Incident

Police hunt man after serious assault on dog walker in Crewe

Police hunt man after serious assault on dog walker in Crewe

A dog walker suffered serious facial injuries when he was assaulted in Crewe, police say.

Detectives want help to trace the attacker after the incident on Bradfield Road, near the Coppenhall Working Men’s Club, shortly before 7pm on Friday (May 15).

May 18, 2020
Fire crews called to dangerous controlled burning in Nantwich

Fire crews called to dangerous controlled burning in Nantwich

Fire crews were called to tackle a fire during what they called a “dangerous controlled burning” incident in Nantwich.

May 15, 2020
Two Liverpool men arrested and charged for Willaston burglary

Two Liverpool men arrested and charged for Willaston burglary

Two men from Liverpool have been charged in connection with a burglary in Willaston, near Nantwich.

Adam Blease, 34, and Neil Fathing, 33, were arrested after a BMW car was stopped by officers on the M65 near Preston at around 2.45pm on Monday (May 4).

May 7, 2020
Police hunt man who grabbed girl, 13, in Queens Park

Police hunt man who grabbed girl, 13, in Queens Park

Police are hunting a man who grabbed a 13-year-old girl as she walked through Queens Park in Crewe.

Officers are appealing for information from members of the public who may have seen the incident.

May 7, 2020
617 lockdown “breaches” probed by police across Crewe and Nantwich

617 lockdown “breaches” probed by police across Crewe and Nantwich

Police have investigated 617 reports of lockdown “breaches” across Crewe and Nantwich, it emerged today.

And Chief Insp Simon Newell, head of the Crewe LPU which covers Nantwich, revealed 33 fixed penalty fines had been issued in that time.

May 6, 2020
Hunt for vandals who smashed marked police van in Crewe

Hunt for vandals who smashed marked police van in Crewe

Police are hunting two vandals who smashed the windscreen of a marked police vehicle in Crewe with paving slabs.

Officers were dealing with a separate incident on West Street when a loud bang was heard from the direction of the vehicle.

May 4, 2020
Police track youths after spate of vandalism at Crewe Vagrants

Police track youths after spate of vandalism at Crewe Vagrants

Police say they have identified three youths in connection with a spate of vandalism at Crewe Vagrants social club in Willaston.

May 4, 2020
Crewe man jailed for 11 years for raping woman in her own home

Crewe man jailed for 11 years for raping woman in her own home

A 19-year-old man from Crewe has been jailed for 11 years for raping a woman in her own bed.

Joshua Cooper, from Elm Drive, was jailed today at Chester Crown Court where he was sentenced for each of three counts of rape which will run concurrently.

May 1, 2020
Two men charged in connection with firearm incident in Crewe

Two men charged in connection with firearm incident in Crewe

Detectives have charged two men with firearm offences in connection with an incident in Crewe.

Kenneth Stevenson, of Flag Lane, in Crewe, was arrested on Wednesday April 29.

May 1, 2020
Heartbroken Nantwich couple slam vandals after son’s grave damaged

Heartbroken Nantwich couple slam vandals after son’s grave damaged

A heartbroken Nantwich couple have hit out at vandals who trampled on and damaged their son’s grave in Whitehouse Lane cemetery.

Police are probing the incident, which also saw damage to other graves in the cemetery.

April 29, 2020
Man jailed for 12 years for hammer and knife attack in Crewe

Man jailed for 12 years for hammer and knife attack in Crewe

A man has been jailed for 12 years for launching a “horrific” attack with a hammer and knife on his victim in Crewe.

Ferdinal Stewart, 56, from Downside Close in Ipswich, appeared at Chester Crown Court to be sentenced to 12 years in prison after pleading guilty at an earlier hearing.

April 28, 2020
Police probe shooting incident outside South Cheshire house

Police probe shooting incident outside South Cheshire house

Detectives are probing a shooting incident outside a house in Crewe and are urging witnesses to come forward.

A shot was fired outside an address on The Birches in Davenport Avenue at around 10pm on Sunday April 19.

April 25, 2020
Police probe burglary at house on Bowyer Avenue, Nantwich

Police probe burglary at house on Bowyer Avenue, Nantwich

Police are probing a burglary at a house in Nantwich in the early hours today (April 19).

The incident is believed to have happened at around 4am at a house on Bowyer Avenue, off Volunteer Fields.

April 19, 2020