{"id":579401,"date":"2026-08-25T02:22:09","date_gmt":"2026-08-25T02:22:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/579401\/"},"modified":"2026-08-25T02:22:09","modified_gmt":"2026-08-25T02:22:09","slug":"torbay-and-browns-bay-bb-gun-damage-police-warn-against-social-media-speculation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/579401\/","title":{"rendered":"Torbay and Browns Bay BB gun damage: Police warn against social media speculation"},"content":{"rendered":"

After Barbour posted about the damage on social media, other residents told him they\u2019d also been victims of suspected BB attacks, with one filming a confrontation with a man wearing a gold-coloured mask after going to investigate, Stuff reported.<\/p>\n

There were \u201csimple steps\u201d residents could take to help protect their property, police said.<\/p>\n

This included reviewing home security and CCTV systems and reporting suspicious behaviour immediately by calling 111 if it is happening now, or 105 if it is after the fact, rather than using social media.<\/p>\n

Residents should also encourage neighbours to remain vigilant and report what they see, police said.<\/p>\n

\u201cStrong communities play an important role in preventing and solving crime, and we appreciate the information and support.\u201d<\/p>\n

Anyone who\u2019d suffered similar damage, witnessed suspicious activity, or had CCTV, dashcam footage, or other relevant information, should contact police<\/a> via 105, either online or by phone, they said.<\/p>\n

They should also quote the number 260628\/7047 when contacting police.<\/p>\n

Information can also be provided anonymously through Crime Stoppers on 0800 555 111.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"After Barbour posted about the damage on social media, other residents told him they\u2019d also been victims of…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":579402,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[9092,95,86474,1561,8843,13532,8604,22510,3606,7815,6800,17709,1073,111,43,139,69,193,675,814,766,1072,9871,75703,141693,6861,26697],"class_list":["post-579401","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-new-zealand","tag-against","tag-and","tag-bb","tag-bay","tag-believed","tag-browns","tag-caused","tag-damage","tag-gun","tag-guns","tag-homes","tag-investigating","tag-media","tag-new-zealand","tag-news","tag-newzealand","tag-nz","tag-other","tag-police","tag-property","tag-reports","tag-social","tag-speculation","tag-stops","tag-torbay","tag-vehicles","tag-warn"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/579401","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=579401"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/579401\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/579402"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=579401"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=579401"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=579401"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}