As a new year gets underway, policing teams in North, East and West Devon have reflected on a busy, but successful year during which they contributed to reducing crime and disorder and keeping communities safe. The policing section, which includes the cit...
Release date: 24/01/2025
Police have charged a man in connection to an incident in Newton Poppleford on Friday 17 January. Richard Law, 67, of Lark Rise, Newton Poppleford, has been charged with murder. He is due to appear by video link before Exeter Magistrates’ Court on Thursda...
Release date: 23/01/2025
Police have named a woman who died following a collision near St Teath in Cornwall on Wednesday 15 January. Charlotte Herring, 33, from the Bodmin area, was pronounced deceased at the scene of the single-vehicle collision, which happened at around 9.50pm ...
Release date: 22/01/2025
A thief has been jailed after being convicted of a string of offences in South Devon. Lucy Hanks, 37, of Bitton Park Road in Teignmouth, was sentenced at Exeter Crown Court after pleading guilty to four thefts, breach of a suspended sentence order, breach...
Release date: 22/01/2025
Police are continuing to appeal for witnesses and information as part of an investigation into a non-recent sexual assault on a nine-year-old boy in Bude, Cornwall. The incident happened on 13 August 2016 in an outdoor play area at the Sandymouth Holiday ...
Release date: 21/01/2025
Police are seeking to identify a suspect following an assault at a Christmas market stall in Exeter. The incident took place on Friday 29 November at Princess Hay, between 6pm and 7pm. It was reported a female suspect approached a stall, and when challeng...
Release date: 20/01/2025
Chief Constable James Vaughan QPM MSt (Cantab) joined officers from the Roads Policing Team this week to discuss initiatives put in place to reduce road injuries and deaths on the roads across the force area. These initiatives underpin a proactive approac...
Release date: 20/01/2025
Police investigating a report of assault in Torquay on Wednesday 15 January are appealing for any witnesses to come forward. Officers were called at around 1pm to a report that a man had sustained a cut to his neck in an altercation with another man on Ca...
Release date: 17/01/2025
Devon & Cornwall Police has donated unclaimed cars to Truro College to assist with automotive studies. In a bid to assist automotive students at Truro College, Devon & Cornwall Police have donated a number of recovered vehicles to help the student...
Release date: 17/01/2025
Police are appealing for witnesses and information following a series of thefts from vehicles and related vehicle interference in Newquay. Between Friday 10 January and Thursday 16 January there have been a number of thefts from motor vehicles in several ...
Release date: 17/01/2025
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