A MAN will be appearing at Magistrates Court in Chelmsford today (Saturday, October 13) charged with attempted rape, assault of a man and a woman and threats to kill. Tomasz SZCZYGIEL, aged 40 from Oakley Close, Grays is charged following an incident at a flat in Grays on Sunday, September 2.
POLICE stopped and checked more than 60 vehicles during an operation to improve road safety and reduce alcohol smuggling and scrap metal theft. Officers from the Essex Police Casualty Reduction and Commercial Vehicle units led the operation on Thursday, October 11 to target suspect cars, vans and HGVs on the M25, A13 and other main roads in Thurrock.
A HAPLESS burglar fell from the roof and straight into court in a failed attempt to burgle Ockendon Academy.
Basildon magistrates court heard that at 0200 hrs on August 9th, Neil Hair, 25 had entered the Eriff Drive along with another unidentified male.
BEING FRIED nearly went with the shake as joyrider crashes into substation after buying meal at MacDonalds at Lakeside. Owners estimate damage at £36,000.
A MAN is due to appear in court later this month (October) having been charged with the kidnap and indecent assault of a woman in south-west Essex 21 years ago. On Bank Holiday Monday 27th May 1991, a 19-year-old woman was sexually assaulted in Ayron Road, South Ockendon.
THURROCK residents are being reminded to beware of bogus callers following reports of doorstop callers posing as council contractors. There are three simple steps to take when faced with a doorstep caller:
POLICE are searching for four men after a taxi driver was assaulted and robbed in Corringham.
The attack happened at 2.50 am at Lampits Hill, Corringham. The driver picked up the fare from Conrad Mews in Stanford-le-Hope. As the car entered the Lampits Hill area, the man was punched and then robbed of £200 and his mobile phone.
POLICE are appealing for witnesses following a burglary in Grays. Between 8.30pm and 10.40pm on Saturday September 29, 2012, at Laird Avenue, entry was gained via a rear door. A large amount of jewellery items were stolen.
IT HAS BEEN a real pleasure to interview a number of the police candidates over the last few weeks. On Thursday, we interviewed Linda Belgrove. Linda has vast experience on the Essex Police Authority and then and now has always been seen as a voice of reason.
ESSEX Police is set to perform a u-turn on major changes brought just seven months ago. In March, the force set out proposals to create area investigation teams (AITs) across the county, to focus on low level crime.
BRITISH Transport Police (BTP) is appealing for witnesses after a man behaved inappropriately towards a number of teenage girls on a train. The victims were travelling on a service between Chafford Hundred and Southend around 5.20pm with some friends on Saturday, 22 September.
Jacko McKenzie, a 21-year-old unemployed man from Corringham, has been charged with one count of driving while disqualified, one count of aggravated vehicle taking and one count of failing to stop for police. Ryan Layzell, a 21-year-old man of no fixed address has been charged with one count of taking a motor vehicle without the owner’s consent, one count of theft relating to a crime in August and one count of criminal damage.
AN OCKENDON woman has been fined after she drove her car at two traffic wardens. Basildon magistrates court heard that Jeanette Knightsbridge, Humber Avenue, South Ockendon became angry after receiving a parking ticket in Erith Drive on January 25th.
A 21 year old man from South Ockendon was charged with two counts of giving false details. He was bailed to 11/10/2012. A 24 year old man from Basildon was given a caution for providing false details.
THE LICENSEE of Jack O Lantern Pub, South Ockendon, has been fined £2,000 for breaching a noise abatement notice. Peter Thacker, licensee of the pub in Daiglen Drive, pleaded guilty to the breach which took place in February this year.
