A FORMER Metropolitan Police officer who lives in Harlow has been jailed for 16 months for stealing cash from a man who collapsed and died in the street. PC Craig Carter, aged 51, stole about £115 from Italian filmmaker and actor Claudio Gaetani between 7…

£1.5m funding for community safety projects across the county has today been announced by the Police, Fire and Crime Commissioner for Essex. Details of the latest tranche of funding, totalling £1,574,342, from the PFCC’s Local Safer Streets Fund have now been announced. The money has…

OFFICERS will be proactively engaging with residents in high harm hotspots across the county in the next 12 days to encourage them to surrender any potentially illegal knives. On the first morning of deployments in Southend, more than 20 knives were voluntarily handed over to…

POLICING is a demanding job and officers make thousands of decisions every day as they strive to protect the public, prevent crime and bring criminals to justice. An Essex Police spokesperson said “Whenever people need help or a crime has been committed, our officers enter…

A PAEDOPHILE who sexually abused two young girls was convicted thanks in part to innovative software which recovered incriminating videos he had attempted to delete from his phone.  This software was purchased and funded in part by illicit profits recovered from criminals by the police.…

Update: Daniel Joyce has been found CAN you help find 25-year-old Daniel Joyce? He’s gone missing in Harlow and the police need to make sure he’s safe as soon as possible. Daniel was last seen in the area of Halling Hill at about 4pm on…

A HARLOW man has been found guilty of threatening to stab a person with a syringe and a number of other offences. Darren Bond, aged 53, of Great Plumtree, Harlow was found guilty of the following at Chelmsford magistrates court. On April 5th, 2023 in…

A HARLOW resident has pled guilty to a number of road traffic offences in relation to driving an e-scooter. Emmanuel Obeng, aged 25, of Greenhills, Harlow pled to the following at Chelmsford magistrates court. On January 23rd, 2024, on Howard Way, drove an electric e-scooter…

INCIDENTS of anti-social behaviour (ASB) have dropped by 13% across the county in the past 12 months – the third consecutive yearly decrease in offending claims Essex Police. There were 2,312 fewer offences reported in the year to the end of July as every district…

THREE people have been arrested following the use of the forces Live Facial Recognition (LFR) cameras in Harlow this weekend. One suspect was arrested on suspicion of harassment, and had been wanted by police since May. Another was wanted on suspicion of causing actual bodily…

CHIEF Constable Ben-Julian Harrington welcomed 52 new officers into Essex Police at a passing out parade at HQ in Chelmsford. The officers of class intake 1/24 made their pledges in front of their families, friends and invited guests including Police, Fire and Crime Commissioner Roger…

ESSEX Police has launched an investigation after a couple were assaulted in a graveyard in Harlow. An Essex Police spokeperson said: “We were called to reports of an assault in Waterhouse Moor, Harlow, close to St Andrew’s Church, at about 8.35pm on Sunday 1 September.…

Mr Sukh Chamdal has been ordered to pay a £300,000 fine after pleading guilty to felling 132 trees at the Debden Hall Estate in 2021. In passing sentence, the judge, Mr Recorder Clegg KC, noted that this case represented the most significant of its nature…

Update: Daniel has been found CAN you help find 23-year-old Daniel Swinerd? He’s gone missing from Harlow and the police need to make sure he’s safe as soon as possible. Daniel was last seen in the area of Spinning Wheel Mead at about 11am on…