Two men have been jailed after admitting a series of thefts from cash machines across Dorset.
Constantin Razyan Tanase, aged 32 and Adrian Tanase, aged 36, both of Waverley Road in London, were sentenced to 12 months in prison at Bournemouth Crown Court on Thursday 21 February 2019 after admitting...
A man has been charged with murder in connection with the death of a man at a farm near Blandford.
At 8.25pm on Friday 28 September 2018 Dorset Police received a report that a 25-year-old man had sustained serious injuries following an incident at Hanford Farm.
The man – named by...
Officers investigating a robbery in Blandford are appealing for any witnesses to come forward.
The incident is reported to have occurred at around 4.30am on Saturday 26 January 2019 in the Station Court car park.
The victim, a local woman aged in her 30s, was carrying her coat under her arm...
A driver who fled the scene of a road traffic collision that left a young man with life-threatening injuries has been jailed.
Adam Christopher Whitticks, 21 and of Coppice Street in Shaftesbury, appeared at Weymouth Magistrates’ Court on Friday 1 February 2019 to be sentenced.
He previously had admitted charges of...
Officers are appealing for witnesses to come forward after a teenage boy was assaulted in Blandford.
At around 9.40pm on Saturday 12 January 2018 an altercation occurred between the 17-year-old victim and a man reportedly known to him near to the Crown and Anchor pub on West Street. The offender...
Today, 21 January 2019, Dorset Police has launched the next phase of their campaign to raise awareness of dangerous drug networks – known as “county lines” – and how members of the public can help spot the signs of criminal exploitation happening in our communities.
Superintendent Caroline Naughton explains: “The...
A man who drove with his hands tied together for a ‘laugh’ has been banned from the road.
James John Hayter, also known as James Manuel, 22 and of Claremont Avenue in Gillingham, was sentenced at Weymouth Magistrates’ Court today, Wednesday 16 January 2019, after pleading guilty to dangerous driving...
Officers are appealing for witnesses to come forward after a burglary at a cafe in Sherborne.
The incident happened sometime between 2.30am and 3am on Sunday 13 January 2019 at The Pear Tree Deli & Cafe on Half Moon Street.
The offender gained entry to the cafe after forcing open the...
Officers investigating a burglary at a Blandford school are issuing new CCTV images of two men they would like to speak to.
Sometime between 3.30pm and 6.30pm on Wednesday 28 November 2018 a man entered The Blandford School on Milldown Road and stole a purse from a handbag belonging to...
A man has been jailed for dangerous driving after his car mounted the pavement and ploughed into door staff at a Bournemouth nightclub.
Shailem Dodson, 20 and of Gunville Down Road in Blandford, pleaded guilty at a previous hearing to dangerous driving, drink driving and assault by beating. He was sentenced...
