Crime
ENFORCEMENT action was taken against a landlord for housing workers in unlicensed houses in multiple occupation (HMO). Mr Jayanti Patel, Director of Martlane Ltd, was fined £60,200 for operating 3 HMOs without a licence. Investigations by Epping Forest District Council (EFDC) found that Mr Patel…
POLICE are investigating a fire at a privately owned building in Harlow which is being treated as arson. Emergency services were called to the derelict Paradise Club building in the early hours of this morning to reports of a fire there. A spokesperson said: “We…
THE portfolio holder for public protection, councillor Joel Charles (Cons) has responded to the decision to close the front counter at Harlow police station:Councillor Charles said: “Police officers have worked hard to provide a more visible presence to respond to anti-social behaviour and crime hotspots…
FOLLOWING a thorough investigation by the Harlow Neighbourhood Policing Team, two individuals have been charged with five counts of causing unnecessary suffering to protected animals and two counts of possessing banned dog breeds. The two charged are: Bobby Hunter, aged 29. of Spring Hills, HarlowGeorgia…
Update at 8am: One crew from Saffron Walden is now at the scene dampening down. A fire investigation will take place today. ============= FIRE CREWS have been battling a blaze at a disused building in the town park. YH understands it is the former Paradise…
HARLOW Council is working with other key partners – the police, schools and community organisations – to reclaim areas of the town that have been blighted by antisocial behaviour. Councillor Joel Charles, the council’s Cabinet Member for Public Protection, marked Antisocial Behaviour Awareness Week in…
A HARLOW woman who stole over £80,000 from her vulnerable victim has been sentenced to more than two years in prison. Officers pieced together a pattern of spending and fraud all connecting to 44-year-old Jenny Taggart’s bank account, undoing three years of lies to…
FOUR police front counters will be scrapped in Essex, and nine staff will be made redundant. In an announcement on Tuesday (July 1), Essex Police said front counters at Braintree, Clacton, Basildon, and Harlow Police Stations will be closed from July 11. The force is…
A HARLOW man has pleaded guilty to a number of racially aggravated offences. Liam Ponsford, aged 36, of Whitewaits, Harlow pled to the following at Chelmsford magistrates court. On March 26th, 2025 in Harlow you did use towards a number of persons, threatening, abusive or…
OFFICERS keeping you safe on the roads in your neighbourhood identified more than 600 speeding offences in just eight days in areas where it’s been identified as a big issue. Between 16 and 23 June, officers from our Road Crime Team carried out speed checks…
AN OLD Harlow man has been charged with stalking. Joel Steadman, aged 35, of Watlington Road, Old Harlow, has been charged with the following. Between December 26th 2024 and February 23rd, 2025, at Harlow, you pursued a course of conduct, namely sent messages, phone calls,…
A WOMAN has been charged with criminal damage after an incident in Harlow. At around 5am on Saturday 28 June, officers were called to Coalport Close, in Church Langley, to reports of a woman causing damage to gardens in the area. Officers attended and made…
Update: 1000 hrs Sunday AN investigation will be carried out into a collision on the A414 near High Ongar. We were called to the incident, involving a car in collision with a tree, at around 12.20am on Sunday 29 June. A man was taken on…
POLICE want to speak to these two men in connection with a theft from a shop in Stansted. Items were taken from the Tesco Express in Cambridge Road on 3 May. If you have any information, CCTV, dash cam or other footage in relation to this…
A MAN who posted supportive messages on social media about proscribed terrorist groups as well as antisemitic posts has been jailed. Zakir Hussain, 30 (09.01.95) of Harlow, was arrested in March last year after officers from the Met’s Counter Terrorism Command linked him to an…
A HASTINGWOOD woman has been disqualified after driving under influence of drugs Jo Firmin, aged 47, of Hastingwood Villas, Hastingwood, Harlow pled guilty at Chelmsford magistrates court to the following. On February 22nd, 2025 at Ongar drove a Ford Focus, on a road, Epping Road,…
