A SENIOR officer with Essex police is facing jail after pleading guilty to making five indecent images of children. Ben Hodder, 34, former district commander for Thurrock who had spent more than 15 years with the force, was arrested on 8 May last year. Hodder…

POLICE are appealing for witnesses after three men were attacked in High Street, Old Harlow, at about 12.30am on Sunday, February 22. One of the victims, a man in his 50s from the Harlow area, suffered a fractured wrist. A man, aged in his 40s…

DETECTIVES are warning residents in the Harlow area to be wary after a sudden surge in phone calls by fraudsters posing as police officers. Police have received five reports in the last two days and in one case the thieves have been successful in stealing…

ESSEX Police has arrested two people on suspicion of drug driving following the introduction of new legislation on Monday March 2. Both suspects were tested with new equipment that has been introduced in Essex to identify the presence of eight possible illegal drugs. A 31-year-old…

THE LABOUR party’s shadow home secretary went on a fact-finding mission of Harlow to see for himself the challenges that face policing in Harlow. From illegal traveller camps to anti-social behaviour in policing, Mr Reed saw for himself the challenges that face Harlow police today.

POLICE would like to identify these people in connection with two incidents which took place at B&Q at The Oaks Retail Park in Harlow. It is alleged they went into the store on two occasions in February with a trolley filled with coal. They then…

POLICE have charged a man following a fire at premises in Spruce Hill in the early hours of Monday, September 15. Tarik Serradji, aged 39 from Canonbury Road in Enfield has been charged with arson with intent to endanger life. He will appear before magistrates…

A MAN has been charged with two counts of robbery, three counts of attempted robbery and one count of possession of a section 5 firearm. Arron Duncan Brian Roberts, aged 19 from Elwood in Harlow has been remanded in custody to appear before magistates in…

ESSEX Police are investigating a stabbing in Harlow Town Centre on Friday night/Saturday morning. Police went to Terminus Street in Harlow at 1.15am today (Sat) following reports of a fight taking place and that a woman had been assaulted. Officers attended and initially arrested a…

POLICE would like to identify this man following three burglaries which took place in Harlow. Three industrial premises in the Latton Bush Centre in Southern Way were broken into just after midnight on Monday, January 26. Workwear worth £270 was taken from Herts Mill Services…

A 20-year-old man from Harlow is in police custody over an allegation of rape. Essex Police were contacted at just after 5.30am on Tuesday morning in relation to a complaint of rape from a 19-year-old woman from Harlow. Part of the West Gate area was…

TWO HARLOW men went on a joyriding trip on golf buggies before hiding from police in a tractor tyre. James Alexander Seaton, 21, and Darrel Swann, 18, both from Harlow, ripped the roof off one of the buggies as they rode around Canons Brook Golf…

ESSEX Police has now helped secure the safety of more than 200 women and men by using new legislation to protect them from the risk of domestic violence. Superintendents in the force have authorised the use of Domestic Violence Protection Notices (DVPN) in 239 cases…

POLICE in Harlow are appealing for information about a robbery on a cycle path near to The Stow. The incident happened on Saturday January 17 at around 5pm when the victim was approached and spoken to by a man. After the victim declined to hand…