Prolific Chafford Hundred burglar jailed
A prolific burglar has been jailed for two years and four months after admitting theft and burglary. Steven Watts, of Parnell Close, Chafford Hundred, was sentenced at Basildon Crown Court on...
View ArticleMan arrested in special targeted drugs operation in Thurrock
VEHICLES and people were searched and one man was arrested on suspicion of supplying drugs during an operation carried out by the Op Raptor West team. Officers used Automatic Number Plate Recognition...
View ArticleFour cars set on fire in Grays
ESSEX Police officers are appealing for information after four incidents of arson were reported on vehicles in and around Grays town centre in the early hours of Saturday February 11. Two white Citreon...
View ArticleMan remanded in custody over Jays Barbers attempted break in charge
A GRAYS man has been remanded in custody over a charge of breaking into a Stanford-le-Hope barbers. David McKenzie, aged 43, of St Leonards Close, Grays was charged with the following. On 03/02/2017...
View ArticleSouth Ockendon woman in court over alleged assault
A SOUTH Ockendon woman has appeared in court on two charges of assault. Louise Brosnan, aged 39, of Viola Close, South Ockendon has pleaded not guilty to two charges in relation to alleged assaults in...
View ArticleProud of yourselves? Brothers slam ransacking of mother’s house in East Tilbury
TWO East Tilbury brothers have slammed burglars who ransacked their mother’s home. Robert and Nick Lay have issued a joint statement in which they issue their disgust at the heartless thieves. They...
View ArticleMan wanted over theft of pork chops in South Ockendon
” alt=”Pork 1″ width=”300″ height=”206″ class=”alignnone size-medium wp-image-85371″ /> ESSEX Police are releasing CCTV images of a man they want to speak to in connection with a theft from a shop...
View ArticleThousands stolen in early morning robbery at Paddy Power in Grays
POLICE were called to reports of a robbery at the Paddy Power betting shop in High Street, Grays at around 8.10am today (Sunday, February 19). Two men in balaclavas went into the shop, assaulted a...
View ArticlePolice appeal after crashed car abandoned in East Tilbury
ESSEX Police were called to reports of a vehicle on its side in Princess Margaret Road, East Tilbury at around 1.10am on Sunday, February 19. Witnesses reported a male occupant had made off from the...
View ArticleEssex Police are looking for Harry
ESSEX Police are appealing for information to help find a man from Grays who is wanted for both failing to answer police bail and failing to appear at court. Harry Millington, 25, known to frequent...
View ArticleEssex Police are looking for Jaz Blundell
ESSEX Police are appealing for information to help find a man from Grays who is wanted on a recall to prison and for failing to appear at court. Jaz Blundell, 27, known to frequent the Grays and South...
View ArticleFind Misty for me asks Essex Police
CAN you help us find Misty Gardner, from South Ockendon, who is wanted for failing to appear at court to face a charge of theft? Gardner, 29, was arrested and charged following a theft from McDonald’s,...
View ArticlePolice renew appeal over death of Tilbury man
ESSEX Police are renewing their appeal for witnesses following a fatal road traffic collision at around 2.10am, Saturday February 4, in Poynters Lane, Shoeburyness. A Ford Fiesta was in collision with...
View ArticleHunt for vulnerable South Ockendon teenager
Update: 1100 hrs Hailey has now been found. ESSEX Police are appealing for help to find 17-year-old Hailey Davenport who is missing from her home in South Ockendon. She was last seen at 6.30pm on...
View ArticleBus driver jailed after death of Tilbury pedestrian
A BUS driver who admitted causing the death of an elderly man by careless driving has been jailed for one year. Basildon Crown Court heard how Stephen Thompson, 49, of no fixed abode was driving the...
View ArticleTeenage boy assaulted in East Tilbury
POLICE investigating an assault in East Tilbury have released an e-fit image of a man they want to speak to. It took place in the Linford Recreation Park in Lower Crescent at around 4.45pm on January...
View ArticleNationwide hunt after woman attacked in Thurrock
DETECTIVES, investigating the sexual assault of a woman, have released a CCTV image of a man they would like to trace in connection with the investigation. The victim, a woman in her 20s, had been...
View ArticlePolice set to clampdown as it is now six points off your licence for mobile...
FROM today, (Wednesday March 1), people caught using their mobile phones while driving will now face more serious penalties – to mark this, Essex Police is launching a week of targeted action...
View ArticleReport exposes perilous state of police numbers but Essex rated as “Good”
SOME police forces are putting the public at an unacceptable risk by rationing their response as they struggle with cutbacks, Her Majesty’s Inspectorate of Constabulary warns. The inspectors say there...
View ArticleNSPCC fix a flaw in the law to stop groomers in Thurrock
THE number of abusers meeting children after grooming them has more than tripled in five years – yet police still can’t arrest people for grooming in England and Wales. The NSPCC is calling on...
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