MPs in Cheshire have welcomed a police recruitment drive which they say has resulted in an “additional” 91 police officers on the streets.
It comes as Cheshire’s PCC David Keane also this week approved a 2021-22 budget to recruit another 88 officers by raising the policing precept of Council Tax by £1.25 per month for Band D property holders.
Three men involved in a shooting at a house in Crewe have been jailed.
Kieran Mellor, 23, Kenneth Stephenson, 24, and Nyle Smith, 24, had been in an altercation with two men outside the property on the evening of Sunday April 19.
Nantwich officers have warned parents of teenagers to keep them at home in lockdown after Cheshire Police issued more than 300 fines in January.
They say parents of children caught breaking lockdown rules could be fined, after complaints in the Stapeley area of groups of youths hanging around, some involved in anti-social behaviour.
Officers in Cheshire are using a new tool to protect vulnerable residents from telephone scammers.
The call blocker devices have been used in Nantwich as well as other towns like Crewe, Alsager, Knutsford and Chester.
Police are hunting a gang of who threw an ice block at a passing car, smashing the driver’s windscreen.
The group launched their attack on a car as it drove along Badger Avenue in Crewe.
Police are appealing for witnesses following an attempted robbery in Church Minshull when a man was attacked with a metal bar.
The victim was working in his tool sales van in a layby when he was approached by a man carrying a metal bar at about 4.40pm on Monday (January 18).
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.
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