Crime
POLICE in Harlow have been granted two closure orders on properties in the town being used for criminal activity. Officers applied successfully for the orders at Chelmsford Magistrates Court on Monday, December 1, where outright possession of the properties in Morley Grove and Amherst Lodge…
TWO men have been charged in connection with burglaries in Harlow. Kirahn Blake and Tshegofatso Meso were both arrested when police were called to the Brockles Mead area on Friday November 28. They were both charged with three burglaries, all at Brockles Mead, on November…
POLICE hunting a man wanted for questioning in connection with an assault in Harlow have arrested a man. The incident is thought to have happened near the bridge close to the Sainsbury’s store off Fifth Avenue. The victim remains in hospital after undergoing surgery. An…
POLICE are appealing for witnesses to a theft at Fine Wines and Spirits, High Street, Old Harlow. The incident happened at around 9pm on Friday November 21. Two men took six bottles of wine and champagne from the store and made no attempt to pay.…
With Christmas a month away, Essex County Council, Essex Police and the Police and Crime Commissioner for Essex are urging victims not to carry on suffering and instead act now and seek help. The campaign is also supported by public services across the county through…
A MAN has been charged with two firearms offences following an incident at Harlow. Police were called to Staple Tye shopping centre shortly before 6.50pm on Tuesday November 11 following reports that a man had produced a firearm while arguing with another man. Following subsequent…
The incident happened at 3.30am on Saturday October 4. The victim was walking from the town centre with two women when he was approached by another man who is thought to have followed them after an earlier argument. The victim, a 29-year-old man, was then…
POLICE are appealing for information after a teenage boy was robbed in Harlow. A 17-year-old boy from the town was walking along Tripton Road, Harlow, at about 9.15pm on November 1, when he was approached by two men who demanded his mobile phone and threatened…
POLICE are appealing for help in tracing a man they want to speak to in connection with damage caused to the window of the Phoenix Resource Centre in East Gate, Harlow. The front window to the shop front was kicked at about 2.39am on October…
POLICE are appealing for witnesses to a series of incidents that took place during Wednesday evening, October 29. Three incidents happened between 7.15pm and 8.40pm across Broxbourne and Harlow which detectives are linking. Three men with covered faces entered the staff area of The Moorhen…
POLICE are releasing a CCTV image of a man they want to speak to in connection with the theft of money from The Range in Harlow on September 27. A cashier was distracted just before 11.15am and a three-figure sum of cash was stolen from…
HARLOW’S former district commander has been charged with two counts of making indecent images of children. Ben Hodder, 34, was arrested on suspicion of a sex offence on May 8 this year and has subsequently been suspended by Essex Police. He has been released on…
A WOMAN who torched her council home just a fortnight after moving in because she ‘didn’t like her new neighbours’ comparing her new estate to TV show Shameless has been jailed. Leesa Wenman moved into her new home in Harlow, Essex, at the end of…
POLICE are hoping to reunite a bike with its owner. During the early hours of September 25, police arrested an 18-year-old man on suspicion of theft after attempts were made to steal a bike in the Water Gardens car park in Harlow. Police have recovered…
A 26-year-old Harlow man has been charged after a car was left overturned in a ditch following a collision with his van Emergency services attended at the scene in Hollyfield Road, Waltham Abbey at 7.30pm on Saturday. Two women in a Fiat Panda were trapped…
A MAN issued as wanted by Essex Police has been arrested. Ricky Brinkley, 22, from Harlow, was arrested in Little Dunmow, last night, Thursday, October 2, on suspicion of burglary in Great Dunmow on September 3.
