Burglar gets nearly three years for vicious assault in Corringham
THREE burglars have been jailed for burgling two homes within the space of an hour. A homeowner in Great Leighs Way, Basildon, checked the live CCTV feed on his home alarm system after receiving an...
View ArticleTeenager found with heroin and knife at Grays railway station
A BOY was found with a 15cm-long knife in his waistband and heroin hidden “in his pants,” British Transport Police has said. The discovery was made at Grays railway station during the Friday evening...
View ArticleDrugs and theft charges for men from Grays and South Ockendon
ESSEX Police have made arrests following a burglary in Lodge Lane, Grays. A business was broken into at around 5.55pm on Thursday, April 26 and a bag containing bank cards and money was taken....
View ArticleArson attack on scrap vehicles in Tilbury
ESSEX Firefighters were called to a fire involving a number of vehicles at a scrap yard on Hume Avenue in Tilbury tonight (Tuesday 1 May). When crews arrived they reported four vehicles were on fire....
View ArticlePort of Tilbury Police report
Report by the Port of Tilbury Police Over the last six months we have been very busy with over 1200 reported incidents. We have also been updating our current procedures to provide you more...
View ArticleDrug driving arrests in Corringham and Stanford-le-Hope
THREE men have been arrested on suspicion of drug driving following roads policing operations in Corringham and Harlow. An Essex Police spokesperson said: “We arrested a 45-year-old man from Fobbing in...
View ArticleSouth Ockendon man pleads guilty to cocaine possession at East Tilbury...
A SOUTH Ockendon man has pled guilty to possession of cocaine at East Tilbury Railway Station. Nicholas Chandler, aged 28, of Fullarton Crescent, South Ockendon pled guilty to the following at Basildon...
View ArticleWest Thurrock murder investigation: Drivers of four vehicles sought
POLICE Officers investigating the murder of Julie Hunt in West Thurrock want to identify the drivers of four vehicles who may have seen the assault take place. Ms Hunt, 47, from Rainham, east London...
View ArticleSouth Ockendon store ram raided and cash machine stolen
1145 hrs ESSEX Police are conducting enquiries into the burglary of a post office in Peartree Close, South Ockendon. A spokesperson said “We were called at around 1.30am this morning, May 5, with...
View ArticlePolice search for Tilbury man Denver Clift
ESSEX Police are appealing for information to help locate 31-year-old Denver Clift who is wanted on a recall to prison. A spokesperson said: We would also like to speak to him about a serious assault...
View ArticlePolice make appeal over Fobbing crash which left four teenagers injured
ESSEX Police are making enquiries into a two-vehicle RTC in High Road, Fobbing, Stanford-le-Hope on Saturday, May 5. The report was made at around 12.30am after a Ford Fiesta travelling towards...
View ArticleTrouble for Tibble as Grays drug dealer jailed for three years
A DRUG dealer from Grays has been jailed for three years after officers found a large amount of cocaine in his car and home. Joshua Tibble, 28, of Prince Phillip Avenue, received three years for...
View ArticleMan sought after theft from Apple store at Lakeside
ESSEX Police would like to talk to this man about theft of mobiles from Apple at Lakeside Shopping Centre, West Thurrock. They received a report that a man entered the store on Tuesday, April 10, and...
View ArticleMen sought after hairdressers in Tilbury broken into
ESSEX Police are looking to talk to these men about a burglary in Tilbury. Suspects broke into Bosbod Hairdressers, in Calcutta Road, at around 11.35pm on Wednesday, April 11, before taking items. They...
View ArticleFormer Grays and Tilbury police chief turns 100
MR Wilfred ‘Wilf’ Partis who turned 100 last month, met with Chief Constable Stephen Kavanagh and new recruits at a special ceremony at Essex Police Headquarters, last week. On Thursday, May 3, Wilf,...
View ArticleGrays man fined after acting as fence for Lego theft
A MAN has pleaded guilty to handling fifteen boxes of stolen Lego. Karols Kuisys, aged 19, of Parsonage Road, Grays pled guilty to the following at Basildon magistrates court. On March 22nd, 2018, at...
View ArticleWest Thurrock murder: Police want to speak to drivers of these cars
POLICE Officers investigating the murder of Julie Hunt in West Thurrock last month are now in a position to release CCTV images of the cars whose drivers we want to speak to. Ms Hunt, 47, from...
View ArticlePurfleeet woman charged over 33 cannabis plants
A PURFLEET woman is set to stand trial Leanne Cobb, aged 38, of Marine Drove, Purfleet has been charged with the following. On March 26th , 2018, in Purfleet, you were concerned in the production of 33...
View ArticleGrays man set to stand trial over alleged “sexual activity” with children
A MAN from Grays is set to stand trial on a number of charges relating to alleged sexual activity with a child. Paul Gleeson, aged 35, of Caravel Close, Grays is charged with the following. Between...
View ArticleKnife-wielding gang commit violent burglary in Grays
ESSEX Police are appealing for information after three men forced their way into a home in South Stifford and threatened people inside. Suspects gained entry to a property in Castle Road by smashing a...
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