They said inquiries were ongoing.<\/p>\n
Luanne Vacy-Lyle, who owns All Good Petfood, said she\u2019s had two break-ins over the past year by people trying to steal coins from her 24-hour DIY dog wash facility outside the building.<\/p>\n
The most recent was on March 18 at 2.40am, when CCTV footage captured a vehicle driving in and a guy in a hoodie getting out with various tools trying to break in.<\/p>\n
Damage of around $2000 was done as the offender hacked at the stainless-steel reinforced unit and padlocks with bolt-cutters, despite signs saying no cash was kept at the site.<\/p>\n
Vacy-Lyle reported the incident to police, providing footage that included the make and model of the car and a description of the offender.<\/p>\n
\u201cI haven\u2019t heard a word,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n
Vacy-Lyle was disappointed in the lack of communication from police.<\/p>\n
\u201cI understand there was no threat to life, but it\u2019s something you want to know your local guys are looking into.\u201d <\/p>\n
After the incident, Vacy-Lyle said, she asked other Mill Rd businesses if they had extra video footage.<\/p>\n
\u201cFour out of five businesses within 80m said they\u2019d had incidents within the last month.\u201d<\/p>\n
She wanted more monitoring and updates from police about the crimes taking place.<\/p>\n
Ruby still managed to get a wash despite thieves trying to destroy the washing facility. Photo \/ Jenny Ling<\/p>\n
Glen Mason, the owner of Jim Murdoch Honda Service Centre, said his Mill Rd business was targeted \u201cconstantly\u201d.<\/p>\n
Over the years, customers\u2019 cars that he couldn\u2019t park inside had their fuel tanks drilled and gas siphoned, and number plates, tyres, equipment, and scrap metal had been stolen, he said.<\/p>\n
\u201cEvery few days, people go through the rubbish and skip bins looking for scrap [to sell].<\/p>\n
\u201cI don\u2019t put anything outside any more but they still go through all the bins, looking for stuff to sell. <\/p>\n
\u201cIt happens constantly \u2013 anything that gets left outside.”<\/p>\n
Mason alleged a man had once tried to run him over after he confronted the man reportedly trying to take his scrap metal.<\/p>\n
He said that after one significant incident \u2013 when thieves stole a water blaster and car batteries worth around $2000 a few years ago \u2013 he reported it to police.<\/p>\n
\u201cBut nothing was done, so I gave up.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe cops don\u2019t care because it\u2019s not big enough for them, which I understand … it\u2019s just annoying.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s created a constant problem for me.\u201d<\/p>\n
Mid North area response manager senior sergeant Mark Barratt said police had been unable to identify the offender or the vehicle used from CCTV footage supplied by Vacy-Lyle.<\/p>\n
\u201cStaff have had to juggle recent severe weather events, alongside other demands,” he said.<\/p>\n
\u201cUnfortunately, this has meant a delay in following up with the business owner.\u201d<\/p>\n
A police spokeswoman urged anyone with information to call 105, or to provide information anonymously via Crime Stoppers on 0800 555 111.<\/p>\n
Jenny Ling is a senior journalist at the Northern Advocate. She has a special interest in covering human interest stories, along with finance, roading, and social issues. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"They said inquiries were ongoing. Luanne Vacy-Lyle, who owns All Good Petfood, said she\u2019s had two break-ins over…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":374193,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[432,74,47067,138,10166,5842,93307,6147,4190,528,2959,16571,4486,111,43,139,529,4061,69,1523,9769,35481,4517,675,5034,42699,102],"class_list":{"0":"post-374192","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-new-zealand","8":"tag-action","9":"tag-after","10":"tag-burglaries","11":"tag-business","12":"tag-businesses","13":"tag-calling","14":"tag-constant","15":"tag-crime","16":"tag-demand","17":"tag-far","18":"tag-high","19":"tag-kerikeri","20":"tag-month","21":"tag-new-zealand","22":"tag-news","23":"tag-newzealand","24":"tag-north","25":"tag-number","26":"tag-nz","27":"tag-over","28":"tag-owners","29":"tag-particularly","30":"tag-past","31":"tag-police","32":"tag-response","33":"tag-stronger","34":"tag-with"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/374192","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=374192"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/374192\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/374193"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=374192"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=374192"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=374192"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}