A 30-year-old man was tracked by a dog unit, with Police Dog Conan detaining the suspect after a brief search of a nearby wooded area. He was arrested on...
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Mark Parker, aged 24, from Cherry Close, Salisbury pleaded guilty at Salisbury Magistrates Court yesterday to assaulting an emergency work and possessing a...
An Earlstoke prisoner, who was found guilty of assaulting a fellow inmate, has been sentenced. On Tuesday (23/02) at Winchester Crown Court, Dean Turner, aged...
On Thursday 28 January at approximately 2pm, PC Millis Miller and PC Storm Brand stopped a man whilst they were out on foot patrol in the town. The man...
Howard Jones, 59, of Stratton Road, appeared at Swindon Crown Court for sentencing. He was jailed for a total of 12 years and six months. Jones had pleaded...
Graham Mundy, 52, of Old Blandford Road, Salisbury, and Joanna Beames, 34, of the same address, have each been jailed for 26 months after pleading guilty to...
Returning for its 12th year on Saturday 7 August, the parade and community event has been held every year in Swindon Old Town and Town Gardens, apart from last...
The first happened in the underground section of the car park near Asda at around 6.30pm on Sunday (21/02) when a group of around 15 to 20 teenagers were...
Tonight Boris Johnson will give the nation an update on his plan for slowly lifting restrictions over the next few months – but is expected to reiterate the...
Between 6pm and 8.30pm yesterday (21/02) we were made aware of a group of people who were throwing eggs and stones at cars. On two occasions, when the driver...
The charity were called at around 2:30pm on Monday (15th February), after a member of the public found the dog on Edington Road in Steeple Ashton. The tan...
A Swindon man has been disqualifed for three years and fined after being stopped for drug driving. Craig Deyager, 35, of Affleck Close, Toothill, Swindon...
Police are reminding drivers in Wiltshire of the dangers of driving a vehicle under the influence of drink or drugs following 43 arrests for these offences...
At approximately 3.45pm on 9 February, we received reports of suspicious activity on farmland in the Ogbourne St Andrew area. Officers arrived and...
Kyle Rigley, aged 28, originally from Swindon, pleaded guilty to Conspiracy to supply Class A drugs at a hearing at Swindon Crown Court in May 2019. He was...
Bethany, who was 18, was born at the RUH in Bath, and grew up in Westbury. She attended Westbury Infants, and then Westbury Leigh School, followed by Kingdown...
Concern is growing for her welfare after her family reported that they had not heard from her for a number of days and that her flat was empty when...
For the second week in a row, we issued more than 50 fines to people who were failing to follow the Government’s lockdown rules. The latest figures show that...
At around 6.20pm on Friday (05/02) officers attempted to pull over a grey Mercedes C250 vehicle in Dowse Road, but it failed to stop for police. A pursuit was...
Ibrahim Chafik (also known as Ibby) of Cheviot Close, Trowbridge was charged with possession with intent to supply crack cocaine, possession of criminal...
This morning (07/02) at approximately 10.20am we were called to assist Dorset & Wiltshire Fire and Rescue Service. The fire started in a first floor flat;...
A teenager has tragically died in a collision in Westbury late last night (05/02). At approximately 11.40pm a silver Ford Fiesta was travelling along The Mead...
Natalie Burwood, aged 36, from Talavera Way, Tidworth pleaded guilty to drink driving at Salisbury Magistrates Court . On the evening of Saturday 17 October...
At approximately 3.30pm on Sunday 24 January, a man in his 50s – out walking with his family – was verbally and physically assaulted by another man...
On 16 June 2020, firearms officers were deployed to an incident in Ridge Green following a report that a lorry had been stolen at gunpoint. They intercepted...
James Cherry, aged 28, from no fixed address in Swindon was found guilty of causing Grievous Bodily Harm at Swindon Crown Court in October 2020 and was...
On Friday (29/01) night at about 9pm, two men threatened a food delivery driver, threatening him with a knife and stealing his black and blue Yamaha 125...
Artur Furmaniak, 46, of Padfield Gardens, Melksham, was given a four-and-a-half- year prison sentence after pleading guilty to being concerned in the...
Officers seized ten weapons, £2,800 in cash, £3,000 worth of cannabis, and £500 worth of cocaine. Their work included the following: • Officers attended an...
A man has been detained following an incident involving a knife in Royal Wootton Bassett. We were called to Borough Fields yesterday morning (17/01) at around...
The 34-year-old from Luton, who had already received a warning, was stopped on Estcourt Street in Devizes on Thursday evening (14/01). The distance travelled...
The operation, which combined intelligence-led enforcement with raising awareness of the dangers of driving while intoxicated, ran throughout December. In...
The four defendants stripped tonnes of lead from a mixture of Grade 1 and Grade 2 churches between May 2018 and March 2020 – costing 36 churches a...
Officers were called out to a relatively low number of incidents throughout the night, with the vast majority of calls relating to people reporting potential...
Ashley Hunt, aged 31, and Nicholas Bullock, also aged 31, pleaded guilty to conspiracy to supply Class A drugs and possession of criminal property at a...
Josef Gordon, aged 29, from Portland Avenue, Old Town, was stopped driving his Vauxhall Astra on Cricklade Road on 6th August 2019. He was given a drug wipe...
Over the past seven days Wiltshire Police has seen strong compliance with the current Tier 2 restrictions in Swindon and Wiltshire. The official figures, as...
Shortly after 5.30pm we responded to a report of an attempted robbery of a teenage boy close to Redhouse Park, North Swindon. Officers stopped four boys on...
This action was as a direct result of concerns raised by the local community of anti-social behaviour and suspected drug dealing at the address. A...
Piers Le Cheminant, 75, retired, of Spitchurch Manor Road, Poundgate, Newton Abbot, Devon, has been served with summons to appear at Worthing...
Following a hearing on Wednesday, December 2, Gareth Fanning, 35, of Frobisher Drive, Walcot, has been issued with a criminal behaviour order which also...
Amanda Elliott, aged 49, from West Street, Warminster, worked at Wiltshire Council in its Court of Protection Team supporting vulnerable adults by...
The Crown Inn, Broad Hinton, was targeted twice in two days on the 19th and 20th November – where a large quantity of unused cooking oil was stolen from...
On Saturday morning (5/12) It is thought that the crime took place between 8.50am and 9.40am, with the thieves entering through a smashed window. Various...
The transformational A303 Stonehenge (Amesbury to Berwick Down) scheme was last month given the green light by the Secretary of State for Transport, and as...
James Parker, 38, originally of Queens Square, Chippenham, had pleaded guilty at an earlier court hearing to charges of arson: being reckless as to...
Responding to community reports of a strong smell of cannabis, officers from our Warminster Neighbourhood Policing Team carried out a Misuse of Drugs warrant...
Following a hearing on Monday, November 23, June Martin, has been issued with a court injunction which also stops her from allowing drug use at her address in...