Burglaries are epidemic

Press, 31 May 1986, Page 4

Burglaries are epidemic

Burglaries in Cashmere and Sumner were reaching "epidemic proportions,” said Sergeant John McCormick when opposing bail for John Daniels in the District Court yesterday. Daniels, aged 21, unemployed, is charged with burgling a house in upper Hackthorne Road on Thursday. He was remanded in custody by Judge Keith Frampton to June 6.

David Neville Bumby, aged 18, also unemployed, was remanded on bail of $750 to the same date.

He is charged with burgling the house next door to the one allegedly burgled by Daniels. Sergeant McCormick said other charges were pending. At least four others were involved in the burglaries, and a large amount of property was involved, he said. PASSPORT Because he was having domestic trouble at the time Anthony Joseph Fitzgibbon obtained a New Zealand passport under another peron’s name because he was

considering leaving the country without “a trace,” said Sergeant McCormick. Fitzgibbon, aged 31, unemployed (Mr Nigel Dunlop), admitted the offence. He was convicted and fined $125.

The judge said he took into account that no attempt had been made to use the passport during the three years it was in the defendant’s possession.

Sergeant McCormick said that in 1982 the defendant applied for a New Zealand passport for which he supplied the particulars of another person, his stepbrother, together with a photograph of himself. The passport office later discovered that the details supplied by the defendant were false when the real person, whose particulars had been given, made an application for a passport, said Sergeant McCormick. The defendant had not used the document, nor had he signed it, he said. CHARGES DENIED A seaman facing six charges of fraudulently using Searall taxi orders to obtain a financial advantage, was remanded to

July 25 for a defended hearing. The defendant, represented by Mr Philip James, was granted interim suppression of his name.

He is charged with committing the offences, which involved about $lOOO, between October 1984, and June, last year. DEPOSITIONS

Anthony Eamon Smith, aged 19, unemployed, was remanded on renewed bail to July 29 for taking depositions. Smith, represented by Mr Gerald Lascelles, is charged, with two others, with assaulting Jason Cumming McDonald with intent to injure him. Police say the offence took place on May 20. RECEIVING On a charge of receiving a $15,000 car, the property of Tasman Hertz Rental Cars, Ltd, Christopher Cliff Morris was remanded to June 13. Morris is also charged that with intent to defraud he obtained $4994 from A.A. Finance by falsely representing that he was the owner of a 1977 panel van.

Police say the offences took place between Feb-

ruary and May 21. Morris, aged 32, a beneficiary (Mr Philip Hall), did not plead.

He was allowed bail of $lOOO. COMMUNITY SERVICE One hundred and twenty hours of community service were ordered to be carried out by a solo mother earlier convicted of receiving a video camera and accessories, valued at $6500, and with stealing $4450 worth of property belonging to Tait Electronics.

Marcia Alice Robins, aged 19, (Mr Timothy Fournier) admitted the offences which occured between April 3 and May 14. Some of the property was recovered at the address of the defendant.

Compensation of $3284 had been sought. Mr Fournier said while his client was willing to meet compensation it would be three years before the whole amount could be paid. He said he had checked with Tait Electronics who said the stolen property was covered by insurance. The Judge ordered the defendant to pay compensation of $lO4O.