Essex Police arrested nineteen in one day on major roads
Nineteen people were arrested in 24 hours by officers patrolling the M25 and A12 in Essex. Officers from across our Roads Policing Unit, Operational Support Group and our dog unit were monitoring the...
View ArticleChafford Hundred: Man charged with burglary and assaulting officer
A MAN has been charged with burglary and assaulting an emergency worker following an incident at a Tesco Express in Chafford Hundred A police spokesperson said: “Our officers were called to the store...
View ArticleFour jailed after tunnelling and blocking access to docks
FIVE people have been sentenced – and four jailed – after causing widespread disruption around roads in Thurrock’s industrial estates and docks in August 2022. The group targeted the site by...
View ArticleOfficers promote knife amnesty in high harm hotspots in Grays
OFFICERS will be proactively engaging with residents in high harm hotspots across the county in the next 12 days to encourage them to surrender any potentially illegal knives. On the first morning of...
View ArticlePFCC announces £1.5m of Local Safer Streets funding to improve community...
£1.5m funding for community safety projects across the county has today been announced by the Police, Fire and Crime Commissioner for Essex. Details of the latest tranche of funding, totalling...
View ArticleNorth Stifford man charged over Banksy theft
TWO men have been charged after a Banksy artwork was stolen from a central London art gallery, the Met Police has said reports the BBC. An investigation was launched after a burglary at Grove Gallery...
View ArticleOver 11,000 illegal vapes seized from Thurrock shop
MORE than 9,000 illegal vapes were seized from a Thurrock shop last year, it has been revealed reports the Local Democracy Reporter. Michael Dineen, assistant director for counter fraud, enforcement...
View ArticleThurrock police boss: “Thurrock is a “great place to live and work”
THURROCK District Commander Chief Inspector Tony Atkin says his top policing priorities are residents’ top concerns. That means anti-social behaviour, hate crime, burglary, robbery and vehicle crime....
View ArticleMan wanted in relation to theft of watches at Lakeside
ESSEX Police want to speak to 23-year-old Tom Nevin in connection to robberies in Chelmsford and Thurrock. At about 5.50pm on Tuesday 23 July, suspects robbed the Mappin and Webb jewellery store,...
View ArticleEssex Police: “Report it to the police if you have been spiked or think you...
THAT’S the message from a woman who was the victim of spiking two years ago when she was on a night out in North Essex. “I was only 18 at the time and out for the evening with my cousin. I became very...
View ArticleHare coursing incidents continue to fall across Essex
REPORTS of hare coursing in Essex have dropped by almost two-thirds in the past three years as the Essex Police Rural Engagement Team continues to target this cruel crime. The team has worked closely...
View ArticleCash from criminals pays for advanced DNA property protection kits in Essex
THANKS to money confiscated from criminals, Essex Police will be giving 200 farmers and agricultural businesses across the county unique DNA property marking kits to protect their vehicles, machinery...
View ArticleRape investigation after incident in Basildon Eastgate Centre
POLICE are appealing for information after a woman reported she had been raped in Basildon. A woman reported being assaulted at the bottom of the slope in the Asda car park at the Eastgate Centre at...
View ArticleCommunity comes together to mark popular police officer’s retirement
COMMUNITY stalwarts came together in the Thurrock Mayor’s parlour recently to say thanks and pay tribute to a retiring policeman who has left his mark across the borough through decades of service....
View ArticleSpeed restrictions called for to combat nuisance bikers
SPEED restrictions have been called for in a bid to tackle nuisance bikers who are “putting lives in danger” in Thurrock. Resident Neil Pickett is set to call on the council to take measures against...
View ArticleMan wanted in connection with collision in Corringham
ESSEX Police want to speak to 26-year-old Charles Willats in connection to a collision in Corringham. At about 12.30pm on 27 April, two vehicles were involved in a collision in Gardner Avenue, leaving...
View ArticleMulti-agency Operation Scalis targets uninsured vehicles using Dartford River...
ON Wednesday 15 September, Essex Police joined forces with Kent Police colleagues to target uninsured drivers using the Dartford River Crossing in a crackdown on those breaking the law in the two...
View ArticleProlific shoplifter gets two-year stores ban
A PROLIFIC offender has been banned from three stores in Basildon for two years after being convicted of stealing almost £3,800 of goods. Chelmsford magistrates made Brett Bruce, 32, the subject of a...
View ArticleEssex Police: Zombie knife and machete amnesty ends
DOZENS of suspected zombie-style knives or machetes were handed in at police station front counters across Essex as part of a national surrender scheme. Police forces across England and Wales,...
View ArticleEssex Police claim more than 1,000 arrests for shoplifting so far this year
EARLIER this week, Essex Police asked the public how many suspects they thought had been arrested on suspicion of shoplifting in Essex this year. The answer is that, since 1 January, officers have...
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