Police warn of night-time flits by children
Tuesday, 31st August 2010.
Haverhill police have urged parents to check on their children during the night to make sure they have not slipped out to join others in wrongdoing.
The problem of children being out in the early hours when parents thought they were asleep in bed has been highlighted by a spate of thefts of milk bottles after delivery.
Moojuice dairy in Haverhill has suffered a series of thefts from doorsteps, and alerted police to the problem.
PC Will Wright kept watch and saw a group of youngster gather around 2am and finally caught one of them in the act of taking milk after the milk float delivered it.
The boy was dealt with under the community resolution procedure where he was required to write a sincer letter of apology, pay for the thefts and to carry out some work for the victim.
PC Mike Potter of Haverhill Safer Neighbourhood Team said the youngsters involved were thought to be around 14 years old.
"We have been experiencing a problem during the school holidays of kids having slipped out to join their friends when their parents think they are in bed," he said.
"We would urge parents to be vigilant and make sure that when their children are supposed to be asleep in bed they are actually there."
The problem of children being out in the early hours when parents thought they were asleep in bed has been highlighted by a spate of thefts of milk bottles after delivery.
Moojuice dairy in Haverhill has suffered a series of thefts from doorsteps, and alerted police to the problem.
PC Will Wright kept watch and saw a group of youngster gather around 2am and finally caught one of them in the act of taking milk after the milk float delivered it.
The boy was dealt with under the community resolution procedure where he was required to write a sincer letter of apology, pay for the thefts and to carry out some work for the victim.
PC Mike Potter of Haverhill Safer Neighbourhood Team said the youngsters involved were thought to be around 14 years old.
"We have been experiencing a problem during the school holidays of kids having slipped out to join their friends when their parents think they are in bed," he said.
"We would urge parents to be vigilant and make sure that when their children are supposed to be asleep in bed they are actually there."
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