EXCLUSIVE
A Nantwich man has been jailed for more than three years today after he was caught creating and possessing indecent images of young girls.
And it emerged that Christopher Heavey, 38, contacted his victims on social media offering to sell them vapes.
A woman from Nantwich has been jailed for more than five years after she admitted being involved in the supply of illegal drugs.
Abigail Wright appeared at Chester Crown Court on Wednesday 10 June, where she was sentenced to five years and seven months in prison.
Cheshire Police carried out 13,675 stop searches over the past year and 160 strip searches which involved the ‘exposure of intimate parts’.
The 2025/26 figures were released by the force following a request by the county’s police and crime panel, which had also asked for a breakdown of the numbers, including ethnicity and children.
Nantwich Police have had a busy weekend already and have made 35 arrests before midday on June 7th.
The most recent included Sunday a 35-year-old man from Stockport who was arrested in Nantwich earlier today (June 7th) after failing to provide a sample for analysis.
By Belinda Ryan, local democracy reporter
Cheshire East Council’s leader has urged out-of-town protesters outside Webb House in Crewe to go home – saying they are not helping anyone and are making residents feel very vulnerable.
Protests outside the HQ of the Ahmadi Religion of Peace and Light on Victoria Avenue have continued since the building was raided by more than 500 police officers at the end of April.
A man from Nantwich and another from Crewe have been charged in connection with offences outside the religious group centre raided by police last month.
Daniel Tsimbilakis and Jordan Kennerley were arrested on Sunday (May 31st) in the Victoria Avenue area of Crewe.
A Nantwich man has been charged after a car crashed into parked vehicles and flipped over on its roof.
Police say a 32-year-old man was arrested and has since been charged with two counts of assaulting a police officer, one count of obstructing a constable in the execution of their duty and one count of being in charge of a dog dangerously out of control.
A Nantwich man was attacked near Nantwich Station and left with injuries in Leighton Hospital.
Cheshire Police say the 31-year-old victim was assaulted by “unknown suspects” on Wellington Road at around 6pm last night (May 15th).
A Nantwich woman has been charged with causing the death of a motorcyclist in a two-vehicle crash on a rural road in 2025.
Hannah Copeland, 24, of Gowy Court, Calveley, has been charged with causing the death of Luke Nabi by dangerous driving on Wednesday February 26th last year.
A man has been charged in connection with an incident in which police found an explosive device at a house in Nantwich.
Two men, aged 39 and 47, were arrested following reports of dangerous driving near to Edleston Road, Crewe.
Two men have been arrested after an explosive device was found at a house in Nantwich, sparking a street evacuation.
The incident happened on Friday night and Nantwich News inquired with Cheshire Police at the time but had no response.
Police have confirmed an 11th person has been arrested in the investigation into serious offences alleged at a religious group in Crewe.
Cheshire Police are probing allegations of serious sexual offences, forced marriage and modern slavery, involving members of a religious group called the Ahmadi Religion of Peace and Light.
Five people who were arrested in relation to serious offences involving members of a South Cheshire religious group have now been issued with interim Slavery and Trafficking risk orders.
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