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Police boss defends record of 94% of burglaries unsolved in Thurrock
THE CHIEF inspector in charge of policing in Thurrock has reacted to the news that only 6% of burglaries in Thurrock were solved last year. Thurrock District Commander, chief inspector Ben Hodder said:...
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Stolen mobile snaps picture of suspect
DETECTIVES are looking to identify a man who had his picture taken on a mobile telephone which had been stolen in Grays. A 36-year-old local man lost his mobile telephone near to Tesco on Southend Road...
View ArticleThurrock man arrested after man stabbed and woman and baby go missing
TWO men have been arrested in Essex on suspicion of attempted murder after a teenage boy was run down by a car and stabbed twice. The 17-year-old is critical in hospital following the attack on Dorset...
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Stop the Hate campaign launched
A ‘Stop the Hate ’ initiative has been launched today as part of a concerted effort to find new ways to tackle hate crime in Essex. The launch was marked by a conference in Chelmsford, hosted by Chief...
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High value watches stolen from Lakeside jewellers
POLICE want to identify a man caught on CCTV at the time that two expensive watches were stolen from a jewellers. A man had entered Ernest Jones at the Lakeside Shopping Centre in West Thurrock between...
View ArticleTeen charged with robbery after hat stolen
POLICE have charged a 16-year-old boy with robbery after a 15-year-old boy had a hat stolen whilst walking along a cycle path between Gilbert Road and Rainbow Road in Chafford Hundred at 7.30pm on...
View ArticleTwo burglaries solved out of 100 in Thurrock in October
LAST MONTH, we reported on the parlous state of burglary detection rates in Thurrock. The figures we obtained through a Freedom if Information request showed that only 6% of all burglaries in Thurrock,...
View ArticlePolice pleased at rise in hate crime reporting
INITIATIVES by Essex Police to raise awareness and encourage reporting of Hate Crime in the county have resulted in a large rise in the number of reported incidents. Figures released by the Home Office...
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Police probe sex attack in South Ockendon park
ESSEX POLICE are investigating a complaint regarding a sex attack in an Ockendon park. A teenage girl reported that she had been assaulted by a male in Quince Tree Park, South Ockendon, on Sunday...
View ArticleWas attack in Asian man in Purfleet, revenge for murder of Lee Rigby?
DETECTIVES have renewed an appeal for witnesses after a man was seriously injured when he was attacked at a nightspot in Purfleet. The incident happened at the Circus Tavern at Arterial Road in August...
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Intruder sparks fear at Tilbury school
POLICE ARE investigating a burglary after a man overcame the security at a Tilbury school and stole a mobile phone in the middle of the school day. The person was spotted at just after 1pm on Wednesday...
View ArticleOperation Talon continues to get tough
FIVE people were arrested and 17 uninsured vehicles were seized during an operation in Thurrock to improve road safety and to detect and deter criminals. Operation Talon which brought together...
View ArticleTwo robberies in night of violence in Grays
DETECTIVES are looking to identify four men are who responsible for committing two robberies in the space of minutes and within a mile of each other in Grays. The first attack took place at Grays...
View ArticlePolice set to explain why crimes remain unsolved.
CRIME statistics are to be overhauled in an attempt to allay public fears that many alleged offences are never properly investigated by police. The new system will be phased in from the start of the...
View ArticleFall in number of road deaths
THE number of people killed on the county’s roads continues to fall under the police and county council’s partnership approach to making Essex a safer place to travel in. Essex Police and Essex County...
View ArticleFocus driver sought after road rage incident in Grays
POLICE in Grays are appealing for information following a road rage incident in the town just before Christmas. A 33-year-old man was driving to work in his red Vauxhall Corsa on the Orsett Road in...
View ArticleAppeal after Corringham pensioner robbed in her own home
DETECTIVES are looking to identify a man who is suspected of conning his way into an elderly woman’s home in Corringham in order to steal from her. The burglary took place in Corringham when the man...
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Distinctive tandem stolen from Tilbury
POLICE are appealing for help to trace a blue Arnda Reynolds racing tandem cycle that has been stolen from a locked garden in Tilbury. The bike was taken sometime between 6pm on Friday December 13 and...
View ArticleKeep an eye out for the rainy day conmen
THURROCK Council’s trading standards team is warning people to beware of tricksters using the recent bad weather to get into homes. In one incident in the east of the borough, a man knocked on doors...
View ArticleBody camera trials for cops attending domestic incidents starts
THE Essex Police trial which sees response officers equipped with body-worn video cameras to tackle domestic abuse starts next week (Friday, January 17). Researchers from the College of Policing will...
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