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Officers investigating reports of an assault in Ferndown are appealing for a potential further victim to come forward. At around 7.50am on Wednesday 9 September 2020 a woman was cycling along the A348 Ringwood Road toward Ferndown. As she approached the M&S Foodhall she witnessed two teenage boys push an...
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Officers investigating a reported altercation in Weymouth are appealing for witnesses or anyone with information to come forward. Dorset Police received a report at around 1.15pm on Thursday 16 April 2020 of a disturbance on Abbotsbury Road, near to the junction with Chickerell Road, involving two women and a man. Officers...
Officers are investigating a report that a swan was shot in Poole Park and are appealing for anyone with information to come forward. Dorset Police received a report at around 9.30am on Tuesday 6 October 2020 that a swan had been found shot by an arrow in the park. Police Community...
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Detectives investigating an alleged suspicious fire in Weymouth have arrested a man. At around 1am on Monday 18 May 2020 Dorset Police was called by the fire service to a report of a fire in a wheelie bin outside an address on Franklin Road. It was also reported that damage was...
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Officers are appealing for anyone with information to come forward following a racially aggravated incident near Wareham. At around 3.10pm on Tuesday 26 May 2020 the victim, a man aged in his 40s, was walking through Stoborough pushing another man in a wheelchair when a cyclist rode past and stopped...
Detectives investigating an alleged aggravated burglary in Gillingham are appealing for any witnesses to come forward. At around 2.30pm on Tuesday 13 October 2020 it is reported that two men entered a commercial premises off Newbury armed with batons and demanded money from the occupant. It is alleged that the occupant...
Officers investigating a fire at a nature reserve in Poole that is believed to have been started deliberately are appealing for anyone with information to come forward. Dorset Police received a report from the fire service at around 6pm on Saturday 9 May 2020 in relation to a fire at...
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Two people arrested in connection with an alleged kidnapping incident in Poole have been released from the investigation without charge. The allegation related to an incident that occurred at around 4.30pm on Thursday 15 October 2020 in the area of the Branksome Recreation Ground. It was reported that a 12-year-old...
A man has been jailed for 13 years following a serious assault in Poole town centre. Gary Patrick Sadler, aged 57 and of Victoria Road in Poole, was sentenced at Winchester Crown Court on Monday 15 June 2020. Following a trial at the same court, he was found guilty of...
Officers are warning local businesses of a scam where customers are asking to exchange bank notes.  At around 10.40am on Saturday 5 September 2020 a man entered McColl’s on The Parade with £900 in £10 notes and claimed he was from a local Sainsbury’s store. He asked if the cash...