'Tis the Season...............to be $#%@ing Careful!

Obviously the product of a broken home with a disturbed upbringing. If we gave him a new govvy flat with a wii and a plasma TV, and more pension and benefits, and encouraged him to attend counseling and get some Reiki, he may find peace with himself.

It’s really all the person who was robbed’s fault as they have conspicuous wealth and deserve to have it redistributed to the more needy.

cbourke1972’s post is probably the most retarded thing I have ever read on the internet.

if i saw someone actually in the act of breaking into a neighbour’s place (or committing any kind of crime), i would absolutely call the cops. but would i call up and squeak to them over the phone about a ‘neat and tidy yet suspicious looking fellow who me and my neighbours don’t know and he is walking in our street!… what’s that? no he’s not actually doing anything wrong but *strident tone* he looks suspicious!!!’ – probably not, i would be loathe to waste both mine and the police force’s time. and come on, do the police actually show up for such a sighting?? if they do, this is good news and i will become a mrs mangle as well.

Lol Cbourke1972, after I catch him breaking into my house he can break into your house to pay for his medical bills.

How about you post your address so that thieves don’t waste their time robbing those who don’t appreciate them.

Holditz, this guy has not “been seen in the vicinity of several robberies”. Did you even read the article ? There has been ONE burglary and all this bloke has done is be seen in this street (looking neat and tidy)over the past few months.

Clearly he isn’t aware that he needed to introduce himself to The Frots and all his neighbours in order to not be considered the cause of this apparent crime wave.

“Secondly how dare you racial profile this person”

Grow the f up. He was describing him. His ‘race’ is not mentioned, unless there’s an undiscovered racial group known as possibly Indian or South-East asian.

Have a cup of your lentil tea and return back to your life of irrelevance. How better would you have described the man.

Barack Obama is African-American. Jackie Chan is Asian. Sue me princess

Cbourke1972 – You sound like a Canberra judge.

This person may very well be an “unfortunate” – but breaking into houses, damaging people’s lives and robbing them of their hard-earned goods is a booming (tax-free) business run by “unfortunates” who don’t give a crap about anyone but themselves.

I thought the profile given by the frots was pretty clear. If we want to be completely PC every description given would be: a person of interest was seen – and that isn’t much help to anyone except the offender.

Secondly how dare you racial profile this person. So what if he is dark skinned. Why did you feel the need to state this?

You have to be kidding me don’t you? If he was white – I’d say he was white! Call it as it is – if it has a fluffy bum, waddles and goes quack, we’d usually say it’s a duck……….and not a stranged,billed creature with a large furry ass!

Thanks to the others who have said something constructive – it wasn’t my property but a friend of ours. And yes, she is devestated. The rest of us are angry.

I agree with Holditz – that’s exactly what Neighbourhood watch is all about! That’s what we intend to do.

TIG3R – the street is up near the Horse Park Drive end. Hope this helps.

The tone of cbourke1972’s post suggests he could be said offender. That Freudian slip was dee-lish.

Where abouts is the quiet street on jabanunga ? I usually walk my dog at night there but I dont think ive seen this bloke before. I have tho seen some people of that sort of description but theres heaps.

You gotta be careful in Ngunnawal. I’ve had things stolen out of my car. Another time i left the car unlocked whilst moving groceries into the house and someone got in looked for sunnies and other valuable items and knicked off with my ashtray expecting to be loose change. Another two cars were hit in my complex within 30 minutes. Also my neighbour has had her rose heads cut, my niece’s scooter was stolen, my niece’s doll was vanadalised and turned into some crazy voodoo bondage tramp and left there for us to see.

I sincerely hope you are able to get your goods back and the guy gets nabbed. Even though the people of the household are ok, you still feel quite violated.

cbourke1972 said: “Firstly I am offender by this article.”

Well shit mate, that’s pretty damn brave of you, admitting to being the offender of this article. If I commited this crime I don’t think I’d be brave enough to admit it in this forum. But well, good on ya for being honest and awning up online. Now, if you just wander into civic and look for a building with the word “Police” on it and tell them what you’ve told us. They’ll treat you real nice and even arrange to give you three free meals a day plus plenty of free accomodation out at Hume. 😉

Firstly I am offender by this article.
Why havent you mentioned WHY this individual broke in. How do we know that he wasnt one of lifes unfortunates that needed money to feed his family?> Perhaps he was evicted. Perhaps he needed funds for a legal defence. It goes to show us that we should give to those more unfortunate.

Secondly how dare you racial profile this person. So what if he is dark skinned. Why did you feel the need to state this?.

I’m interested to know what are you plannng to do if you see him? I appreciate you have your suspicions and they may be warranted but without actual proof, there’s not much you can do.

What do you think Neighbourhood Watch is? It’s local people watching for things out of the ordinary. Granted had there been no house break-ins this person could be purely innocent. As he has been seen in the vicinity of several robberies, it is worthwhile keeping an eye out for this guy, calling the police, and keeping an eye on him surreptitiously. If nothing happens, so much the better. But if this guy is up to no good, it’s too late when a house has been broken into and contents rifled through.

perhaps he is the guy who reads the meter – they do wear vests and go onto properties

Never met anyone who has lived in Ngunnawal who hasnt had their car/house etc vandalised or broken into…

Yep, we’ve installed a lot of “reactive” alarms in Ngunnawal.
It became the new Florey.

Yes, fluro vest and white cane does tell you something – but it was apparently a bit more subtle than that. As for what we plan to do, the first thing will be to approach him if we see him. Everyone knows everyone in the street so it would not be unusual to ask if people are looking for someone. Also, common sense tells you when something isn’t ‘quite right’ so we’ll play it from there.

He will either come back to the same street, or choose another close by. Either way he won’t stop until he gets caught.

vg, i didn’t say or suggest cowering and hiding at all. i was asking a genuine question about the intention of watching out for this guy, who by the way has not actually been seen doing anything illegal. recently i was walking through my complex and there was a guy wandering along ahead of me kind of looking around, he looked completely unfamiliar straight away but hey i figured he could well be visiting someone who lived near me – but after he realised i was walking behind him he jogged over to the boundary fence and jumped over it (it has a gate with a security lock). so it was pretty suspicious all round i thought, but when i thought about whether there was anything i could do about it – i figured he wasn’t technically doing anything wrong. even if i saw him again in the complex what the hell am i going to do – you’re really suggesting to go up and ask him what he’s doing?? what’s that going to do? he’s already going to know i’ve clocked him – and he probably doesn’t give a rats.

“Ngunawel!!! ’nuff said.”

Spoken like a true Southside bogan.

Are you blind. White stick……fluro high vis vest. Wondering off course. Next suspect please.

“Ngunawel!!! ’nuff said.”

There’s something incredibly bogan about sledging without being able to spell.

“interested to know what are you iplannng to do if you see him? appreciate you have your suspicions and they may be warranted but without actual proof, there’s not much you can do. it’s not a crime to walk in a public street, even if no one who lives there doesn’t know you, and even if you confronted him being on a front lawn he could say he was approaching a house to ask for directions or spreading the good word.”

Ask him what he’s doing? Walking in and out of people’s front yards perhaps. Or you could cower and hide from him as you suggest, very neighbourly

Never met anyone who has lived in Ngunnawal who hasnt had their car/house etc vandalised or broken into…

Sounds like an Optus door to door sales person…

interested to know what are you iplannng to do if you see him? appreciate you have your suspicions and they may be warranted but without actual proof, there’s not much you can do. it’s not a crime to walk in a public street, even if no one who lives there doesn’t know you, and even if you confronted him being on a front lawn he could say he was approaching a house to ask for directions or spreading the good word.

Ngunawel!!! ’nuff said.