ESSEX Police are investigating a report of an armed robbery at Natwest Bank, High Street, Epping Forest. Suspect, unknown, has entered the bank shortly before 2.30pm yesterday, Thursday, November 23. He has placed a black holdall on the counter inside the bank and produced a…

Update: Paul Arrowsmith who was missing from Harlow has now been found. HAVE you seen Paul Arrowsmith, 31, missing from Harlow? Paul, 31, was reported missing from Harlow shortly before 1pm today, Thursday, November 23. He was last seen wearing a dark blue hooded top,…

CARTERS Mead residents were not prepared to wait hours for the police to attend when they were besieged by teenage yobs. It is alleged that a number of youths started to smash the lights out of new LED lampposts that had just been installed by…

Update: Man has been arrested ESSEX Police are appealing for information to find a man from Harlow we want to speak to in connection with a rape in Southend. Anthony Almond, 33, is described as white, 5ft 11ins tall, of a slim build with short…

Number of non-recent sexual abuse offences recorded nationally by police each year has almost doubled since 2013/14 · Essex Police record 546 non-recent sex offences against children in one year · NSPCC urges survivors of child sexual abuse to break the silence and speak out…

A DISPERSAL order has been put in place in Harlow to tackle anti-social behaviour and alcohol and drug abuse. The order has been set up to run for two nights over the weekend covering Friday and Saturday night, from 10pm until 6am. It will give…

ESSEX Police are releasing CCTV an image a car we are trying to trace following a serious assault near Magdalen Laver earlier this month. It follows an incident involving a cyclist and a white car, believed to have been a Volkswagen Scirrocco, at around 12.40pm…

Special Constable seizes car from woman for driving without a valid licence Sc Adelisa Poric, Pc Danny Wheeler and Pc Mitchell Baker were on duty in Harlow when they seized a car from the road following information provided by a member of the public. During…

ESSEX Police are appealing for witnesses following a rogue trader incident off Paringdon Road, Harlow on Wednesday, November 1. A man has knocked on the door of a woman’s house claiming to be from a drainage company and stated there is a problem with her…

TWO men have been jailed for more than nine years, after being caught drug dealing by our West Operation Raptor team. Myles Williams, 30, of Mandeville Street, East London, was sentenced to five years in prison, while Orlando Abraham, 31, of Hertford Road, North London,…

A Harlow man has been sentenced following an incident in Waltham Abbey. Paul Crick, 43, of Hookfield, Harlow was seen to walk across the forecourt of a Tesco petrol station in Sewardstone Road at around 5.40pm on Saturday, April 22. He then placed a bottle…

A HARLOW man has pled not guilty to a number of charges in relation to benefit fraud and other charges. Mahfoud Boukhalfa, aged 54, of Joseph Rank House, Kitson Way, Harlow has been charged with the following. On 17/12/2011 at Harlow with a view to…

A HARLOW man has pled not guilty to a number of charges in relation to dangerous dogs. Kirk Barnard, aged 46, of The Briars, Harlow has been charged with the following. 1. On 20/03/2017 at Harlow, were the owner of a dog, namely Rocky, pit…

ESSEX Police are launching a two-week firearms surrender to make Essex safer and prevent guns from falling into the wrong hands. It will run from Monday, November 13 until on Sunday, November 26. During the surrender we are encouraging you to hand in unwanted or…