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APPEAL – £60,000 worth of property stolen in Elford
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DETECTIVES are appealing for information following a burglary at a rural business in Elford. At around 0145 BST on Saturday 9 May, two offenders forced entry to an outbuilding in Elford and stole specialist farming...
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NEWS Almost 300 drivers caught speeding by motorway officers
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Central Motorway Police Group, who cover both Staffordshire and West Midlands, caught 575 in total across both regions. ALMOST 300 motorists  - including some travelling at double the speed limit - have been caught speeding during...
Are your employees or colleagues in abusive relationships?
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A STAFFORDSHIRE domestic abuse support service is urging local employers to be on the look-out for tell-tale signs their employees might be in an abusive relationship and in need of support. The request comes as...
National Crime Agency arrest trio as more than £60k cash seized on the M6
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NATIONAL Crime Agency officers have arrested two men and a woman after £62,700 cash was seized as part of an operation into drugs supply and money laundering in Birmingham. A man, aged 27, and...
Tamworth man who fled 260 miles from police with child in car jailed
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A MAN who hits speeds of 100mph with a child in his car before colliding with a police car has been jailed. Last year we reported how following the ordeal for the youngster ended in a...
Domestic abuse services see increase in referrals
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THE number of domestic abuse victims making contact with specialist support services has increased following the launch of an awareness campaign last month. The #YouAreNotAlone campaign, funded by the Staffordshire Commissioner, driven by Staffordshire Police...
Police’s fleet team work through lockdown to provide response officers with new cars
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Each vehicle takes 37 hours to become road ready from the moment it first pulls into the work shop. STAFFORDSHIRE Police’s response officers will shortly be taking to the county’s roads in a new set of...
Dangerous scrambler rider jailed after being stung by police
Appears in: / Crime & Justice/ Transport/ West Midlands
More than half of the bikes were stolen and majority of others uninsured. WEST Midlands police have seized more than 140 bikes in their lockdown blitz on reckless and illegal motorbike riders. The seizure...
Tamworth man jailed for rape and assault
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The offences took place in Staffordshire in 2019 and 2020. A TAMWORTH man who raped and assaulted a woman has been jailed for nine years with an extended licence for two years. Joshua Tate Taylor...
Motorway officers launch crackdown on speeders
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177 speeding offences have been clocked in just three days! OVER 170 people have been caught speeding in just three days during a crackdown by motorway officers. Central Motorway Police Group has launched a month-long...
Belgrave disturbance leads to Armed Police being dispatched
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A MAN has been arrested after officers were called to reports of a disturbance in a street in Tamworth at 8 pm last night. Officers were called to the disturbance in Medway, Belgrave at around...
Officers seize 50 bikes in county-wide crackdown
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17 were seized due to anti-social behaviour and 33 were seized due to no insurance or were unregistered< A TOTAL of 50 bikes have been seized in a crackdown against off-road bikers across the...
Officers arrest man who tried to evade capture and took police on two hour chase
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A 25-year-old man from Walsall was arrested on suspicion of dangerous driving, failing to stop, leaving the scene of a road traffic collision, no insurance and drug driving. A MAN who tried to make off...
Man charged following reported stabbing in Lichfield
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The three people that were originally arrested for attempted murder in relation to the incident have all been released without charge. POLICE have charged a 19-year-old man in connection with a reported stabbing in Lichfield...
Reynolds Close stabbing – Three arrested for attempted murder
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Police were called to reports of an altercation at a property in Reynolds Close, Lichfield - a man is in a critical condition. THREE people have been arrested on suspicion of attempted murder after police...
APPEAL: Man has jaw broken in Tamworth alleyway
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POLICE in Tamworth are appealing for witnesses after a man had his jaw broken during an assault in Tamworth. It is understood that the man was struck during a fight with another man following an...
Staffordshire man jailed for elbowing and coughing over police officers
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A STAFFORDSHIRE man has been jailed for 32 weeks after he admitted elbowing a police officer in the face and coughing into the face of a second officer stating he had COVID-19. Sean Pearson, 31...
Police chiefs dealing with reports of parties, youths gatherings and off-road bikers during lockdown
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POLICE chiefs across Staffordshire are reinforcing the message for people to stay at home wherever possible this weekend to stop the spread of Covid-19 and help to save lives. While the vast majority of people...
Police campaign highlights domestic abuse services for victims and perpetrators
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VICTIMS and perpetrators of domestic abuse are being encouraged to seek help after the extension of lockdown restrictions raises concerns about those suffering at home. Staffordshire Police, supported by the Staffordshire Commissioner and victims’ services...
Commissioner praises behaviour during lockdown
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STAFFORDSHIRE’S Commissioner for Police, Fire and Rescue and Crime, Matthew Ellis has praised the way people across the county and Stoke-on-Trent have adhered to the lockdown and the way police have dealt with individuals who...
Three arrested in connection with series of Tamworth pub burglaries
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DETECTIVES investigating a series of pub break-ins in Tamworth during the COVID-19 lockdown period have arrested three people. A total of 13 licensed premises were burgled across Tamworth and the surrounding area between March 30...
Tamworth residents warned as distraction burglary attempts likely to rise during COVID-19 lockdown
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STAFFORDSHIRE Police are warning people to be extra vigilant if they get an unexpected caller to their home during the current government lockdown. A distraction burglary is where someone calls at your home posing to...
Tamworth residents warn of cyber-blackmail scam
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POLICE in Staffordshire are warning people of a cyber-blackmail scam currently targeting random people, which threatens to post intimate photos or video footage online if money isn’t paid. Over the past few days, police have...
New High Sheriff of Staffordshire declared online – first time in over 1000 years
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A 1000-year-old ceremonial position, the oldest in the UK, has officially started for the first time ‘virtually’ due to COVID-19. Commander Charles Bagot Jewitt (Royal Navy) formally gave his declaration via weblink as the new...
‘Vile individual’ jailed for coughing in faces of Staffordshire nurses
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WHAT can only be described as being a vile example of a person has been jailed for 12 months after coughing in the face of two nurses who were trying to help him, in a...
Tough stance on COVID-19 cough and spit threat offenders
Appears in: / Crime & Justice/ Health/ West Midlands
WEST Midlands Police have issued a firm warning to anyone who uses coronavirus as a threat against their officers or members of the public. It comes after three men were jailed this week for coughing...
Help to protect lives and report businesses flouting COVID-19 restrictions
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STAFFORDSHIRE residents are being urged to report businesses which open to the public and flout COVID-19 restrictions. The county council’s trading standards team has received calls from across Staffordshire about some businesses – particularly licensed...
County leaders: “Please stay at home this Easter and avoid travelling to the countryside”
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LOCAL authority leaders, fire and police chiefs across Staffordshire are appealing for people to stay at home this Easter and avoid travelling to the countryside. The renewed appeal comes from leaders from Staffordshire County Council...