Tilbury man charged with aggravated burglary in Corringham
POLICE are appealing for information following an aggravated burglary in Corringham. Two men broke into an address in Thames Haven Road at around 4.30am on Wednesday, July 12. The occupant was woken...
View ArticlePolice launch knife crime operation in Thurrock
OFFENDERS involved in knife crime will be the subject of targeted operations throughout this week, as officers from Essex Police take part in this summer’s nationwide Operation Sceptre. Between...
View ArticleThree more “named and shamed” for drink-driving in Grays
ANOTHER three people arrested during Essex Police’s summer anti-drink and drug driving campaign have been convicted. The campaign, which ran between June 1 and June 30, saw 107 people arrested in...
View ArticleBooze crackdown in Grays Town Centre
A multi-agency operation against street drinking and littering took place last week (Thursday 13 July) in Grays Town Centre. Thurrock Council’s environmental enforcement officers were joined by...
View ArticleWoman victim of sex attack in Grays
POLICE were called to reports that a woman in her 40s was subjected to a serious sexual assault in Grays between 10pm – 11pm on July 16. The attack took place at the junction between Grange Road and...
View ArticleCorringham woman in latest drink-drive “name and shame” list
ANOTHER three drink-drivers, arrested during Essex Police’s summer anti-drink and drug driving campaign, have been convicted. 107 people were arrested during the campaign which ran between June 1 and...
View ArticleMajor rise in recorded crime across country
POLICE-recorded crime has risen by 10% across England and Wales – the largest annual rise for a decade – according to the Office of National Statistics reports The Guardian. The latest crime figures...
View ArticleMan charged after attempted stabbing in Langdon Hills
ESSEX Police have charged a man following an incident in Berry Close, Langdon Hills, at around 6.40pm on Saturday, July 22 Gordon Stephenson, 51, unemployed, of no fixed address, Basildon, was charged...
View ArticleStolen credit cards used in Grays
ESSEX Police would like to talk to this man in connection with a burglary off High Street, Great Wakering. A man forced entry into the victim’s property between 2.30pm and 3.10pm on Friday, July 14,...
View ArticleEssex Police anti-terror operation at Lakeside
ESSEX Police has implemented new policing tactics to deter and detect criminal and terrorist activity, as well as to reassure the general public. Project Servator What? The project involves new tactics...
View ArticleThurrock Community Policing Team: July Report
Thurrock Community Policing team news article July 2017 By PCSO JoJo Mitchell JULY has been another busy month for the team, with numerous community engagements, policing operations and partnership...
View ArticleMen wanted after vandalism at East Tilbury railway station causes £40,000...
Do you recognise these men? BTP would like to speak to them in connection with an incident at East Tilbury Railway Station in the early hours of 14 July. Just after 2am on Friday morning, two men were...
View ArticlePolice appeal to trace South Ockendon biker
ESSEX Police are appealing for information to help identify a number of people riding motorbikes dangerously in the south and the west of the county. The motorbikes have been captured on road safety...
View ArticleMan from Grays charged over burglary
A MAN from Grays has been charged with various offences after police executed a warrant. Kalum Lamptey, 29, of Parsonage Road, Grays was arrested at an address in Tilbury yesterday morning (Thursday,...
View ArticleGrays man named and shamed in drink-drive summer crackdown
TWO more drink drivers have been convicted following Essex Police’s summer anti-drink and drug driving campaign. 107 people were arrested during the campaign which ran between June 1 and June 30....
View ArticleWitnesses sought as police continue to investigate Quhey Saunders murder
THE POLICE have launched a fresh CCTV appeal to trace a series of witnesses they would like to speak to in connection with the death of Quhey Saunders at Cobham Services last month. The stills have...
View ArticleMan found seriously injured in attack near Circus Tavern in Purfleet
WITNESSES are being asked to come forward following an incident outside a venue in Meads Corner, Purfleet in the early hours of Saturday, July 29. Officers were called by ambulance staff at around...
View ArticleBlogpost: Anti-social behaviour in Thurrock
Comment and opinion piece BY Scott Nelson ANTI-SOCIAL behaviour has become a major problem across Thurrock and it is accelerating. Here in Aveley, residents are complaining about unruly youths,...
View ArticleMan sentenced to five years after South Ockendon burglaries
A MAN has been jailed for five and a half years after admitting a series of burglaries in Suffolk, Essex, the Metropolitan Police area and Cambridgeshire. TIM Gell, of Melville Heath, South Woodham...
View ArticleTilbury man jailed for four years for attempt robber of taxi driver
A MAN has been jailed for four-and-a-half years over the attempted robbery of a taxi driver in South Ockendon. The victim, a man in 50s, had picked up a woman in Corringham on Tuesday, May 9 and was...
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