ABOUT 95 per cent of "hoax calls" made to Essex Police each year are from people with special needs claims the county's crime commissioner. Police and crime commissioner Nick Alston said fewer than 100 callers of about 1,700 a year are actually people playing a practical joke.
ASIAN family homes are being targeted by organised gangs of burglars who are stealing valuable, heirloom gold and jewellery – with one taking place every three days in Essex. The "clear and present” warning from police comes in the run-up to several religious festivals, with the Hindu festival of Diwali only days away. Essex Police’s awareness campaign is looking to counteract the rising burglary numbers and any surge in such "pre-planned” raids, with particular focus on prevention, security and insurance.
A ROYAL Bank of Scotland cashier from Chafford Hundred tried to steal nearly £3m from customer accounts, the Old Bailey heard.
Derek Annan, 24, allegedly passed on personal financial details, including passwords and security details, to fraudsters while working at RBS branches in Chelmsford and Colchester reports The Thurrock Enquirer.
POLICE are warning members of the public to be on the look out for a two foot square black box which contains asbestos that has been stolen from a car.
The box is a Safety Industries Negative Pressure Unit which has been used in the professional removal of asbestos. It was stolen from a vehicle which had been left secure in a car park in Killara Church Road, in Corringham, at sometime between 4pm on Monday October 21 and 6.15am on Tuesday October 22.
ARMED police arrested a man wanted by police in Chafford Hundred. Officers attended at the car park of Bannatynes in Howard Road at just after 11.30am after reports that a man wanted by police was there.
IT'S clear to me and my team that we need to develop a fresh approach to supporting the highest police standards in Essex – one that has the needs of the public and victims at its heart, and that is open and transparent to all. One of the things I am doing is creating an Ethics and Integrity Committee, which will help set the very highest standards of policing professionalism in Essex. The committee will involve independent members, as well as members of my team, and will be a further means to open up policing to better serve the public.
A THURROCK Council has been accused of making indecent photographs of and sexually assaulting a girl under the age of 13. Ian Rayment, of Lower Crescent, Linford, Essex, gave no indication of plea at Barkingside Magistrates’ Court today reports the Barking and Dagenham Post.
THE suspect appeared unsteady on his feet when he entered the Coop Food Store just before 8pm on Thursday September 19. He selected cans of beer from a shelf, dropped the pack, picked it up again then left the shop making no attempt to pay. Anyone who can identify the man in the picture should contact the investigating officer, Pc Jack Tyson, at Grays neighbourhood crime team on 101 or email him at [email protected]
TWO teenagers are due to appear in court later this month (October) after having been charged with motoring offences. Police were contacted at 11:30pm on Wednesday, July 17 following reports that a car had been stolen from outside a residential property on Thors Oak in Stanford-le-Hope.
IN December 2002, Danielle’s uncle, then 52-year-old Stuart Campbell, was convicted of her abduction and murder, and sentenced to life imprisonment. To this day, he refuses to divulge where he disposed of the schoolgirl’s body; offering no closure for Danielle’s parents; Tony and Linda Jones.
POLICE are appealing for help in tracing a man they want to speak to in connection with the theft of a mountain bike in Chadwell St Mary.A red mountain bike was stolen from outside shops in Defoe Parade just after 6.30am on September 1. The bike was left insecure.
THE jury in the trial of two brothers accused murdering of Liam Hlden has retired to consider its verdict. Liam Holden, 35, of Grays, died of a head injury suffered in a car park off London Road in Grays on March 10th.
THE Thurrock Community Safety Partnership has been raising awareness of crime prevention in and around Stanford-le-Hope following an increase in domestic burglaries. The day of action was supported by Essex Police, the council’s community safety and Stanford housing teams as well as members of the local Neighbourhood Watch scheme.
THURROCK Council and Essex Police carried out a series of drug and alcohol checks across the borough last week. On Thursday (19 September) police and licensing staff from the council visited several pubs checking what - if any - drugs were present and where in the building they were being used or dealt.
COCAINE with an estimated street value of £2.4m has been seized by Border Force officers at the port of Tilbury after being hidden in a cargo of nuts.
About 46kg of the Class A drug was found in two black holdalls at Tilbury that had been shipped in a container from Panama, officials said.
