Police in Barnstaple have released a picture of a man they would like to speak to in connection with an alleged arson attack at Fishleigh Rock Service Station, Umberleigh, north Devon, in the early hours of Monday 21 April. Police need help from the public to identify the man shown in CCTV footage in order to assist with ongoing enquiries. Anyone who knows the identity of the man pictured is asked call police on 101, quoting crime reference number CS/14/194, or alternatively contact Crimestoppers anonymously on 0800 555 111.
Researchers at the National Marine Aquarium are set to benefit an after unusual donation from Devon & Cornwall Police. A range of powerful lights, growing trays and other equipment seized from illegal cannabis farms in Devon will now be put to use for growing seagrass, as part of the Community Seagrass Initiative. Supported by the Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF), this three-year project aims to help conserve native seagrass and seahorses, getting the human communities that live around seagrass beds involved with the communities of marine life that thrive on the beds themselves. Mark Parry...
Police are urging householders to be on their guard following further reported incidents of a phone fraud where unsuspecting victims are duped by people posing as police. Reports of this scam have now been recorded in the South Hams area with four incidents recorded in Paignton yesterday, Thursday, 24 April, with two victims alone having parted with more than £12,000 each. This follows an incident last week when an elderly man from Paignton was duped out of £12,000 by someone posing to be a police officer from the Metropolitan Police who claimed that someone had been arrested in possession...
As part of National Stalking Awareness Day (Thursday 24 April 2014) Devon and Cornwall Police are reminding people not to suffer in silence and report any incidents of stalking to the police. As many as one in five women and one in 10 men report being stalked at some point in their lives (British Crime Survey 2009/10). Stalking is unwanted and obsessive attention by one individual towards another. It can involve persistent phone calls/texting, sending of gifts, following a person or damaging their property, plus with the increase of technology stalking can also take place online.
Police investigating an armed robbery at a jewellers’ shop in Paignton are appealing for information. At around 4.45pm on Tuesday 22 April, three people entered the House of Diamonds, Torquay Road, dressed in hooded tops and overalls. They were allegedly armed with a baseball bat and a knife. Witnesses managed to detain one of the offenders whilst another two made off and got into a waiting car. The white Peugeot was recovered a short distance away with the two other suspects making off on foot. During the robbery the shop owner sustained a minor injury to his arm. Inspector Justin Wyles,...
Police, the fire service and ambulance crews were called to an area near Colyton on Friday, 18th April after reports of a light aircraft crash. A microlight, with two people on board, had crash landed near the village just after 10am. Sadly a man, aged in his fifites from Wiltshire, died at the scene. A nine year-old boy, also from Wiltshire, was taken to the Royal Devon & Exeter Hospital with serious injuries. The collision is being investigated by the Air Accident Investigation Branch, not the police. The Coroner has been informed....
Fore street in Exeter was closed on Thursday afternoon after a fire broke out in a top floor flat. Three appliances from Devon and Somerset Fire and Rescue were at the scene at around 14:08 yesterday (April 17) after being called to the fire involving the window sill and walls of the residence Police closed the road between Market Street and Bartholomew Street while fire crews made the building safe.
Police are urging householders to be on their guard following incidents of a phone fraud where unsuspecting victims are duped by people posing as police. In the latest incident on Tuesday, an elderly man from Paignton was duped out of £12,000 by someone posing as a police officer from the Metropolitan Police who claimed that someone had been arrested in possession of his bank cards. This follows another incident in North Devon in March when a Bideford couple were duped out of more than £30,000 by people posing as police. Someone claiming to be a police officer from the Metropolitan Police...
Police in Exmouth are appealing for witnesses following an assault which took place in the town on Friday 11 April. At around 12.30pm in Normandy Close, a 35-year-old man was attacked while walking with a black ‘staffy’ dog. The local victim and suspect were known to each other. The victim suffered a broken nose and lacerations to his face in the assault. A 21-year-old local man was arrested on suspicion of assault and released on police bail until 10 June. Police are now appealing for anyone who may have seen the incident to please contact them. The victim is described as about 5’9” tall...
Police have closed the road near Topsham due to a collision between a motorbike and Jeep
At approximately 3.40pm on Tuesday 15 April, police were called to a road traffic collision near to the Retreat Drive in Topsham to reports that a motorcyclist had been in collision with a car. The motorcyclist had a pillion passenger at the time of the collision and both are injured. The vehicles involved are a Jeep and a Suzuki motorcycle. There are no details of injuries at this time but ambulance crews are in attendance and the road has been closed at the scene and is likely to remain...
