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Murder – David Saint (18-39)

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At about 10.30 pm on Tuesday, 16th April, 1991 the body of David Saint, aged 40 years, was located lying face down in bushes on South Terrace, Adelaide.  He was a homosexual known to frequent gay beats along South Terrace.  He had a severe fracture of the skull.  Lacerations to the rear of his head corresponded with a blood stained “herring bone” patterned brick found at the scene.  It is suspected that he was the victim of a homosexual bashing.

Anyone with information is asked to contact Crime Stoppers on 1800 333 000, report online or via the App.

Arson – Burton (18-02)

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At about 3.00 am on Sunday, 8th October, 2017, the above two males entered the driveway of a house on Nicholls Crescent, Burton, where a vehicle was parked.  One of the males approached the external CCTV camera and covered the camera with his hand.  The other male, who was carrying a 4-5 litre round petrol tin, poured flammable liquid over the car that was parked in the driveway.  The male that had covered the camera with his hand then returned to the car and set the car on fire.  The entire car was alight within seconds and both males ran from the driveway.

The males are described as:

  • Male covering the camera – 5’8″ tall (172 cm) and slim build, wearing a beanie, dark slim fitting pants or jeans, light coloured zip up jacket and laced sneakers/shoes
  • Male with petrol can – 5’5″-5’8″ tall (165-172 cm) and slim build, wearing a hooded jacket or jumper, 7/8 length slim fitting pants and slip on shoes
  • Anyone with information is asked to contact Crime Stoppers on 1800 333 000, report online or via the App.

Murder – Operation Jarrah (18-37)

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Operation Jarrah involves the disappearances and suspected murders of Leo Daly, David McWilliams, Robert Pendergast and 15 year old Juan Morgan.  These disappearances came to police attention during an investigation into a cigarette truck hi-jacking at Torrensville in July, 1998.  It is believed that Daly went missing at Mitchell Park on about 5th April, 1998; McWilliams in late July, 1998 from Brighton; Pendergast on about 6th February, 1999 from Adelaide; and Morgan on about 25th February, 1992 from Campbelltown.  Police identified Morgan as being missing while investigating the murders of Daly, McWilliams and Pendergast.  It is believed their murders are related to their activities with criminal associates.  Their murders are unsolved and their bodies never located.

Anyone with information is asked to contact Crime Stoppers on 1800 333 000, report online or via the App.

Theft – Adelaide Tree Surgery Lonsdale (18-22)

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Between 1.17 am and 1.24 am on Christmas Day 2017 (Monday, 25th December, 2017) two males broke into the Adelaide Tree Surgery, at 3 Ellemsea Circuit, Lonsdale, and stole a trailer that had a telescopic loader on it.  The trailer and loader are worth about $77,000 in total.  The incident was caught on CCTV and shows a light coloured Mitsubishi Pajero pull up in the street outside of the business and a male passenger (first picture) get out of the vehicle and cut the padlock on the front gate to gain access.  The Pagero is reversed up to the trailer in the yard of the business and both the driver (second picture) and passenger hook the trailer to the vehicle and then drive out of the yard, heading west on Ellemsea Circuit.

  • The trailer is a grey 2011 Brooks trailer with South Australian Registration S581-TBP.
  • The loader is an Avant 600 articulated telescopic loader.

The males are described as:

  • Tall and slender, wearing a light coloured hooded jumper and light coloured pants
  • Short and slim build, wearing a dark coloured hooded jumper with a light coloured circular motif on the front with light coloured writing above the motif, light coloured pants and dark sneakers with light trim at the bottom

Anyone with information is asked to contact Crime Stoppers on 1800 333 000, report online or via the App.

Make the call – Ice campaign TV ad

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Ice dealers operating their illicit trade in full view of the local community must be held to account for the crisis they continue to cause, and our latest TV ad encourages people to take back control by anonymously providing information rather than staying silent.

The Make the Call. Cut the Supply. Stop the Hurt campaign – launched in partnership with the State Government and SA Police – specifically targets street-level dealers and dark net drug vendors.

Sitting back and watching dealers destroy the lives of the people you care about should not be an option.

We don’t need to know who you are, just what you know.

Even if you have little more than a suspicion about someone, that still might be the piece of the puzzle that can make all the difference – so have the courage to make the call and choose to stay anonymous if that’s what you want.

If you have any information about criminals or criminal activity, then call Crime Stoppers on 1800 333 000 or report online at www.crimestopperssa.com.au People can remain anonymous and rewards are available.

Bicycle Thefts Crime Prevention Message (18-32)

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The metropolitan area of Adelaide has experienced an increase in bicycle theft over the last financial year and SAPOL has initiated a bike theft crime prevention message to members of the public in a bid to promote better bike security, including the type of locks to use, how to secure your bike and where the best place is to park your bike.

The ‘MyWheels App’, a mobile app that seeks to help people better secure their bicycle is also available.  The app is an initiative of Crime Stoppers SA and its objectives are to provide security & safety strategies and advice that will be valued by bicycle owners – www.mywheelsapp.com.au.

Anyone with information about bike theft, including bike thieves and where stolen bikes are disposed of, are asked to contact Crime Stoppers on 1800 333 000, report online or via the Crime Stoppers App.

Arrest made for cold case murder of Robert Sabeckis

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A man has been arrested by New Zealand Police, with the assistance of detectives from the South Australia Police Major Crime Investigation Branch, in connection to the murder of Robert Sabeckis at Maslin Beach on 13 January 2000.

The 43-year-old man is expected to be extradited to South Australia to face a charge of murder.

Mr Sabeckis, who lived in St Peters, was shot and killed in the Gull Rock car park at Maslin Beach about 1.15am that morning.

The arrest follows a DNA match under the New Zealand Criminal Investigations (Bodily Samples) Act 1995, which was amended last year.

The investigation into Mr Sabeckis’ murder is ongoing and an appeal has been made for information from the community – particularly anyone who lived in and around the Aldinga Beach area 18 years ago.

After Mr Sabeckis was shot in the car park off Bowering Hill Rd, the offender drove off in the victim’s vehicle, a silver coloured Ford Falcon.

A witness who followed the car, told police that after it drove along Bowering Hill Rd and onto Tuit Rd the vehicle crashed into bushes and a fence, with the offender then running away across paddocks towards the direction of Port Willunga.

A later search of the area located a sawn-off shotgun, which is believed to be the murder weapon, along with a jacket thought to have belonging to the offender.

The shotgun – and another firearm – were stolen during a break-in at a house in Dover St, Aldinga Beach days earlier on New Year’s Eve, with that house then set alight and badly damaged.

A gun bag containing rocks, clothing, ammunition, and the sawn off butt of the shotgun were found floating in the sea off Aldinga Beach on 13 January.

Sabeckis sites

An appeal is also being made to anyone who recalls a 25-year-old man of Maori or Pacific Islander appearance living in Aldam St, Aldinga Beach in 2000. He drove a brown or gold coloured Holden Gemini and attended Adult Learning at the Christies Beach High School in 2000, and may have used the name Paul Taylor while living in South Australia.

Police are also keen to hear from anyone with information about the theft of the firearms, or the pistol that was taken that night and has not been recovered.

 

Police are seeking key information

Anyone with information about the murder of Mr Sabeckis is urged to call Crime Stoppers on 1800 333 000 or report online at https://crimestopperssa.com.au/

You can remain anonymous and a reward is available.

Make the Call, Cut the Supply, Stop the Hurt.

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An estimated 1.3 million Australians* over the age of 14 have used methamphetamine, and the proportion of

people using crystal methamphetamine, commonly known as ICE, has increased dramatically in recent years  – up from 22% in 2010 to 57% in 2016**.

ICE is very potent and incredibly addictive, and manufacturers, suppliers and dealers of ICE only care about  making money; they don’t care about the hurt they cause to users, families and communities..

Based on waste water analysis, Adelaide has the unwanted title of being Australia’s methylamphetamine capital, recording the highest levels in the nation at an estimated 80 doses per 1,000 people every day***.

Even more concerning are reports that rates of methamphetamine use are normally higher among rural and remote areas of Australia compared to regional areas and major cities.****

Overall, consumption of methamphetamine has tripled in the last four years and South Australia, as a State, has the second highest methamphetamine consumption per day nation-wide.

Every South Australian should be deeply concerned, but together we can make a difference.

If you have information about ICE makers and dealers then make the call and help cut the supply to stop the hurt.

Call Crime Stoppers on 1800 333 000 or make a report online at www.crimestopperssa.com.au

You can remain anonymous, and rewards are available.

*2016 National Drug Strategy Household survey

** p.5 – SA Government Taskforce Summary Report.

***Waste water analysis results, December 2017

****https://cracksintheice.org.au/how-many-people-use-ice

How do you spot a drug lab?

  • Suspicious items such as improvised heating and cooling mechanisms
  • Materials such as cold and flu packets, empty pseudoephedrine blister strips, gas cylinders or butane fuel cans, stained coffee filters, pH testers or test strips, water pumps at a property
  • An unusual chemical smell
  • Plastic containers (with or without chemical labels) left laying around
  • Laboratory glassware being carried into or at a location
  • Fan or pumptype noise
  • People never putting their rubbish out or, instead, burning their rubbish
  • Little or no traffic at a property during the day, but frequent traffic late at night or at odd hours
  • Windows blackened out, or extra effort taken to cover/reinforce doors and windows
  • Unusual electrical work
  • Hoses and pipes coming out of windows or doors
  • Installation of extractor fans (especially in garages/sheds)
  • Recently rented premises where the resident is rarely at home
  • A new tenant who is willing to pay rent months in advance, using only cash
  • New rental applicants who try to avoid background checks
  • Chemical/reaction waste, which is often carelessly disposed of

If you have any information about drug makers or dealers, then make the call and help cut the supply to stop the hurt. Call Crime Stoppers on 1800 333 000 or make a report online at www.crimestopperssa.com.au

You can remain anonymous, and rewards are available.

Make the call, and help catch ICE dealers

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Street level and darknet ICE dealers are two key targets of a new Crime Stoppers campaign – Make the Call, Cut the Supply, Stop the Hurt – launched today in partnership with SA Police and the State Government.

Australians – including many South Australians – are increasingly using online darknet marketplaces, social media and encrypted phone apps to buy and sell illicit drugs, with research showing that the nation is only second to the Netherlands when it comes to the number of online drug vendors per capita.

Ongoing waste water analysis by the Australian Criminal Intelligence Commission reports Adelaide recording the highest levels in the nation at almost 80 doses per 1,000 people every day.

As one element of an $8m investment to Stop the Hurt, the State Government has provided Crime Stoppers with funding to implement a community-based campaign designed to encourage people to provide anonymous information about street-level and online dealers and manufacturers.

The 6-month campaign, which targets metropolitan and regional communities, will include radio and TV advertising, online engagement, posters and regional roadshows.

Crime Stoppers SA Deputy Chair, Phil Vincent, says: “Illicit drug use causes significant health, social and economic impacts to the community, and methamphetamine use in South Australia has tripled in the past four years.”

“Crime Stoppers, as the trusted, independent link between the community and police, is perfectly positioned to engage the community at a grass-roots level to report information under the assurance of anonymity.”

“People know what illegal activities are going on in their local community and are concerned about the growing ICE problem, and we encourage them to make the call – anonymously if they prefer – and help cut the supply of illegal drugs to stop the hurt.”

“To achieve meaningful reductions in methamphetamine in South Australia, especially ICE – its most potent and dangerous form – we need people to recognise the signs of suspicious drug activity, whether it is online or in the street, and contact Crime Stoppers with information to disrupt the insidious supply chain.”

If anyone has information about drug dealing and manufacturing, they can make the call to Crime Stoppers on 1800 333 000 or report online at crimestopperssa.com.au

You can remain anonymous and rewards are available.



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$ 9000000
Property Recovered