motorized wheelchair/scooter stolen

Posted on 23 Jul 2010 by Cst. Terry Stanley

On Tuesday, July 20 at approximately 6:00 p.m., two thirteen year old boys were walking on King Street West when they came upon a scooter parked on the sidewalk.

The boys stole the scooter and headed north bound on Division Street when they came upon another friend, aged 16. Now all three were riding the stolen scooter in a reckless fashion.

The trio ended up at a residence on Sutherland Crescent and put the scooter in the garage. It was damaged and not running by this time.

Police learned the whereabouts of the stolen scooter and when they attended at the residence, the three accused teens turned over the scooter and admitted to having stolen it.

The three boys, all from Cobourg, have been charged with theft and possession of stolen property under $5,000.00.

The scooter was subsequently returned to the owner. There was a considerable amount of cosmetic damage and possible mechanical damage done to the scooter.

police and volunteers busy with missing children

Posted on 19 Jul 2010 by Cst. Terry Stanley

During the past weekend at Victoria Park and the beach area, four children were reported missing or lost to police volunteers in the trailer park at different times.

The children were all located within 10 to 15 minutes and all were fine. They were quickly reunited with parents or grandparents.

The children were ages 5, 8 and two were 7 years old.

businesses broken into

Posted on 19 Jul 2010 by Cst. Terry Stanley

Sometime between 3:00 p.m., Saturday, July 17 and Sunday morning, two businesses at 884 Division Street were entered.

In both cases the front doors were the entry points. Both business owners report to police that some ransacking occurred and small amounts of cash were taken

thief caught with stolen cooler

Posted on 19 Jul 2010 by Cst. Terry Stanley

In the early hours of Sunday, July 18 at approximately 4:10 a.m., Cobourg Police on patrol spotted a man walking in the Victoria Park Trailer park carrying a large red cooler. When the man saw police, he ran through the trailer park towards the beach.

He was again spotted by police in the vicinity of the children’s play area without the cooler. He continued to run away from police but was quickly apprehended by officers in the park. A 25 year old Baltimore area man has been charged with theft and possession of stolen property under $5,000.00

The cooler was subsequently located and returned to the owners.

thefts from vehicles over the weekend

Posted on 19 Jul 2010 by Cst. Terry Stanley

Cobourg Police have received three calls about vehicle entries and thefts which have occurred over the past weekend.

The first report involved the theft of Sirius Satellite Radio from a vehicle parked on Sutherland Crescent. It occurred late Thursday night, July 15 or early Friday morning. The owner told police the car was locked however the window may have been open somewhat. The radio system is worth $200.00.

The second occurred sometime Saturday afternoon involving a car parked at Weetabix. The owner was working and at 2:00 p.m., she discovered her vehicle has been enter and her purse stolen. The purse was found a short time later with everything in tact except the cash was missing.

The final report involved the theft of both licence plates from a vehicle which had been parked at the VIA Rail station from last Thursday, July 15 until Sunday, July 18. The stolen plates were BEED742.