ESSEX Police is appealing for the public’s help to find Sadie Jane Harvey-Wells, 34, who is missing from Harlow. Sadie is described as white, 5ft 7ins tall, with dark brown hair. She has links to the Harlow area and could have travelled to the Edmonton…

POLICE investigating the theft of jewellery from a home in Sawbridgeworth have released CCTV footage of a man they want to identify. The burglary happened at a property in Honeymeade, off the main A1184 Harlow Road near the Redricks Lane junction, at around 3pm on…

WOULD you report a drink driver this Christmas? That’s the question Essex Police are posing ahead of a national crackdown on drink driving as part of a month-long road safety campaign called ‘Drink Driving. Together We Can Stop It’. Starting on Friday 1 December, we’re…

ESSEX Police are continuing to look for Danny Wallace, who they want to speak to in connection with multiple theft investigations. An original appeal was put out in September. He is described as 5ft 5ins tall, slim, with blue eyes, cropped light-brown hair, and has…

EIGHT men and one boy have been sentenced for their roles in running drug lines across west Essex. The group were responsible for running lines across Epping, Loughton, Debden, Waltham Abbey, and Chingford in London. As part of this activity, they used violence, exploited vulnerable…

ESSEX Police has teamed up with pubs and bars, across the county, to launch a new arm of our perpetrator focussed #Reflect campaign around the issue of consent. This new phase of the campaign, funded by Southend and Thurrock Domestic Abuse Partnership (SETDAB), and asks…

POLICE are appealing for witnesses and anyone with dashcam footage to come forward after a collision in Nazeing.  The single-vehicle collision took place at around 7.23pm, on Friday 24 November, in St Leonards Road, at the junction with the B194 Waltham Road.  A Volkswagen Golf…

A POLICE Constable has been dismissed without notice for breaching the standards of professional behaviour.  PC A, who cannot be named at this stage had allegedly breached the Standards of Professional Behaviour relating to Honestly and Integrity and Discreditable Conduct.  This was found to be…

SPECIALIST detectives who work to tackle domestic abuse have secured a rare court order as they continue to target serial domestic offenders. An interim Violent Offender Order (VOO) was handed down by a District Judge at Chelmsford Magistrates’ Court yesterday, Friday 24 November. VOOs are…

A REPEAT shoplifter will have his location tracked after being caught using facial recognition.Essex Police officers linked Anthonys Reid to two shoplifting incidents at a premises in Spa Road, Hockley. The 54-year-old, of Dalston Lane, London, was responsible for stealing £160 worth of goods.Ch Insp…

ESSEX Police have issued a statement regarding an incident involving a number of youths in the Bush Fair area of Harlow. YH is aware of reports of alleged incidents on Monday and Wednesday in or near to the Bush Fair shopping area. An Essex Police…

CHIEF Constable Ben-Julian Harrington welcomed 41 new police officers into the Essex Police family at today’s passing out parade.  The new officers made their policing pledged at Essex Police Headquarters today, Friday 24 November, and will carry on the hard work of the force trying to…

SUPPORT aimed at helping prisoners recovering from drug addiction is not properly embedded in practice a coroner has ruled following the drug-related death of a Chelmsford prisoner from Harlow. John-Paul Pace, 41, had been withdrawn from a drug treatment programme against medical advice when he…

EPPING Forest District Council (EFDC) joined forces with Essex Police and the Corporation of London (COL) on a joint waste carriers operation to combat fly-tipping within the district. The joint operation took place on Tuesday 14 November from 9.30am to 4pm across 3 locations: M11…