Crime
POLICE Officers were checking train users in Harlow for weapons yesterday as part of a week of action to tackle knife crime as part of Operation Sceptre. Officers from the Harlow Community Police Team were at Harlow Railway Station yesterday evening (Monday 16 September) along…
THREE men from Harlow have been summonsed to appear at court to answer a charge of causing grievous bodily harm with intent. It follows reports of an assault in Old Harlow, between Market Street and the Seeleys, on 30 June 2018. The three men attending…
A DISQUALIFIED driver who provided false details when he was stopped by police on the M11 has been given a further ban from driving. A silver Vauxhall Astra being driven by Sadik Miah was stopped by officers on the motorway near to the junction for…
VICTIMS and the wider public will be able to challenge the prison sentences handed to sex offenders if they believe them to be “unduly lenient” under new Government reforms. Ministers have unveiled plans to add 14 more offences to the Unduly Lenient Sentence (ULS) scheme…
Report by the Harlow Community Police Team A BUSY summer period for the Community Policing Team with a number of significant incidents dealt with, The Town Centre Team have now been up and running for a couple of months and are starting to have an…
A HARLOW man has pleaded guilty to attempting to meet a child on social networking site Grindr. Kyle Elston-Hooper, aged 31, of Arkwrights pleaded guilty at Chelmsford magistrates court to the following. On 03/10/2017 at Harlow you attempted to intentionally meet a child, known as…
A MAN has been jailed for a series of shoplifting offences across Harlow. John Jones, aged 50, of No Fixed Abode, Harlow pleaded guilty to the following. On 05/07/2019 at Harlow stole food items and washing up liquid , to the value of approximately £200…
Dear Editor, CAN you contact Harlow police and find out what they are doing to tackle the problems with the kids around the Adams House area in the Town Centre? We are shop owners in the area and are sick to death of the weed…
A GIRL is due in court today, Friday 13 September, following reports of a disturbance in Parnall Road, Harlow. The 15-year-old, who cannot be named for legal reasons, has been charged with using threatening behaviour and is due to appear at Colchester Magistrates’ Court. A…
ESSEX Police have charged a boy following reports of a video being circulated showing a cat being thrown by its tail over a garden fence in Harlow. The 15-year-old from Harlow has been charged with causing unnecessary suffering to an animal and he has been…
A MAN has been charged with stealing printer cartridges from Sainsbury’s on Fifth Avenue in Harlow. Anthony Olive, aged 27, of Cozens Lane West, Broxbourne, Hertfordshire was charged with the following. On 05/07/2019 at Harlow stole eighteen printer cartridges and two metallic cool bags, to…
A HARLOW man has been charged with committing a serious assault on a woman and theft of her mobile phone. Mitchell Devonshire, aged 27, of Manor Hatch Close, Harlow has been charged with the following. On 14/07/2019 at Harlow stole mobile phone, of a value…
POLICE officers and staff hosted a well-being event for women in Harlow today (Tuesday) with a number of partner agencies attending to offer women support and information about services available to them, information about protecting themselves and how to report crime. A spokesperson said: “Our…
A HARLOW MAN has been arrested on suspicion of child grooming offences after being confronted by paedophile hunters outside Basildon train station. The group, who call themselves “Dope Live” met the man, believed to be from the Milwards area of Harlow, after he travelled to…
Sexual grooming crimes in East of England up by more than forty per-cent with record numbers of children targeted on Instagram More than 7,500 crimes in England and Wales recorded in just two years of new offence coming into force Police figures show instances of…
Do you recognise this man? ESSEX Police would like to talk to him after they received reports of a man acting suspiciously in Woodwards, Harlow, on Thursday 25 July. Woodwards runs off Pyenest Road close to Abercrombie Way. They received information that he was seen…
