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Crime Roundup 03/02/12 – Live online chat with Lancashire police on Tuesday
3rd, February 2012 by Joseph StashkoLancashire Constabulary is to hold a special interactive web chat to discuss the importance of staying safe online on Safer Internet Day, Tuesday 7 February. This year the campaign is centred on the theme “connecting generations and educating each other” and Lancashire Constabulary is asking young and old people to come together to “discover the digital world together”. Detective Chief Inspector Hazel Stewart, public protection [...]
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Lancashire police jail drug gang spanning two continents
27th, January 2012 by Joseph StashkoA man responsible for organising a major drugs supply chain spanning the UK, Europe and South America has been jailed for 24 years after being extradited from Holland. Michael Williams, 42, was the 27th person to be arrested in connection with Operation Greengage the Lancashire Constabulary investigation into an organised crime group that was operating across two continents. Officers from the force’s Serious and Organised [...]
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Crime Roundup 20/01/12 – Police release evofit after man indecently assaults 16 year old girl
20th, January 2012 by Joseph StashkoPolice have issued a CCTV image of a man they want to speak with after a girl was robbed of her mobile phone at knifepoint last November. The offence took place around 2.30am on Saturday 26th November 2011 at Hazelhurst Lodge on Fir Trees Place in Ribbleton. The 16 year old student was in the company of two female friends when they were approached by [...]
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Crime Roundup 13/01/12 – £12,000 of Cannabis seized, and a new helpline for Lancashire Constabulary
13th, January 2012 by Joseph StashkoCannabis with an estimated street value of £12,800 has been seized by police in Preston. 32 mature plants were found at the address on Hopwood Street at around 9am on Thursday. The plants were in a bedroom of the house along with a lighting and hydroponic set-up. Inspector Jill Halliwell from Preston Police said: “We carried out a warrant at this address after residents [...]
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Crime Roundup 06/01/12 – Stolen puppy returned to owner, dangerous driver leaves teenager with spinal injuries
6th, January 2012 by Joseph StashkoA 12 week old puppy which was stolen in Preston has been reunited with its owner. Rio, a Staffordshire Bull Terrier, was stolen from outside Spar on Water Lane in Ashton on Tuesday 6 December. He had been tied to a lamppost by his owner – a 12 year old girl from Bamber Bridge – while she went inside the shop. Police were alerted that [...]
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Crime Roundup 23/12/11 – Ten arrested on suspicion of theft and vehicle offences
23rd, December 2011 by Joseph StashkoTen people have been arrested on suspicion of theft and vehicle offences as police carried out a day of action to crackdown on metal theft. 23 scrap metal yards were searched and 293 vehicles were stopped, with four vehicles being seized as officers from Lancashire Constabulary worked alongside other agencies for the operation. Supt Steve Pemberton said: “We are actively working to address the problem [...]
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Crime Roundup 16/12/2011 – Woman sentenced after pleading guilty to killing mother
16th, December 2011 by Joseph StashkoA Preston woman has been sentenced to an indefinite hospital order after pleading guilty to killing her mother at the house they shared in Ashton. Elizabeth Donnelly, 27, of Preesall Road, Ashton, Preston admitted killing her mother, 62 year old Valerie Donnelly at their home on 25 March 2011. Valerie was found stabbed to death by police and enquiries quickly led to the arrest of [...]
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Crime Roundup 09/12/11 – Christmas revellers warned about excessive drinking
9th, December 2011 by Joseph StashkoChristmas revellers are being warned not to put themselves at risk by drinking excessively at home before a night on the town. As a member of the Safer Lancashire Partnership, Lancashire Constabulary is supporting the group’s festive ‘Make Your Night Last’ campaign, which will run until the New Year. The campaign is based on research carried out by Lancaster University for the Lancashire Drug and [...]
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Crime Roundup 02/12/11 – £72,000 of cannabis seized, robbery at Blackpool Road bookmakers
2nd, December 2011 by Joseph StashkoA cannabis factory with an estimated street value of £72,000 has been found at a flat in Preston. Officers acting on information from the local community executed a drugs warrant and swooped on the property in Margaret Street on Monday morning. Inside they discovered a cannabis cultivation set up with approximately 180 plants. No arrests have been made at this time and inquiries are ongoing. Detective [...]
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Crime Roundup 25/11/11 – Man jailed for sexual abuse of young girls
25th, November 2011 by Joseph StashkoA man has been jailed for 19 years for the sexual abuse of young girls dating back more than 30 years. Vincent Whittingham, (pictured above), 69, of Stydd Lane in Ribchester was convicted of several sexual offences, including rape, following a trial earlier this year. The offences involved three female victims aged between five and 13 and date back to March 1980. The last offence [...]
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Crime Roundup 04/11/11 – Boy, 16, assaulted in Penwortham
4th, November 2011 by Joseph StashkoPolice are appealing for witnesses after a 31 year old woman was assaulted on a bus in Preston while she was with her two year old son. The woman got on the number 35 bus around 5pm on Tuesday 11 October at Tanterton Hall Road in Ingol, when she was verbally abused by an elderly gentleman already on the bus. Following a number of comments [...]
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Crime roundup 28/10/11 – Police seize crack cocaine and hunt ‘Penwortham flasher’
28th, October 2011 by Joseph StashkoPolice have seized crack cocaine and hundreds of pounds in cash when they stopped a car in Penwortham. The vehicle was pulled over by police Wednesday evening on Liverpool Road. A subsequent search of a property on Christ church Street in Preston led to the discovery of more cocaine which was also seized by officers. A 24 year old man was arrested on suspicion of [...]
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Overall crime in Lancashire falls, but sexual offences on the rise
21st, October 2011 by Joseph StashkoOverall crime in Lancashire is falling, according to Home Office figures released yesterday. The findings show a 4.8 percent reduction in overall crime from July 2010 to June 2011, which is 5,063 fewer victims of crime compared to the same period the year before. The national average of crime reduction was 4 percent. You can compare the latest figures with previous figures using the interactive [...]
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