Two men have been jailed following the stabbing of a member of the public who tried to intervene after a petrol station shoplifting and assault. The incident took place at Asda Express in Launceston on 2 July 2024. Casey Foster, 22, of St Catherine’s Hill...
Release date: 26/02/2026
A man has been arrested after officers seized suspected class A, B and C drugs at a property in Bodmin as part of their ongoing work to tackle crime in the town. The Section 23 Misuse of Drugs Act warrant carried out on Tuesday 24 February uncovered a sig...
Release date: 26/02/2026
A man from Plymouth has been charged with six offences following a series of warrants carried out yesterday (25 February) by the South West Regional Organised Crime Unit (SWROCU), supported by Devon and Cornwall Police. ...
Release date: 26/02/2026
A man from Plymouth has been charged with six offences following a series of warrants carried out yesterday (25 February) by the South West Regional Organised Crime Unit (SWROCU), supported by Devon and Cornwall Police. ...
Release date: 26/02/2026
A convicted child sex offender has been sentenced to 11 years in prison for the rape and sexual abuse of two young children. Steven Stanley Dunn, aged 49 and previously of Southway in Plymouth, previously pleaded guilty to six non-recent child sex offence...
Release date: 26/02/2026
Police forces from across the region descended on Dorset for a day of action tackling rural crime. Officers from Devon & Cornwall, Avon and Somerset, Gloucestershire and Wiltshire joined their counterparts from the Dorset Police Rural Crime team to pr...
Release date: 26/02/2026
A retired Plymouth criminal defence solicitor who sexually assaulted clients at court and in a police station has been jailed for 13 years. Alan Harris, 72, exploited his professional access as an opportunity to abuse vulnerable young people with complex ...
Release date: 25/02/2026
We are appealing for the public’s assistance to identify the male pictured in relation to a report of criminal damage in Plymouth. Officers were called to an incident in Chestnut Avenue shortly before 6pm on 31 January. It was reported a man was assaulted...
Release date: 25/02/2026
Constant shouting, frequent visitors at all hours of day and the smell of rotting food; these are just some of the things some residents in Camborne were subject to from rowdy neighbours, leaving many feeling anxious and trapped. It will now be illegal fo...
Release date: 25/02/2026
A fly-tipping event was held in Dartmouth earlier this month, organised by Devon & Cornwall Police’s Rural Affairs team and supported by South Hams District Council and Clean Devon in a bid to educate the local community about responsible waste dispos...
Release date: 25/02/2026
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