We have launched an investigation after receiving four reports of residential burglaries which happened on 15th and 16th of January in Bodmin, Launceston and Bude. Detectives believe that thieves have specifically targeted homes of small business owners w...
Release date: 17/01/2026
A man has been charged with rape following an alleged incident in Plymouth last weekend. Luke Braund, aged 22, from Duloe Gardens, Plymouth, has been charged with rape. He has been remanded in custody after appearing at Plymouth Magistrates’ Court this mo...
Release date: 17/01/2026
Devon and Cornwall Chief Constable James Vaughan, QPM MSt (Cantab), and Police and Crime Commissioner Alison Hernandez have thanked all the agencies involved in dealing with two Second World War unexploded device operations this week. This week two separa...
Release date: 16/01/2026
Police are appealing for witness and information following a serious road traffic collision near on the A30 west bound near Zelah. Officers were called at around 1:51pm on Wednesday 14th of January to a two-vehicle collision on the A30 westbound involving...
Release date: 16/01/2026
A violent offender has been jailed for three years and nine months for two acts of extreme violence committed four years apart. Frankie Wall, 22, of no fixed abode, but previously of Totnes, was sentenced at Plymouth Crown Court on Tuesday 13 January afte...
Release date: 16/01/2026
Devon & Cornwall Police and students from City College, Plymouth have collaborated to create two videos about knife crime, aimed at the students’ peer group. The project was designed to create messaging by young people for young people to bust the myt...
Release date: 16/01/2026
Residents of Torquay are invited to a community drop-in surgery to meet local police officers and ask any questions they may have, as well as picking up some crime prevention freebies. The local neighbourhood police team will be at the old O2...
Release date: 15/01/2026
Police in Paignton ran a Pubs Against Drugs (PAD) operation recently and deemed it a big success. The operation involved officers visiting eight pubs in the town and carrying out multiple positive searches. Some quantities of both Class...
Release date: 15/01/2026
We have identified four people we wanted to speak to in connection with a report of an assault in Newton Abbot on Saturday 18 October. It follows a photo appeal issued by the force on Monday 5 January. Officers would like to thank members of the public fo...
Release date: 14/01/2026
Detectives investigating a serious sexual assault in Plymouth have thanked the public for their support following an e-fit appeal which was published yesterday, Tuesday 13 January. Shortly before 4am on Saturday 10 January a woman was sexually assaulted b...
Release date: 14/01/2026
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