Detectives have launched an investigation into the death of a man at a farm near Blandford, with two men arrested.
At 8.25pm on Friday 28 September 2018 Dorset Police received a report that a local 25-year-old man had sustained serious injuries following an incident at Hanford Farm.
Two Shaftesbury men, aged...
Officers investigating an incident of criminal damage at a house near Blandford are appealing for witnesses.
We were called at 7.55am on Thursday 27 September 2018 to reports that house bricks had been thrown at the windows of a property on A350 High Street at Spetisbury. Two windows were damaged...
A man has been sentenced to eight years in prison following a stabbing in Gillingham.
James Ryan Harry Wall, aged 24 and of no fixed abode, was sentenced at Bournemouth Crown Court today, Friday 28 September 2018, after being found guilty of inflicting grievous bodily harm with intent and possession...
Following the front page of The Times yesterday relating to a course Leicester Police are running ex local police fed rep Clive Chamberlain has come up with his own.
https://twitter.com/MrCliveC/status/1042749498152366080
Officers investigating the theft of four bicycles in Shaftesbury are appealing for witnesses and anyone with information to come forward.
On Monday 10 September 2018, Dorset Police received a report of a burglary to a shed at a property in the area of St Lawrence Crescent. It is believed the...
No good can come of carrying a knife, so bin it.
This is the message from Dorset Police as it launches a knife amnesty in the county.
Between Tuesday 18 September and Friday 21 September 2018 members of the public can dispose of unwanted knives and bladed items at designated police...
Dorset Police are warning Dorset residents of the increasing use of scams where iTunes vouchers are requested as payment to the fraudsters.
Telephone and email scammers tell the victims that the payment can be for any number of purported reasons, including alleged PPI refunds, debts repayments, utility costs etc.
Legitimate companies will...
There have been some requests for contact details for Dorset Police Rural Crime Team, which are attached below.
If you contact them please ask why, despite numerous reports of horses, riders and hounds crossing roads, endangering road-users and creating a public nuisance, nothing has been done to stop it happening.
Ask...
Officers are appealing for witnesses or anyone with information to come forward as they investigate an attempted burglary in Shaftesbury.
The incident occurred at a property in Barton Hill at around 12.55pm on Monday 20 August 2018.
It was reported that a man was seen trying to climb over a gate...
Detectives are appealing for witnesses to come forward after offenders targeted a cashpoint in Beaminster using a tractor.
At 4.09am today, Saturday 18 August 2018, Dorset Police received multiple reports that offenders were stealing a cashpoint from Fleet Street.
The offenders used a stolen green tractor to extract the cashpoint from...
