Devon and Cornwall Police

Police warn homeowners of unscrupulous traders

Devon and Cornwall Police has become aware that a company has been cold calling local people and carrying out a survey, claiming to be working in collaboration with the police, where personal details are being requested from those being called. We are informed that this company sell home security alarm systems.

A police spokesman said: “Devon and Cornwall Police would like to clarify...

Thieves target heating oil across the region

Devon and Cornwall Police are warning people to be aware that thieves continue to target heating oil from both domestic and business premises across the region.

In the last seven days (between 8th and 15th March 2013) the force have received 14 complaints from across the two counties where quantities of between 100 and 750 litres of oil have been stolen. 11 of those reports have been...

Thieves steal safe from top chef's restaurant

A safe has been stolen during a burglary at celebrity chef Gary Rhodes' Plymouth restaurant, Rhodes @the Dome on The Hoe.

Police report that thieves got into the building between midnight and 7a.m. on Monday 18 March 2013 and forcibly removed the digital safe which contained an undisclosed sum of money.

Detectives are appealing for anyone who may have seen anything...

Convertible BMW cars destroyed in arson attack

Two convertible BMW cars have been destroyed in an arson attack in Plymouth.

Local police and fire fighters were called to Middlefield Road, Southway, just after 9.00p.m. on Sunday 17 March 2013 where they found the silver 118 and a black 645 alight.

Officers are now working with fire investigators to establish the cause of the blaze which is being treated as a criminal act...

Schoolboys arrested on suspicion of chicken killings

Devon and Cornwall Police have confirmed that three boys have been released on bail after the theft and death of three pet chickens following a break-in at a local school.

The boys, who are 12, 13 and 15 years of age, were arrested on suspicion of stealing and stamping the birds to death. The dead chickens stolen from the Brook Green Centre for Learning in Bodmin Road, Whitleigh, were...

Police issue images of Co-op shoplifting spree suspect

Police in Plymouth have issued CCTV images of a suspect they wish to identify in relation to a spate of shoplifting in the city.

Police are investigating six separate thefts form Co-op stores throughout Plymouth involving the same suspect.

In the latest incident which occurred at around 6.10pm on Saturday 23rd February, the suspect entered the Co-op store in Moorshead Road,...

Police release image of man sought in alcohol theft

Plymouth police have released an image of a man they wish to speak to in relation to the theft of alcohol from a Mutley Plain store.

The incident happened at around 10.00p.m. on Sunday 10 February 2013 when the suspect was caught on CCTV. He is white and has short hair. He was wearing white trousers, blue jeans, a blue top with white stripes down the sleeves.

If you can name...

Concerns over D&C Police child protection work

Her Hajesty's Inspectorate of Constabulary today published an inspection report into the child protection work carried out by Devon and Cornwall Police, following an inspection carried out in May 2015. This is part of a rolling programme of child protection inspections of all police forces in England and Wales.

Inspectors say they were concerned to find:

* A lack of...

34 year old man held by police over alleged rape

Devon and Cornwall Police have released a statement concerning an alleged rape of a Plymouth woman on Mutley Plain.

Police sources say at around 8am this morning, Thursday 28th February, a woman in her early twenties reported that she had been raped in the toilets of Goodbodies Cafe on Mutley Plain in Plymouth. On police arrival the alleged offender was still at the scene. He was...

Plymouth man seriously injured in A30 accident

A 23-year-old Plymouth man is in hospital with life-threatening injuries following a single-vehicle road traffic collision on the A30 at Tedburn St Mary.

Devon and Cornwall Police say the collision took place at around 5.30pm on Sunday 17th March 2013 and involved a Peugeot 106 car which was travelling east.

The driver lost control of the vehicle which left the road and came...

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