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October 28 2011, 10.50AM Blog Preston
Crime roundup 28/10/11 – Police seize crack cocaine and hunt ‘Penwortham flasher’
Police have seized crack cocaine and hundreds of pounds in cash when they stopped a car in Penwortham. The vehicle was pulled over by police Wednes...
October 21 2011, 10.40AM MyPreston
Overall crime in Lancashire falls, but sexual offences on the rise
Overall crime in Lancashire is falling, according to Home Office figures released yesterday. The findings show a 4.8 percent reduction in overall c...
October 14 2011, 9.45AM Blog Preston
Nine arrested across Lancashire after dawn raids
Nine people have been arrested after police carried out a series of coordinated dawn raids across Kirkham, Preston, Blackpool and Bolton in a crack...
October 7 2011, 9.55AM Blog Preston
Crime Roundup 07/10/11 – £40,000 of Cannabis seized in Fulwood
Cannabis with an estimated street value of £40,000 has been seized as police searched a property in Fulwood. Aixture of 111 young and larger plant...
September 30 2011, 9.40AM MyPreston
Crime Roundup 30/09/11 – Man jailed for eight years after series of robberies
A man has been jailed for eight years for a series of robberies in Chorley and Preston. Stuart Cheetham, 33, of no fixed address, was given the pri...
September 23 2011, 11.50AM Blog Preston
Lancashire Constabulary target rural crime with high profile policing
Lancashire Constabulary have kicked off a new campaign to combat rural crime with a week of high profile policing activity across the county. Opera...
September 23 2011, 9.55AM Blog Preston
Crime roundup 23/09/11 – Burglaries target Asian businesses
Police in Preston have issued CCTV stills of two men they want to identify after a series of burglaries which targeted Asian heritage jewellery. T...
August 26 2011, 9.30AM Blog Preston
Crime Roundup 26/08/11 – £20,000 of cannabis seized
Police have seized cannabis with an estimated street value of over £20,000 was after raiding a flat in Ashton. A warrant was executed under the Mi...
August 8 2011, 2.33PM Blog Preston
Preston man questioned over double murder in Fulwood
A 21-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of murder following the discovery of two bodies at a bungalow in Fulwood. Two women were found dea...
August 5 2011, 9.40AM Blog Preston
Crime Roundup 06/08/11 – Police appeal for information on burglary, man assaulted by 15 men in Ribbleton
Police in Preston are appealing for information about a man who is wanted in connection with a burglary in the city last year. Jordan Finch, 20, is...
July 29 2011, 10.40AM Blog Preston
Crime Roundup 29/07/11 – Immigration offenders arrested, burglar jailed for five years
Police are appealing for the public’s help in tracing a 29 year old man from Leyland who is wanted in connection with a serious assault. Dete...
July 22 2011, 9.45AM Blog Preston
Crime & Police Roundup 22/07/2011 – Teen jailed for child sex offences and police appeal for info about sexual assualt
Two men have been sentenced to a total of eleven and a half years in prison for a series of robberies in South Ribble. Bradley Day, 23, of Whitefie...
July 15 2011, 9.30AM Blog Preston
Crime & Police Roundup 15/07/11 – Teen graffiti cleanup, ASBOs and two men jailed for robbery
A group of teenagers cleaned graffiti at Preston Marina after they admitted spraying paint on the swing-bridge. The six 15-year-old boys sprayed na...
July 8 2011, 9.55AM Blog Preston
Crime & Police Roundup 08/07/2011
Police have released an evo-fit of a man they would like to trace following a burglary in Preston. Around 5.30pm on Tuesday 14 June, a man gained e...
July 1 2011, 5.24PM Blog Preston
Crime & Police Roundup 01/07/2011
Police have released CCTV images of three men they wish to speak to in connection with a sexual assault in Preston last weekend. In the early hours...
June 17 2011, 9.55AM Blog Preston
Crime & Police Roundup 17/06/2011
Cannabis and cocaine were seized and five people were arrested as police carried out a series of drugs raids in Preston yesterday morning. Warrants...
June 10 2011, 9.55AM Blog Preston
Crime & Police Roundup 10/06/2011
A Preston man has been jailed for four years following a police operation to target drug crime in the city. Adrian Allen, 46, of Gamull Lane, Ribbl...
June 9 2011, 4.11PM Blog Preston
Reminder – PACT Meeting tonight for Cadley/Greyfriars residents
A PACT (Police And Communites Together) meeting will be taking place tonight for residents living in the Cadley and Greyfriars wards. The venue is ...
May 27 2011, 9.55AM Blog Preston
Weekly Crime and Police Roundup
Starting today, I’ll be gathering a weekly roundup of Preston’s crime and policing activity, posting links to Lancashire Constabulary a...
March 1 2011, 9.20AM Blog Preston
Preston in February – A roundup
Feburary saw an upturn in content on Blog Preston due to an influx of new writers as…
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