Crime

Police warning after ATM gang target Nantwich shoppers

Police warning after ATM gang target Nantwich shoppers

Nantwich shoppers are being warned about a gang who target people at cash machines and then steal their purses or wallets. The warning comes after a number of incidents in and around the town, the latest at Sainsbury’s supermarket on Middlewich Road.

September 8, 2011
Cheshire Police unit’s fight against Facebook and Twitter criminals

Cheshire Police unit’s fight against Facebook and Twitter criminals

A specialist Cheshire Police team has given a rare insight into how they investigate crime on social networks. The force’s eForensics department includes the Hi-Tech Crime Unit, which helped to bring two men to justice in the county for using Facebook to incite violence during the recent wave of rioting.

September 8, 2011
South Cheshire man jailed for grooming boys on internet

South Cheshire man jailed for grooming boys on internet

A South Cheshire man who groomed young teenage boys across the UK on the internet, has been jailed for two years. David Lawrence (pictured), 57, of Middlewich Street, Crewe, pleaded guilty to 21 charges ranging from engaging in sexual activity in the presence of a child, causing or inciting a child to engage in sexual activity, to possessing, making and[Read More…]

September 5, 2011