Distraction Burglary (515)

Police are appealing for information to identify a man who officers would like to speak to.

It follows a distraction burglary in Gilray Close, Lockleaze in Thursday July 15.

A ladder was taken from a nearby property and used to gain access to a window on the first floor.

The incident happened at about 4.10pm on Monday July 19, when a man appeared at the victim's house to clean his windows.

The man, who regularly cleans the victim's windows, was at the house for a short while before leaving.

He returned minutes later claiming that he had forgot something and went into the house to collect it.

Thames Valley Police has released CCTV footage of two men it wants to trace in connection with the theft of a sculpture in Reading.

The sculpture, called 'Side by Side' by Doug Hyde, was stolen from the Lemongrove Gallery, in Minster Street, just after 1pm on June 23.

Officers have released E-fits of a man and a woman they would like to speak to in connection with a burglary in Outwood.

The burglary happened at 6.15am on Wednesday, 16 June, when three people claiming to be police officers entered a property in Miller's Lane and began to search the house.

Police have released CCTV stills of three men they want to identify in connection with a distraction burglary in Retford.

It happened between 6.50pm and 7pm on Friday 14 May, at a house in Strawberry Road, Thrumpton, Retford.

A man knocked at the door claiming to be from the Waterboard.

Police are appealing for information after cash was stolen from the home of an elderly woman in Retford.

A man visited the 79-year-old woman at her home in Whitaker Close at around 2pm on Wedneday 16 June.

The stranger told her there had been a problem in the street and said he needed to check the water.

Detectives are appealing for witnesses and anyone with information to come forward following a distraction burglary in Sherborne - with an e-fit of one of the men responsible being released.

The incident took place at a house along St Aldhelm's Road at around 4pm on Tuesday, 25 May 2010. Nothing was stolen.

Police have issued an e-fit image of a man they wish to speak to in connection with a distraction burglary in Nottingham.

Two men are alleged to have stolen a camera from the house of an elderly woman in Longdale Road, Sherwood, at around 2.15pm on May 27.

The suspect is described as:

Thames Valley Police has released an E-fit image of a man they would like to speak to in connection with a distraction burglary in Slough on 19 May.

Between 12pm and 2.15pm a woman answered the door of her home in the Keel Drive area of Chalvey  to a man who said he was from the gas company and wanted to talk to her about changing her energy supplier.

Detectives from Reigate's Criminal Investigation Department are appealing for witnesses following a burglary in Outwood in the early hours of Wednesday (16 June) morning.

The burglary happened at 6.15am when three people, claiming to be police officers, entered a property in Miller's Lane and began to search the house.

Police have released an efit of a distraction burglar who stole money from an elderly couple in Bishops Cleeve.

At approximately 9.10am on Thursday June 17 the couple, who are in their 80's, were at home when they were visited by a man who claimed he was from an energy company and that he was at the address to check the meter.

Police have released a photo fit of the man they are trying to trace in connection after he walked through an open door at a house in Bilborough at around midday on Wednesday 26 May.

He told the 82-year old resident that he was fixing the washing machine at the house next door and wanted to check if there was any mud in the pipes.

Police in Torbay are appealing for members of the public to be on their guard after reports of a bogus caller in the area.

At around 10am on Monday 21 June 2010 in St Michael's Road in Paignton a man knocked at a door and asked for sponsorship money for a charity walk.

Police in Neath Port Talbot are appealing for information following a distraction burglary in the Sandfields area on Wednesday 16th June.

The incident happened at Harvey Crescent at around 6.45pm when the 53-year-old female victim answered her door to a man purporting to be collecting money for charity.

Detectives investigating two burglaries in Leicester have released an Eigan fit of a man they would like to identify and trace in connection with the incidents.