A prolific shoplifter from Exeter has been jailed after admitting to 53 offences. Stevie Lee Palmer, aged 32, of no fixed abode in Exeter, received a 52-week prison sentence at Exeter Magistrates’ Court on Thursday 7 August after pleading guilty to 15 cou...
Release date: 20/08/2025
Police have seized a number of illegal e-bikes in Plymouth in a bid to keep the roads safer and address public concerns. Officers from the Plymouth Neighbourhood Support Team working with the Roads Policing Unit, the Police Drone team, Child Centred Polic...
Release date: 20/08/2025
We are appealing for the public’s assistance identifying this man following a sexual assault in Torquay. A male suspect approached a woman in a nightclub in the early hours of Saturday 19 July and attempted to dance with her. A short while later he again ...
Release date: 20/08/2025
We are investigating a road traffic collision near Redruth on Saturday 16 August and are appealing for any witnesses to come forward. Officers from the Roads Policing Team are examining the circumstances around a collision at a crossroads on the B3298 at ...
Release date: 19/08/2025
We are appealing to the public for assistance identifying this man in relation to a commercial burglary in Newquay. At around 00.30am on Wednesday 30 October 2024 two suspects forced entry into a business on Fore Street. Once inside they stole a substanti...
Release date: 19/08/2025
Devon & Cornwall Police has secured a further £180,000 from influencer Andrew Tate in civil court over a deposit he had placed on an Aston Martin supercar. The Force successfully obtained Account Freezing and Forfeiture Orders at Westminster Magistrat...
Release date: 15/08/2025
We are appealing for witnesses and information following a serious road traffic collision on the A3121 near Ugborough. Officers were called at around 1.40pm on Thursday 14 August 2025 to reports of the two-vehicle collision involving a red Toyota C-HR and...
Release date: 15/08/2025
On 14 August two police constables were dismissed without notice from Devon & Cornwall Police after members of the misconduct panel found that their actions amounted to gross misconduct. PC Grant Mackenzie and PC Dean Hunkin faced allegations that on ...
Release date: 14/08/2025
We are currently investigating a report of a horse that sustained serious injuries as a result of an assault. The incident happened overnight on Monday 11 August in the Cheriton Bishop area. PC Lucy Wyatt of the Rural Affairs team and Equine Lead for Devo...
Release date: 14/08/2025
A team of police volunteers won an award at an annual summer event in North Devon last month. Four Police Cadets attended the North Devon Homes summer fayre at Park Community School in Barnstaple on 25 July, supported by Volunteer Cadet leaders, Event Vo...
Release date: 14/08/2025
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