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
A 37-year-old man who stole charity tins from a bowling alley has received a nine-month prison sentence, suspended for two years, and is to follow strict curfew conditions as ordered by the court. James Mankee, also known as James Wilson, of Timber Close,...
Release date: 14/01/2026
A former funeral director in Cornwall has been sentenced to 15 months in prison, suspended for two years after pleading guilty to preventing the lawful and decent burial of a dead body. He will also have to carry out community work and undergo mental heal...
Release date: 13/01/2026
A student who stalked two members of staff at the college he attended and catalogued over a thousand covert images of students and staff has been sentenced. Ethan Fenwick also produced deep fake sexual images, and AI chat versions of his victims for him t...
Release date: 13/01/2026
Neighbourhood Police Teams in Torbay have been taking steps to keep everyone safe during their nights out and now they want to hear your views. As part of Operation Funnel officers have been working to target male based predatory behaviour around the even...
Release date: 13/01/2026
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