About 9.30pm on 31 December 2024, police were called to a home at Kinka Road, Terrey Hills regarding a break and enter in progress. Responding police searched the area and did not find any offenders. The investigation revealed great lengths were taken to conceal the crime including the cutting of power to the home. A significant number of items were stolen and while at the scene police were alerted to another break-in at a nearby home on Kinka Road, Duffy’s Forest. No arrests were made.
The homes were forensically examined and police suspect the two incidents are linked. Police are appealing for any witnesses to the incidents, particularly anyone with dashcam footage that might have driven past the homes at the times.
Elsewhere on the beat:
Police pursuit at Seaforth leads to arrest of 16 year old Northern Beaches boy
On 10 December 2024, a silver Mazda BT 50 utility was stolen from Terrey Hills and used in three Aggravated Break and Enters in the Northern Beaches area – we recently covered this story which you can read more about here.
At 11.20pm on 3 January 2025, Northern Beaches Highway Patrol officers spotted the stolen Mazda travelling southbound along Wakehurst Parkway at excessive speed. Police pursued the vehicle through Balgowlah and to Mosman where it made it on two punctured tyres. The pursuit was terminated due to safety reasons and circulating police were notified by a member of the public that a vehicle had crashed on Earl Street in Mosman. Police went to Earl Street and found the stolen Mazda and arrested the 16 year old driver a short distance away.
The driver was taken to Manly Police Station where he was charged with Class A Exceed Speed Over 30km/h, Police Pursuit – Not Stop – Drive Recklessly, Drive Conveyance taken without consent of owner and Never Licenced Person Drive on Road. He was refused bail to appear before the Parramatta Children’s Court on 3 January 2025.
The Passenger ran from the scene and remains outstanding. Police will conduct a forensic examination of the stolen car and continue their investigations into the Aggravated Break and Enter offences. Police are appealing for any information about this matter.
Suspicious bush fire at Wakehurst Parkway Frenchs Forest
About 12:40 am on 1 January 2025, a Police helicopter detected a fire in bushland near the Warringah Aquatic Centre in Frenchs Forest. Police, Fire & Rescue NSW, and the Rural Fire Service attended and eventually located the fire approximately 2km into the bushland between the Warringah Aquatic Centre and the Wakehurst Parkway. The fire was about 70m x 50m wide and burning at a slow pace back towards the Wakehurst Parkway.
The Rural Fire Service commissioned a fire investigator to survey the fire who concluded it was suspicious. There was a small fire in a nearby location the previous evening and there appeared to be multiple ignition points.
This is a hot and high-risk time of year for fires. If caught, offenders face up to 10 years imprisonment. Police are appealing for information about anyone involved in lighting the fire.
You can read more about this story in our recent coverage here.
Crime Watch Northern Beaches is a weekly wrap up of local crimes and incidents from the Northern Beaches Police Area Command. If you saw or can help with any of the below incidents, please contact Crime Stoppers on 1800 333 000 or here. All calls are treated in the strictest confidence. You can also contact Dee Why Police Station 9971 3399.
