would have been safer somewhere else, like IN THE BANK. No .... ?
ArnyP_HW
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11:15am Thu 23 Aug 12
wycombeboy
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8:08pm Fri 24 Aug 12
Flackwell wrote:I agree. It's not the fact that the guy left the money in his van. Let's not all get on his case. It's the scum bag that was strolling along the road and decided to enter somebody elses vehicle and have a rummidge for free stuff to nick, he is the one you should all be aiming your hate at.....
sewer rat morals - Lady T has a valid point imo
I still like to think that we haven't sunk so low as a nation, there are still places where you are relatively safe and do not have to keep everything under lock and key..... Not many though.
Me, just me says...
12:01pm Wed 22 Aug 12