Category: Crime Reported in Press
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No arrest in shooting of resident in Doornrandjie, Centurion
September 27, 2020 The same mistakes are still being made. People are still going out to “investigate” when they hear a noise outside. Another farm attack occurred on Saturday morning 26 September 2020, at 04:00, in Doornrandjie, Centurion, in the Gauteng province of South Africa. Between three and four black male attackers raided the farm…
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No arrest of five suspects who shot local resident
March 29, 2019 Farm attack, elderly woman attacked and shot by five attackers, Laezonia. A farm attack took place on 28 March 2019, at 01:30 in Laezonia, Gauteng province. Five armed attackers shot an elderly female victim, Dot Henwood, a well known and well loved, animal lover, in the stomach and hand. this was close…
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No arrest in shooting of show jumper
19 October 2011 Well-known show jumper Roger Hessen is in a critical condition in hospital after he was shot during a robbery at his Laezonia plot north of Johannesburg. It is understood a number of suspects entered his home on Monday night and shot him several times. However, nothing was stolen from the property. Hessen…
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Murder of Doornrandje resident remains unsolved
18 February 2009 Another attack on a smallholding on the outskirts of Pretoria has left a 61-year-old man dead, this time in Doornrandje, south west of the city. Bruce Fellars was shot on Monday night. He was sitting in his car parked in front of his gate, as he was on the phone with his…
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Surge in ‘petty crimes’ could mean new gangs carrying out surveillance, testing security systems
CPF 2009 ERASMIA, PRETORIA — At a recent community policing forum (CPF) meeting of the smallholders at the Gerhardsville/Hennopsriver/Rhenosterspruit Nature Conservancy, (pop. 5,000) it was revealed that residents were not reporting what they saw as ‘minor’ crimes to the local police station, but that there was a sudden surge of petty crimes in the area.…
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No arrest in murder of Laezonia engineer
Mar 1, 2005 The 34-year-old Pretoria engineer and his 19-year-old fiancée were attacked as they parked their car outside their farmhouse in Laezonia during the early hours of Saturday. Please note that this criminal incident is of an extremely sensitive nature. The couple, who cannot be identified because of the sexual nature of the attacks,…
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No arrest in Laezonia murder
August 23, 2016 “Two men were reportedly seen on the premises earlier that morning.” No arrests have been made after a man was shot and killed in Centurion a month ago. Erasmia police spokesperson Constable Tumisang Moloto said police were investigating the murder. Moloto said police responded to an alarm at a farm in Laezonia…
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SAPS Erasmia members nab two suspects and recover unlicensed firearms with ammunition in Laezonia
Apr 10, 2022 Members of SAPS Erasmia arrested two suspects, aged 25 and 35-years-old, in Laezonia on Friday, 08 April 2022 for possession of unlicensed firearms and ammunition. The SAPS members reportedly received information about suspicious activity. The information led the members to a filling station on the R511 road. The suspects’ vehicle was identified…
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Hawks nab Laezonia man with live abalone
16 September 2021 The Hawks arrested a 26-year-old Pretoria man for allegedly being in possession of abalone and attempting to bribe them with R10,000 to let him go. The man was expected to make his first appearance in the Atteridgeville magistrate’s court on Wednesday for allegedly contravening the Living Marine Resources Management Act and enticement.…
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Man found with stolen goods arrested in Laezonia, Scheepers Road
18 April 2017 The 38-year-old man has been linked to a recent house robbery that took place at a plot in Koedoe street. A 38-year-old-man from Laezonia near Erasmia, south of Pretoria, was arrested for being in possession of suspected stolen items on Tuesday. According to Erasmia communication officer Tumisang Moloto, the man was arrested…