Detectives in Cheshire have warned the public following reports of phone calls purporting to be from the police demanding money and gift cards from residents.
The scam calls use a spoofed phone number associated with Cheshire Constabulary.
Nantwich residents have been warned to stay at home unless essential after Cheshire Police issued 58 fines over the weekend.
Police chiefs say since the new restrictions came into force last week, most have been sticking to the rules to help protect the NHS and save lives.
A search has been launched to find the new Chief Constable of Cheshire Police.
The top job will be vacant this year after current post-holder Darren Martland announced his retirement before Christmas.
Eddisbury and Crewe & Nantwich MPs Edward Timpson and Kieran Mullan have welcomed additional £11.8 million funding for Cheshire Police in 2021-22.
Home Secretary Priti Patel announced policing will receive up to £15.8 billion in 2021-22 – an increase of £636 million on last year.
An 80-year-old woman who admitted causing a collision near Nantwich that resulted in the death of a close friend has been sentenced.
Maire Gibson appeared at Crewe Magistrates’ Court Yesterday (December 23) where she was banned from driving for 12 months.
A 62-year-old man has been sentenced for drink driving after crashing his Ford Ranger into a field in Wrenbury.
William Warrington, from Hollins Lane, Marbury, had left the scene after crashing off Cholmondeley Road between a telegraph pole and a metal gate at around 10.15pm on July 31 this year.
Detectives are hunting two burglars who raided a Nantwich home and stole jewellery.
The men are believed to have forced entry to a property on Weaver Road sometime between 12pm and 1pm on Friday 4 December.
Domestic abuse cases have risen by almost 6% in Cheshire during the Covid-19 pandemic, police figures show.
Various periods of lockdown, restrictions and pressures on families have escalated incidents of domestic abuse in the county.
Police are urging Christmas shoppers to be vigilant following purse thefts in Nantwich, Sandbach, Crewe and Northwich.
Cheshire Constabulary Chief Constable Darren Martland is to retire in spring 2021, it has been announced.
Police and Crime Commissioner David Keane today praised his dedication to policing in Cheshire and for more than three decades of service as a police officer.
The hit-and-run death of a Crewe mum has prompted charity Crimestoppers to offer £10,000 for anonymous information.
Crimestoppers has launched an appeal for anonymous information into the incident which killed cyclist mum-of-three Agnieszka Pocztowska.
A 16-year-old boy has been arrested on suspicion of section 18 assault in connection with a stabbing incident in Crewe.
Police say the teenager was arrested yesterday (November 25) and remains in custody.
A new scheme that works with perpetrators of domestic abuse to change their behaviour and protect families will be developed in Cheshire.
The scheme will be funded by the Home Office after Cheshire’s police and crime commissioner David Keane secured £233,000 in funding from their perpetrator programme fund.
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