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Crime Roundup 03/02/12 – Live online chat with Lancashire police on Tuesday

3rd, February 2012 by

Lancashire 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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Crime Roundup 13/01/12 – £12,000 of Cannabis seized, and a new helpline for Lancashire Constabulary

13th, January 2012 by

  Cannabis 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

A 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

Ten 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

A 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

Christmas 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

A 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

A 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 18/11/11- Armed robbery in Ribbleton, and man jailed for sexually assaulting a teenager

18th, November 2011 by

Police are appealing for information following an armed robbery at a shop in Preston last month. At around 8:50pm on 14 October, two men went in to the Grange Convenience Store on Grange Avenue in Preston wearing balaclavas. One offender threatened the shop assistant with a knife, passed her a bag and demanded that she empty the contents of the till into the bag. A [...]

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Crime roundup 11/11/11 – Drug dealer jailed for 9 months

11th, November 2011 by

A Preston man has been jailed following a police operation to target drug crime in the city. John Cross, 42, of Pope Lane, Ribbleton, appeared at Preston Crown Court last Friday where he was given a nine month prison sentence. He had pleaded guilty to supplying class A drugs earlier in the year. He was also jailed for 45 months for a burglary, which is [...]

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Crime roundup 28/10/11 – Police seize crack cocaine and hunt ‘Penwortham flasher’

28th, October 2011 by

Police 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

Overall 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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Nine arrested across Lancashire after dawn raids

14th, October 2011 by

Nine people have been arrested after police carried out a series of coordinated dawn raids across Kirkham, Preston, Blackpool and Bolton in a crackdown on serious and organised crime. Officers swooped on properties as part of a major investigation into criminal activity across Cumbria, Lancashire and Merseyside. The operation, called Operation Redpoll, began at around 7am Tuesday October 11 and involved officers from Lancashire’s Serious [...]

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