Tag Archives: Theft

Urgent! Distinctive motocross bike stolen from Brownhills

Heartbroken reader Luke has been in touch asking me to put out an appeal to trace his pride and joy – a KTM 85sx motocross motorcycle – which was stolen from the garden of his home on the Hussey Estate, Brownhills in the small hours of Thursday Morning.

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Motorbike stolen from Brownhills last Thursday – can you help?

Hey people – local lad Ash Evsy has posted the following request on Facebook – please be on the lookout for a stolen Yamaha Aerox 100cc motorbike, taken from Brownhills at around 3:00 am on Thursday, 29th January 2015.
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Urgent – motorbike just stolen from Walsall Wood

Hey people – please be on the lookout for a stolen Honda NSC50R Repsol motorbike, taken in this evening between 9 and 10pm from Quantock Close, just off Occupation Road, Walsall Wood.B1OlF_cCEAEDy2- Continue reading

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Police helicopter helps search for suspected car thieves in Walsall Wood

I’ve just spotted this press release from West Midlands Police about an operation in Walsall Wood in the wee small hours of this morning (24th October 2013).
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Urgent appeal – Brownhills camera theft – can you help?

On Monday, 30th September 2013 a walk-in theft occurred at Brownhills Activity centre in Brownhills – that’s the old Annexe, or Central Boys School, the home of Brownhills Community Association.
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Driven up the pole

Look, you lot, this isn’t big and it isn’t clever – this morning, I spotted the following tweet in my timeline, from PC Simon Bytheway, the local Neighbourhood Police Officer for Brownhills, who operates out of Brownhills Police Station, opposite the Hussey Arms…police flag cropped Continue reading

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Stolen caravan alert!

Today, I had my attention drawn to a very sad theft appeal on Twitter – I’m always ready to post appeals of this kind, so please keep an eye out. Dave, the owner, must be heartbroken.
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Urgent! Help find these lost steeds

Friend of the blog and top Brownhillian cyclist chap Lee Slater has contacted me with this tale of abject woe from  his friends in Rugeley. It seems two mountain bikes were stolen from a house in Rugeley in the early … Continue reading

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Lifted

Here’s a vital question that fellow local blogger and geek The Stymaster raised yesterday. This has touched on an experience I’ve recently had with content being lifted from other websites that’s factually incorrect, and being regurgitated without question. Most of … Continue reading

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Some good news for once

Another press release from Jo Hunt at West Midlands Police. Whilst the mobility scooter thieves who struck in Brownhills last week have yet to have their collars felt, it’s nice to note that there are some remarkably kind and generous … Continue reading

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Scumbags yet to be caught…

It was good to see that on Friday, the Express & Star and subsequently the Birmingham Mail caught up with the awful story of the mobility scooter being stolen from Brownhills. The commonality of the language used in both articles … Continue reading

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Lower than a snake’s knees…

I’ve received another press release from Jo Hunt at West Midlands Police, and this one beggars belief. I don’t know what kind of people steal a mobility scooter, but someone must have seen something. Please think back and try and … Continue reading

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Razing the roof

Highfield Farm near Chasewater may not have long left, as I detailed here a few weeks ago, with plans afoot to demolish the crumbling farmhouse and remaining outbuildings in order to build a brand new house on the site. This … Continue reading

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