Crime
ESSEX Police is still keen to hear from anyone with information after a collision between a cyclist and a car in October. An Essex Police spokesperson said: “We were called by the ambulance service with reports of a collision in Howard Way in Harlow at…
POLICE officers have spoken to more than 100 taxi drivers as part of work to protect children from criminal exploitation. On Saturday (13 January), 106 taxis, Ubers, and private hire vehicles were stopped at Stansted Airport and provided information from the Children’s Society. The information…
THE Society of Editors has welcomed the planned expansion of a Family Courts pilot which will allow wider media reporting of the work of the Family Courts reports Clare Meadows. On Monday 29 January 2024, the Transparency Implementation Group Reporting Pilot (TIG), which for the…
A NUMBER of armed officers were seen at the new Edinburgh Gate developments near Harlow Railway Station this afternoon. An Essex Police spokesperson said: “Officers attended an address in Edinburgh Gate, Harlow this morning (Thursday 18 January) in connection with an investigation into an assault.…
RESEARCH is being carried out in Essex to better understand hate crime in the county with an online survey.The research is being led by the Strategic Hate Crime Partnership (SCHPP) and findings will set the focus and direction for the group going forward. The Strategic Hate…
A HARLOW teenager has been charged with assault and a number of a series of racially aggravated offences. The sixteen-year-old girl, who cannot be named for legal reasons, has been charged with the following. On May 24th, 2023 at Harlow assaulted a female by beating…
OVER the Christmas and New Year period, 143 volunteer officers offered their valuable time to help try and keep our communities safe. Between Friday 22 December 2023 and Tuesday 2 January, the officers completed 299 tours of duty. The number of hours voluntarily worked by…
THE majority of e-scooter accidents that involve someone needing hospital treatment are not being recorded in official road accident figures, a new study reveals, sparking fears that their dangers have been underplayed reports The Guardian. The analysis found that just 9% of injuries involving e-scooters…
THANKS to an investigation by Harlow CID, a man who admitted a 2021 burglary has been sentenced to 27 months imprisonment. Dragos Munteanu, 26, of No Fixed Abode, appeared at Chelmsford Crown Court on Tuesday 9 January where he was sentenced to 27 months imprisonment…
OVER the next few weeks, we plan to run a number of items on the subject of knife crime. This is a general discussion on a public affair and won’t be referring to any specific active cases. This has been triggered for a number of…
A MAN has been banned from entering a Harlow garage and shop for a year and given a two-year community order after a court heard he stole from it 18 times in four months. Ryan Kinggett, 21, of Woodville, Sticklepath, Devon, was identified by town…
SPECIALIST drugs officers have secured one of the first convictions for supplying nitrous oxide after a landmark change in the law to help police forces crack down on anti-social behaviour. Officers on patrol stopped a vehicle in Southernhay, Basildon, on Friday 1 December after it…
LESSONS need to be learnt after warnings a 59-year-old was intending to end their life were missed, the coroner for Essex has said reports the Local Democracy Reporter. Amanda Hitch died near railway tracks at Harlow Mill on February 12, 2022, in Harlow while in…
AS part of their Christmas drink drive campaign, Roads Policing officers arrested 296 drivers in an effort to keep roads in Essex safe. Each year the Roads Policing Unit dedicate the month of December to policing activities to focus on an important issue – drink…
A HEARTBROKEN mother is making an appeal for the return of a pendant with the ashes of her late daughter, which was stolen in a burglary last week. The pendant (see above) has the inscription “Forever Daughter” and is dedicated to Ursula Pelka, who died…
A MAN has been charged in relation to an incident which led to a number of emergency service vehicles converging on the Milwards area of Harlow. An Essex Police spokesperson said: “Dylan Russell, 27 of Quarry Spring, Harlow has since been charged with assault of…
