Newquay crime rate drops on New Year's Eve
FEWER crimes were committed in Newquay this New Year's Eve compared to last year. Police say 11 crimes were recorded at the resort on December 31 between 6pm and 6am, six less than the previous year....
View ArticleSt Austell police search for road-rage van driver
A van driver saw red at a set of traffic lights in St Austell and began continuously beeping his horn and flashing his lights at the driver in front, police have said. A male driver, believed to have...
View ArticleBude man arrested after body is found in Bideford public toilets
A BUDE man has been arrested on suspicion of administering a noxious substance following the death of a man in Bideford. A man who was found collapsed in the toilets of the Pannier Market on Monday,...
View ArticleDo you know these people?
POLICE would like to speak to these two people in connection with two separate incidents in WHSmith in Falmouth – at about 5pm on Monday, December 30 – and Homeshed in Penryn – at about 11.30am on...
View ArticleTrial remand
KIARAN BRADSHAW, 18, of the Golant Hotel, Mount Wise, Newquay, appeared before Bodmin magistrates on New Year's Eve to deny burgling a ground-floor bedroom in the Golant Hotel on December 29 and...
View ArticleBar worker is accused
THE boss of a nightclub set a trap for his staff after becoming suspicious that someone was stealing money.Judy Roberts, aged 34, of St Johns Road, Newquay, went on trial at Truro Crown Court on...
View ArticleCAMBORNEGuilty plea
SUSAN CROWE, 45, of Lower Pengegon, Camborne, pleaded guilty at Bodmin Magistrates' Court to stealing food, alcohol and electrical goods belonging to Waitrose, Saltash, on November 14. She was fined...
View ArticleCAMBORNEFined for theft
JO-ANN SMITH, 38, of Knave-Go-By, Beacon, Camborne, has been fined £265 with £85 costs and a £27 victim surcharge after pleading guilty at Bodmin Magistrates' Court to stealing food, alcohol and...
View ArticleHunt for two stolen bicycles
POLICE are appealing for information after two separate bike thefts on Tuesday, December 31. Firstly, a man's Apollo cycle was stolen from a house on Boyd Avenue, Padstow during the afternoon. In the...
View ArticleGraffiti left on wall
POLICE have said a rendered brick wall was graffitied with pink paint on a property in Pentire Avenue, Newquay, between 4pm on Wednesday, January 1, and 10am on Thursday, January, 2.Anyone who...
View ArticleBarn door damaged
ST AUSTELL police are appealing for information after hundreds of pounds of damage was caused to a barn in Nansladron.Officers say £750 of damage was caused to the barn door between 10.30pm and 10.45pm...
View ArticleAssault information
POLICE are appealing for witnesses after a man dressed as Spider-Man was knocked unconscious in Looe on New Year's Eve.Between 11.50pm and midnight the victim was walking to the kebab shop in Fore...
View ArticleFewer arrests reported on New Year's Eve
THE NUMBER of arrests made during New Year's Eve celebrations in St Austell was significantly lower than in recent years, police have said.On what is usually one of the busiest nights of the year for...
View ArticleOrnament damaged
POLICE are asking the public to help them find out who damaged a metal garden ornament in the shape of a lamppost in Newquay's Acland Gardens.The incident took place between 7pm on Sunday, December 29,...
View ArticleAttempted burglary
POLICE are appealing for information after an attempted burglary at a garage lock-up in St Merryn between 6pm on Monday, December 23, and 6pm on Saturday, December 27.A window was broken and a door was...
View ArticleSign ripped off wall
POLICE are appealing for information after a shop sign was ripped from the wall above a shop window on The Platt, Wadebridge; close to the cinema.The incident happened between 8.30pm on Monday,...
View ArticleMercedes damaged
POLICE are appealing for information after damage was caused to a blue Mercedes vehicle in St Merryn, which resulted in the rear screen being smashed when parked on the driveway of a property.The...
View ArticleBus cash is grabbed
A THIEF who stole the coin unit from a bus in Newquay struck within a five-minute window, say the town's police.The theft occurred between 9.25am and 9.30am on December 31 while the green Western...
View ArticleBeacons removed
POLICE are appealing for witnesses after amber beacons were removed from work vans in Liskeard.Between December 6 and 10 beacon lights were taken from a white 4x4 Western Power van on Station Road....
View ArticleMan arrested after death in market
A 32-YEAR-OLD man from Bude has been arrested following the death from a suspected drug overdose of a man found in toilets at Bideford Pannier Market on Monday afternoon.Paramedics were called to the...
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