Police and Fire Service Respond to Incident at Margate Flats
A block of flats in Sweyn Road, Cliftonville, Margate, has been the centre of attention as police and fire service personnel respond to an incident involving threats made by an individual within the property. [block_2] The area has been cordoned off, and the presence of three police cars and two fire engines has been observed […]
A man has been arrested following reports of a moped being ridden in an anti-social manner on Herne Bay seafront
Kent Police was notified that the person riding the vehicle had also knocked a mobile phone from the hands of a witness who was trying to film him. [block_2] The incident happened in Central Parade at around 11am on Saturday 8 July 2023.
Witnesses are sought after a man was robbed in Dartford
The victim was walking in Highfield Road South at around 1pm on Tuesday 6 June 2023 when two people are reported to have run towards him. [block_2] They are alleged to have punched the victim in his face and also used a knife to threaten him before they went through his pockets and stole cash. […]
Kent Police is appealing for the public’s help in trying to locate a man missing from Sheerness
James Jones, 28, was last seen in the town on 12 June 2023. [block_2] Officers have been carrying out a number of enquiries to locate Mr Jones but there have been no known sightings since he was reported missing.
A CCTV image of a man has been released which shows him in the days before he was found deceased in Gillingham
The body of John Convey, 53, from Gillingham, was found just before 11.30pm on Thursday 13 July 2023 on a grass verge in Lower Twydall Lane. [block_2] Officers from Kent Police’s Major Crime Unit are investigating Mr Convey’s death which is currently being treated as suspicious. His cause of death remains unknown at this time.
The campaign to tackle anti-social behaviour and nuisance vehicles has continued with the seizure of two cars in the Tunbridge Wells area
On Thursday 13 July 2023, officers from the town’s Neighbourhood Task Force were responding to reports of criminal damage using catapults in Cranbrook, when a Ford Focus and Honda CRV were seen to avoid patrols in Frythe Way. The vehicles were later located having been left unattended nearby, and were seized as they were uninsured. […]
Larkfield residents are reminded to be alert for suspicious activity at cash machines
Kent Police has received a report that thieves tampered with an ATM in London Road, on Saturday 8 July 2023. [block_2] At around 10am, a customer used the machine situated outside a bank, but no money was dispensed. It is thought a suspect then returned to the scene once the victim had left and removed a hidden device […]
A man who strangled and buried his partner while on holiday in Peru has been found guilty of her murder
Jorge Garay killed 37-year-old Karla Godoy before he wrapped her body in a tarpaulin and dumped her in a makeshift grave inside land owned by his family in Lima, Peru. [block_2] On Monday 17 July 2023, Garay, 46, of Hythe Street, Dartford, was found guilty of murder. It took the jury at Maidstone Crown Court […]
Officers investigating an unexplained death in Medway are appealing for witnesses
Kent Police was called just before 11.30pm on Thursday 13 July 2023, to a man found deceased in Lower Twydall Lane, Gillingham. His body was discovered on a grass verge, north of the railway line. [block_2] He has since been identified as a local man in his 50s and his next of kin has been […]
Fire Breaks Out at Derelict Flat in Dover, Believed to Be Arson
A fire erupted at a derelict flat situated above a commercial establishment on Biggin Street in Dover, prompting a swift response from the Kent Fire and Rescue Service. The incident, which occurred on Friday evening, required the deployment of five fire engines and collaboration with the Kent Police. [block_2] At approximately 8.20pm on July 14, […]
A cocaine supplier has been jailed for nine years following the cracking of a heavily-encrypted messaging service for criminals
Lee Prescott arranged to purchase kilogram blocks of the class A drug using the illegal EncroChat mobile phone platform, unaware the software had been cracked by international law enforcement agencies. [block_2] Kent Police was provided with messages showing that between April and the end of May 2020, Prescott had agreed to buy 6kg of cocaine […]
CCTV images have been issued as part of an investigation into alleged upskirting offences in a Maidstone supermarket
It is believed the man pictured may have important information, following a report of suspicious behaviour at an Aldi store in Langley Park. [block_2] Kent Police was called to the shop on Saturday 10 June 2023. It is alleged that at around 1.10pm a man had been seen inappropriately using a mobile phone and was […]
Officers in Maidstone have arrested a man following a series of alleged knife offences in one evening
Kent Police was called to several incidents on Wednesday 12 July 2023, which started at around 9.40pm when a man was reported to have stolen alcohol from a Morrisons supermarket off Sutton Road and threatened a security guard with a knife. [block_2] Over the next hour, police were called to further incidents nearby where a […]
Officers are appealing for witnesses after two men were assaulted in Tunbridge Wells
Kent Police was called to the High Street at around 3am on Sunday 9 July 2023, following a disturbance close to the train station. [block_2] It is alleged a man was punched to the ground, where he was assaulted again. It is reported the suspect then assaulted a second man in a similar location. He […]
CCTV images have been released by officers after a OAP is assaulted in Sittingbourne
The victim was with a woman when two people are reported to have made derogatory remarks about her. [block_2] He spoke to the suspects before they assaulted him by punching him in the face multiple times. The 71-year-old man then fell to the floor and the offenders fled the scene.
CCTV images of two men have been released by officers investigating an assault in #Canterbury
At around 9.45pm on Friday 16 June 2023, a man was assaulted in Tenterden Drive and required hospital treatment for his injuries. [block_2] An investigation into the incident is ongoing and officers have released CCTV images of two people who may be able to assist the investigation.
Two suspects have been charged with a series of mobile phone robberies around Kent
The two 17-year-olds, who cannot be named for legal reasons, were charged after an investigation by the Kent Crime Squad. [block_2] Both are charged with three counts of robbery; one in Gravesend on 6 July, one in Rochester on the same day, and one in Aylesham on 9 July.
Multiple Vehicle Crash on A21 near Lamberhurst Leads to Rescue Operation
A serious road crash involving five vehicles occurred on the coastbound carriageway of the A21 near Lamberhurst on Tuesday, July 11. Emergency services, including fire engines, HEMS (Doctors/paramedics), Kent Police, National Highways traffic officers, and South East Coast Ambulance Service (SECAmb), swiftly responded to the scene. [block_2] Firefighters worked diligently to free one person who […]
