A North Dorset resident was recently taken to court for non-payment of a Fixed Penalty Notice, issued for abandoning a vehicle on a residential road.
Gary Castle, 21, of Wyke, Gillingham was successfully prosecuted at Weymouth Magistrates last week (9th January 2020) under Section 2A (1) of the Refuse Disposal Amenity...
Officers are appealing for the public’s help to find a man who is wanted on suspicion of a burglary offence.
Michael Churchley, aged 42, is wanted on suspicion of a burglary on Thursday 12 December 2019 at Wheels of Dorset on Station Road in Gillingham.
Michael is described as white, five...
Officers investigating a report of a theft from a shop in Sherborne are issuing CCTV images of a man they would like to speak to.
At 12.08pm on Friday 13 December 2019 two men entered Bradford’s Building Supplies on Digby Road. One of the men selected a Mira Sport shower,...
Officers are issuing a CCTV image of a man they would like to speak to in connection with a purse theft in Gillingham and subsequent use of a stolen bank card.
The victim was shopping at Waitrose in Chantry Fields on the morning of Monday 21 October 2019 and realised...
Officers investigating a number of reported burglaries in Shaftesbury have arrested a man.
During the early hours of Saturday 14 December 2019 it was reported that car keys and two laptops were stolen from a home in Wincombe Lane.
The victim’s bank card was also reportedly taken and subsequently used to...
Officers investigating a series of criminal damage incidents in Sherborne are appealing for witnesses or anyone with information to come forward.
Between the evening of Friday 13 December and the morning of Saturday 14 December 2019 criminal damage was caused to the Greenhill bus shelter and Yeatman Hospital.
A number of...
Officers are appealing for information and urging residents to remain vigilant following a spate of burglaries in Shaftesbury.
Three of the offences have occurred during the night at residential properties and local officers are warning homeowners to make sure their dwellings are properly secured.
During the early hours of Saturday 14...
Officers investigating an assault in Gillingham are appealing for witnesses or anyone with information to come forward.
At around 3.15pm on Sunday 8 December 2019 the victim – a local woman aged in her 60s – was walking her dog in a field near to the St Mary the Virgin...
Officers investigating a fatal road traffic collision near Sherborne are appealing for witnesses or anyone with relevant dashcam footage to come forward.
At 10.02am on Thursday 28 November 2019 Dorset Police received a report of a collision involving a blue Triumph motorcycle and a grey Skoda Karoq on the A352...
A repeat rural offender who admitted hunting animals with dogs has been given a suspended prison sentence and banned from land across three counties after breaching a community behaviour order.
Scott Matthew Cochrane, aged 30 and of Yarrow Close in Poole, appeared at Poole Magistrates’ Court on Tuesday 19 November...
