Burraneer man Adam De Maria steals uniform and keys from NSW Fire and Rescue Ford Ranger
A Burraneer man has been refused bail after he stole a firefighter’s uniform and keys that allow access to every metropolitan fire station in Sydney.
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A seasoned thief has learned people who play with fire get burnt after stealing a NSW firey’s uniform and a key that gives access to every metropolitan fire station in Sydney.
Adam De Maria, 34, broke into a NSW Fire and Rescue Ford Ranger at Gymea on Sunday and stole a firefighter’s uniform, his NSW Fire and Rescue and Rural Fire Service identification cards, and a set of three bi-lock keys that permit access to every Fire and Rescue station in the metropolitan area.
Hours later he also took an ornamental wooden tai chi sword in a fabric sheath, a mirror with a white frame and a fabric shopping bag along with other unknown items from storage cages at a Gymea unit block’s underground car park.
Magistrate Jayeann Carney told Sutherland Local Court that De Maria, who has a lengthy and violent criminal history, had made full admissions to the offences.
“The larceny is extremely serious and he admits that he has stolen the types of ID and the keys to the fire stations,” Ms Carney told the court.
“There is an unacceptable risk he would commit a serious offence if released.”
The Burraneer man was refused bail and will be sentenced on October 17 for breaking and entering in company and two counts of entering a vehicle without the owner’s consent, as well as larceny and unlawful entry to enclosed lands after an earlier incident on July 7 where he stole a lockbox from a Ramsgate Beach apartment block’s garage.
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De Maria’s girlfriend Sylvia Benafante, 37, who was allegedly seen on CCTV with De Maria at the Gymea unit block, has pleaded not guilty to breaking and entering the garage, Police will allege her fingerprints were found on a drawer unit from which the wooden sword was allegedly stolen.
A FRNSW employee immediately reported the incident to NSW Police. The fob card was deactivated and no fire stations were accessed.