Crime

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
South Cheshire loan shark arrested by trading standards

South Cheshire loan shark arrested by trading standards

A loan shark who charged his “clients” 10 per cent interest per week has been arrested and cautioned.

The 43-year-old was netted in an operation by Cheshire East Council Trading Standards and the England Illegal Money Lending Team.

November 24, 2014
Nantwich bars and clubs could face levy to help police alcohol-related crime

Nantwich bars and clubs could face levy to help police alcohol-related crime

Minimum pricing and a night time levy on Nantwich’s bars and clubs are being considered by police to crackdown on alcohol-related crime.

Cheshire’s Police & Crime Commissioner John Dwyer said both ideas are being looked at as viable options.

November 21, 2014
Police hunt man who exposed himself to woman in Nantwich

Police hunt man who exposed himself to woman in Nantwich

A man who walked into a Nantwich house and exposed himself to a woman, is being hunted by police.

The incident happened at a house on Albert Street, Nantwich.

November 18, 2014
South Cheshire man jailed for battering his 83-year-old mum to death

South Cheshire man jailed for battering his 83-year-old mum to death

A South Cheshire man who battered his elderly mother to death in their own home after being caught drink driving, has been jailed.

Paul Fox murdered 83-year-old Yvonne by stabbing and battering her using a sledgehammer.

November 17, 2014
Nantwich man arrested in Torquay charged with kidnapping, robbery and assault

Nantwich man arrested in Torquay charged with kidnapping, robbery and assault

A man from Nantwich who police were keen to trace in connection with allegations of robbery and serious assault has been arrested.

Patrick O’Connor, of King Place, Nantwich, was found and arrested in Torquay following a police appeal.

November 14, 2014
Shavington man among 12 arrested and charged in Cheshire drugs raids

Shavington man among 12 arrested and charged in Cheshire drugs raids

A man from Shavington near Nantwich has been charged alongside 11 others after a series of dawn raids across Cheshire.

Two other men and a woman from Crewe weere also among the 12 people who appeared in court today (November 7) charged with conspiracy to supply controlled drugs.

November 7, 2014
Former teacher, 71, jailed for sexually abusing boys in South Cheshire

Former teacher, 71, jailed for sexually abusing boys in South Cheshire

A pensioner and former teacher who indecently assaulted boys at a school in South Cheshire in the 1970s, has been jailed.

Keith Cavendish-Coulson (pictured) pleaded guilty to 42 counts of indecent assault at Chester Crown Court and was today (November 6) sentenced to 6 years and 9 months.

November 6, 2014
Police tracing Nantwich man in robbery and assault probe

Police tracing Nantwich man in robbery and assault probe

Police are trying to trace a man from Nantwich in connection with a robbery and serious assault in Crewe.

Patrick Joesph O’Connor was last known to live at an address in King Place, Nantwich.

November 5, 2014