Crime

Four Nantwich drink drive arrests in Police Christmas operation

Four Nantwich drink drive arrests in Police Christmas operation

Four Nantwich drivers were arrested for drink driving in Cheshire Police’s Operation Blue Christmas.

The campaign results show an overall drop in drink drive arrests over the festive season.

January 22, 2015
Nantwich woman, 45, found guilty of £2,100 benefit fraud

Nantwich woman, 45, found guilty of £2,100 benefit fraud

A Nantwich woman has been found guilty of benefit fraud worth more than £2,000.

Clair Edwards-Steele, formerly of Park View, Nantwich, pleaded guilty at Magistrates Court to two offences.

January 18, 2015
Nantwich cattle dealer jailed for breaching national TB orders

Nantwich cattle dealer jailed for breaching national TB orders

A Nantwich cattle dealer who repeatedly ignored disease control regulations has been jailed for four months.

Anthony Ronald Kirkham, of Ridley Farm, Bunbury, re-offended just three days after receiving a suspended sentence for similar breaches in May 2013.

January 16, 2015
Police hunt alleyway robber who attacked man, 19

Police hunt alleyway robber who attacked man, 19

Police are hunting a robber who attacked a 19-year-old man in a South Cheshire alleyway.

The victim was dragged to the ground and had his MP3 player and mobile phone stolen in the incident on Flag Lane, Crewe.

January 15, 2015
Two new Street Pastors to patrol Nantwich town streets

Two new Street Pastors to patrol Nantwich town streets

Two new Street Pastors have started patrolling Nantwich town centre to work alongside police keeping revellers safe.

The pastors were welcomed by Nantwich Mayor Cllr Christine Farrall at a St Mary’s Church ceremony.

December 20, 2014
Seized vehicle on display outside Nantwich police station

Seized vehicle on display outside Nantwich police station

A vehicle seized by police is now on display outside Nantwich police station on Beam Street.

It’s one of a number of cars seized by officers from drivers with no insurance as part of a latest crackdown.

December 19, 2014
33 arrested in Cheshire as part of Operation Hatay

33 arrested in Cheshire as part of Operation Hatay

More than 30 offenders across Cheshire have been arrested in the first day of Operation Hatay.

The operation, which runs up to Christmas Eve, aims to crackdown on offenders wanted by police and the courts.

December 18, 2014
Drink driver jailed for 7 years for killing Tarporley dad David Dutton

Drink driver jailed for 7 years for killing Tarporley dad David Dutton

A drink driver was jailed for seven years today after she killed a dad as he walked home from a pub in Tarporley, near Nantwich.

Samantha Roberts, 25, was found guilty of death by careless driving after her car smashed into David Dutton and his son Gavin.

December 15, 2014
Almost 50 illegal weapons handed in during Cheshire Police amnesty

Almost 50 illegal weapons handed in during Cheshire Police amnesty

Almost 50 illegal weapons including rifles and pistols were handed in during a Cheshire Police two-week weapons amnesty.

In total, 46 weapons were handed over – with more than a quarter of them in Congleton, and two in Crewe and seven in Chester. No weapons were submitted in Nantwich.

December 9, 2014
Couple in court charged with stealing car from Wybunbury driveway

Couple in court charged with stealing car from Wybunbury driveway

Car owners in Nantwich have been warned after an incident in Wybunbury.

The owner of a Volkswagen Golf left a car on the drive with the engine running to defrost the windscreen and went back inside.

December 4, 2014
Cheshire Police target Nantwich drink and drug drivers in December

Cheshire Police target Nantwich drink and drug drivers in December

Drink and drug drivers in and around Nantwich are being targeted by Cheshire Police’s Operation Blue Christmas.

Officers will be targeting suspected drink and drug drivers throughout December to reduce the number of fatal and serious collisions on the county’s roads.

December 3, 2014
Cheshire men arrested in online child porn swoop bailed by police

Cheshire men arrested in online child porn swoop bailed by police

Thirteen men arrested across Cheshire in a major operation targeting those involved in online child porn, have been bailed by police.

The arrests were made between 6.30am and 8am yesterday (November 26), after a police investigation and intelligence identified the suspects in Cheshire.

November 27, 2014
Thirteen men in Cheshire arrested as police target online paedophiles

Thirteen men in Cheshire arrested as police target online paedophiles

Thirteen men were arrested across Cheshire today in a major operation targeting suspected online paedophiles.

Police targeted men in Crewe, Middlewich, Sandbach and other towns believed to be involved in uploading and distributing indecent images of children.

November 26, 2014