Suspect arrested for theft, Durban North

Marshall Security received a complaint from a client for a male suspect who had allegedly jumped over the wall into her premises and stolen property from a residence in Gillford Place, and further jumped from her premises into a property on St Andrews Drive, Durban North shortly after 1pm on Tuesday.

On further investigation it was established that the same man had stolen a cell-phone from a gardener at a property in Hoylake and fled, jumping over walls and into properties in an attempt to get away. A review of security cameras within the area was done by our security supervisors and the suspect was identified. A photographic description of a coloured male wearing a red shirt, blue shorts with a distinctive yellow marking and slops, was distributed to members of our reaction and special operations teams.

Within thirty minutes a positive identification was made by a member of our special operations team, who noticed a coloured male wearing a green shirt, slops and blue shorts with the exact identifying traits as the suspect in the photo. The suspect attempted to flee from our officer and a foot chase ensued resulting in the suspect being arrested on Blackburn Road, Durban North. Upon further investigation and interview with the suspect, the man, a 17-year-old, confessed to various crimes within the area and agreed to show our officers where he had been operating.

The suspect showed how he had jumped into a property on Inverness Crescent and stolen a shirt off a clothing line to change into and abandoned his red shirt on the property to hopefully evade our officers identifying him.

The man was successfully linked to crimes involving fence hopping and theft from residential properties as well as theft of a cell phone within the area.

The assistance of the Durban North SAPS was called for and the man was handed over for detention at Durban North Police station for further investigation and processing.

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