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Operation Snap catches irresponsible drivers across Dorset
Are you or people you know on the following video? A three minute exposure of irresponsible driving across the county. Dashcam footage submitted to the Force is being released in a bid to encourage more people to get involved with the scheme.  Operation Snap is a secure online facility that allows...
According to the Ministry of Justice, disgraced rock artist Gary Glitter (real name Paul Gadd) will soon be released from The Verne prison on Portland, having served barely half of a 16-year sentence. Glitter is presently incarcerated for an attempted rape, four counts of indecent assault on girls under...
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As part of the UK’s biggest ever law enforcement operation a series of warrants took place in Dorset to target suspected organised crime gangs involved in the supply of controlled drugs. Dorset Police worked alongside the South West Regional Organised Crime Unit (SW ROCU) and the National Crime Agency as...
Officers investigating a series of reported incidents where cashpoints have been tampered with in Poole and Bournemouth are appealing for information and warning members of the public to be vigilant. Dorset Police has received five reports in the conurbation between Wednesday 15 July and Thursday 23 July 2020 where devices...
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Detectives investigating a reported assault and public order incident in Poole are appealing for any witnesses or anyone with information to come forward. Dorset Police received a report at 11.51pm on Thursday 16 July 2020 of a fight involving a group of people in the area of Ashley Cross Green. Officers...
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Officers investigating a robbery in Poole are appealing for witnesses or anyone with information to come forward. At around 2.45pm on Thursday 16 July 2020 the victim – a man aged in his 60s – was walking along Banks Road when he was approached by a woman who started a...
Officers investigating a suspicious incident that is reported to have occurred at a play park in Poole are appealing for anyone with information to come forward. At around 11.45am on Friday 14 August 2020 a woman was pushing her young nephew on the swings at the Cygnet play area in...
Three people have been jailed following an aggravated burglary at an address in Ferndown. Jack Dodds, 21 and of Bure Lane in Christchurch, Joshua Jackson, 18 and of no fixed abode, and a 16-year-old boy from Bournemouth who cannot be named for legal reasons, were all sentenced at Bournemouth Crown...
Officers investigating an assault in Weymouth are appealing for witnesses or anyone with information to come forward. At 9.20pm on Thursday 20 August 2020 officers were called to reports of a large group of teenagers gathered in the area of Sandsfoot Castle off Old Castle Road. Officers attended and were speaking...
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Detectives have launched a murder investigation after a man died following an alleged assault in Weymouth. At 4.13pm on Saturday 4 April 2020 Dorset Police was called to a report of a possible assault at an address on Dorchester Road. Officers attended, along with the ambulance service, and found a 32-year-old...