Last week, Alison Mercer joined the Lynton Neighbourhood Policing team as a fully qualified Police Community Support Officer, having recently been awarded ‘highest professional standard’. Police Community Support Officers support the work of other polici...
Release date: 31/03/2026
A static bus set up for partygoers in Plymouth has welcomed over 1,300 people onboard since it was first launched in April 2024, providing a friendly drop-in service for anyone in need of support or medical care whilst on a night out. Over half of the peo...
Release date: 31/03/2026
An Exeter man has been sentenced to a total of eight-and-a-half years in prison for rape and other offences. Colby Hill, 22, of no fixed abode in Exeter, also known as Colby Seatherton, was found guilty at a trial at Exeter Crown Court on Tuesday 3 Februa...
Release date: 31/03/2026
Both of these bikes were located on Broadfields Road in Exeter on Thursday 26 March and we are looking to reunite them with their rightful owners. If you believe one to be yours, please contact us via 101 or by our website quoting 50260076471. Two teenage...
Release date: 31/03/2026
We are investigating a serious road traffic collision in Exmouth and are appealing for any witnesses to come forward. Officers were called to the collision at around 6.45pm on Monday 30 March on Old Ebford Lane, Exmouth, which involved a grey Nissan Leaf ...
Release date: 31/03/2026
An e-motorbike being ridden on the pavement and an illegally modified e-bike that could reach speeds of up to 35mph have been seized by police officers last week following proactive patrols in St Austell. The activity forms part of the police’s ongoing re...
Release date: 30/03/2026
Police are appealing for information and witnesses following a serious collision in Fremington, North Devon. The incident occurred at around 5.15pm on Friday 27 March on Mill Hill and involved a car and a motorcycle. The bike rider sustained potentially s...
Release date: 30/03/2026
We are appealing for the public’s assistance locating 34-year-old wanted man Alexander Standell from Cornwall. Standell is wanted in connection to a sexual assault. He is described as a white male, around 6ft tall, with short dark brown hair and facial ha...
Release date: 27/03/2026
A drug dealer who tried to claim he arrived in North Devon as a tourist has been jailed for 30 months. Bulgarian national Aleksandar Dobrev, 47, appeared at Exeter Crown Court for sentence on Thursday 26 March after pleading guilty to possession with inte...
Release date: 26/03/2026
Policing teams carrying out proactive patrols in Torquay, Paignton, Newton Abbot and Kingsbridge last week arrested five people on suspicion of driving while impaired in just one night, including one person who crashed a vehicle containing children. On t...
Release date: 26/03/2026
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