By Belinda Ryan, local democracy reporter
Cheshire’s Police Crime Commissioner says new technology will help police crack down on people who attack emergency workers and bring them to justice.
Commissioner Dan Price was responding to a question about attacks on police after Chief Constable Mark Roberts revealed 10 officers and PCSOs had been assaulted over a 48-hour period one weekend last month.
A Nantwich man has been jailed for trying to strangle and threatening his former partner with a weapon.
Jacob Rose, of no fixed abode in Nantwich, was sentenced to four years in prison at Chester Crown Court.
A prolific sex offender formerly of Audlem who spent almost 30 years “living in paradise” has finally been jailed.
Richard Burrows was sentenced at Chester Crown Court today (April 30) to a total of 46 years in prison and ordered to sign the sex offenders register for life.
A woman suffered a terrifying car-jacking incident as she waited at a junction in Nantwich.
The victim, 53, was driving along Beam Street and stopped at the Barony Road traffic lights when a gang of men approached her vehicle and tried to get in her car.
Two men have been arrested after witnesses spotted “prowlers” and a suspected break-in taking place in Nantwich earlier today.
Cheshire Police say patrol officers from Crewe were sent out to the Highfields area near the Barony in Nantwich.
A 42-year-old man has been jailed for controlling and coercive behaviour towards a former partner from Willaston, Nantwich.
Ben Carr, of Freemen Street, Stafford, was jailed for 30 months after appearing at Chester Crown Court.
Crime in Cheshire has dropped for the third year running, according to latest figures.
Statistics compiled by Cheshire Police suggest crime decreased in the county by nearly 2% (-1.7%) in 2024-25 with 77,791 crimes recorded in the past 12 months, compared to 79,152 in 2023-2024.
Residents in Cheshire lost more than £10 million in investment fraud cases in 2024, shocking figures have shown.
There were 298 reports of such fraud in Cheshire last year, according to data from Action Fraud.
Two men have been jailed after being caught dealing drugs in Nantwich.
Jack Peberdy (on the right), 22, from Vincent Street, Crewe pleaded guilty to conspiracy to supply a class A drug (cocaine) and Brad Plant, 20, from Edward Phipps Way, Haslington pleaded guilty to conspiracy to supply a Class A drug (cocaine).
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The RSPCA have issued an appeal after a dog’s badly decomposed body was found stuffed in a duffle bag by a Cheshire lake.
The body was taken to RSPCA Stapeley Grange in Nantwich and they say there are “suspicious circumstances” around the dog’s death.
Officers are urging Crewe and Nantwich residents to remain vigilant following a number of reports of courier frauds.
Cheshire Police say they received three reports of courier fraud today (March 28) where victims have been contacted by fraudsters posing as officers.
A Wistaston man who made sexualised phone calls to women as they worked has been jailed.
Alastair McMullan, of Bridge Close, appeared at Chester Magistrates Court to be sentenced after admitting to three counts of harassment without violence, stalking, and sending offensive, indecent, obscene or menacing messages.
Three men from London were arrested and a machete found as police investigated an attempted burglary in Shavington.
The suspects ere arrested in the early hours on Monday (March 17) after officers spotted two BMW cars acting suspiciously in the Crewe South area.
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