A MAN was taken to Basildon Magistrates Court this morning (Friday June 7) charged with breaching a restraining order and other offences following an incident in Corringham yesterday. Brett Adams (24) from Burntmills Road, North Benfleet is charged with harassment, assault by beating, a public order offence and obstructing a police officer.
The suspect is described a white man, aged in his early 20s with short, dark brown hair and was carrying a large blue holdall which he concealed the items in, making no effort to pay. Anyone who can name the man in the photo is asked to contact Pc Paul Lamb at Grays police station on 101.
The man spoke to a young schoolboy near the toilets in an attempted accosting on May 22, around 3.50pm. The child was unharmed and the man then left the store. Anyone with information is asked to contact Pc Adam Hall at Grays, on 101.
A 50-year-old Leytonstone man will appear at Basildon Magistrates Court today charged with animal abuse reports a newspaper. Desmond Gogarty, of Apollo Place, is accused of kicking a dog in Grays, Essex, on April 27 and is charged with causing unnecessary suffering to a protected animal, in violation of the Animal Welfare Act 2006.
A HOAX caller sparked a major police response after reports of armed people in Corringham. Essex Police dispatched several police cars and mobilised the police helicopter to Park Road, Corringham at 10.20am today (Tues June 4th) after reports of armed people at a location in the area.
POLICE have issued a warning following a spate of catalytic convertor thefts in Stanford-le-Hope. There have been four committed in the area in the last month and officers are advising motorists to be vigilant.
BURGLARIES in the east of the borough have risen close to an alarming 100% since 2012. Stanford and Corringham residents have raised concerns at the apparent rapid increase in thefts in the area. From burglaries, to thefts from sheds, to thefts from cars, there was a clear sense that acquisitive crime was on the increase.
THREE people have been charged with drug offences following the execution of a drugs warrant in Grays in January.
Lauren Strutt, 26, and Tommy Strutt, 27, of Crofton Road, have been charged with producing a controlled class B drug and abstracting electricity after 55 plants were recovered from the address following a warrant on January 4.
BRITISH Transport Police has issued CCTV images of five people officers want to speak to after a woman was racially abused on a train between Rainham and Purfleet. Officers are renewing their appeal for information in relation to the offence, which took place on Saturday, 20 April, between 10.50pm and 11.05pm.
POLICE have issued an E Fit of a man they want to question in connection with an attempted burglary at a property in London Road, Aveley on May 14.
The suspect was seen knocking on doors in the area and when there was no reply he attempted to gain entry via the front door around 1.15pm. However he was disturbed and ran off empty handed.
A MAN is due to appear in court next month (June) in connection with a burglary in south-west Essex. The break-in happened in Stanford-le-Hope on Thursday, May 16 when thieves entered a house on London Road. Officers arrived and saw a van driving away from the scene. Its driver failed to stop for them and drove into a police car.
THURROCK Council and Essex Police have taken action to stop the roads around the Lakeside shopping centre being used as a racetrack.
On Saturday (1 June) a dispersal order, allowing police to disperse groups of two or more people if there is evidence of anti-social behaviour or danger to the public, will come into force.
THE ESSEX Police Crime Commissioner has gone on the record to set the record straight over his office costs. Mr Alston made the statement after the Daily Mail published a story that claimed that £16,952 of taxpayers’ cash was spent on re-vamp of the office that was formerly used by the Essex Police Authority.
TWO men have been charged with drug offences after police stopped a van carrying an estimated £1million of cannabis in south Essex.Officers carried out a routine stop check on a Transit van at Ockendon Road, North Ockendon at about 12.30pm on Monday May 20.
A GRAYS woman was fined £500 and ordered to pay full costs of nearly £1,000 after not clearing rubbish from her garden. On Friday (17 May) Basildon Magistrates found Victoria Porter a private tenant living at Whitehall Lane, Grays, guilty of Breaching a Notice served under the Prevention of Damage by Pests Act 1949.
