Devon & Cornwall Constabulary Press Office

Benjamin Roach was found guilty today, Monday 20 May, at Plymouth Crown Court for the manslaughter of his daughter Roxie Hopkins. The one-month-old baby died at Plymouth's Derriford Hospital on 24 September 2010. Roxie's mother has rel...
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At 6.35am this morning (Monday 20 May) police and ambulance crews were called to the Long Lane area of Ludgvan, Penzance following a report of a man who had collapsed in the road. Despite attempts to resuscitate him, the 77-year-old from Penzance was...
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  Devon and Cornwall Police have a new addition in the drive for safer roads in the shape of a Lotus sports car.   The Lotus Evora has been emblazoned with the official Force livery and has been doing the rounds at public events across Dev...
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Following a disproportionate increase in the theft of pedal cycles in Exeter, local police are urging bike owners to ensure that their bike security meets the standard.   Over 120 bikes have been stolen in the last 3-months, with an approximate ...
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Police are seeking offenders who stole a generator from a burger van at Tiverton Town Football Club.   The van was left locked and secure in the car park of the Bolham Road club when offenders struck between 14 and 16 May.   They got ins...
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Seventeen year old, Police cadet Sammy Maw has been chosen to support the Mayor of Newton Abbot.  She will help Cllr Cooke in her duties as Mayor, including attending events at Courtenay Park.   The Newton Abbott cadets who meet fortnightl...
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Police are appealing for the public’s help in tracing a 20-year-old Polish woman missing from Paignton. Magdalena Krawiec was last seen on CCTV leaving the place she was staying in Paignton at 8pm on Tuesday 14 May 2013. Police and family members ...
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Eight members of an extended family have pleaded guilty at Truro Crown Court to running a complex series of illegal waste businesses from a former smallholding near St Austell, Cornwall.   The case was brought by the Environment Agency and Devo...
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  Police in Exeter are appealing for witnesses following an attempted robbery at a betting shop in the city. At around 8.25pm on Wednesday 15 May 2013, three male suspects wearing balaclavas entered the Coral Racing bookmakers in Pinhoe Road. O...
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Nine men have been arrested in a series of raids this week as part of an investigation into indecent images of children named Operation Cosford. The warrants were executed across Devon and Cornwall on Monday 13 May and Tuesday 14 May following intelli...
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Police and Crime Commissioner Tony Hogg and Chief Constable Shaun Sawyer will be discussing rural crime and policing issues on the opening morning of the Devon County Show 16 May). They will join County Chairman of the Devon Young farmers, Paul Gl...
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Police and Crime Commissioner Tony Hogg and Chief Constable Shaun Sawyer will be discussing rural crime and policing issues on the opening morning of the Devon County Show 16 May). They will join County Chairman of the Devon Young farmers, Paul Gl...
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At  just before 22.15hrs on Friday 10th May 2013, police received a report of single vehicle road traffic collision on the A393 at Lanner,  Redruth, Cornwall, at the junction Pentreath Terrace. The sole occupant of the vehicle, a grey Honda ...
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At 0117hrs on Monday 13th May 2013 Devon & Cornwall Police received a report of a number of buses which were on fire in the Summercourt area of Cornwall.   Cornwall Fire and Rescue Service and Police resources attended the scene. T...
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A man reported missing in the Plymouth area has been found safe and well.   Police were concerned for the welfare of Christopher Pearce, 56, but he was found safe and well late last night, Monday 13 May 2013.    Geographic Area: ...
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On 28th March 2013 Police executed a warrant under Section 5 (2) Dangerous Dogs Act 1991 at an address in Jordan Close, Newport, Barnstaple occupied by husband and wife, Steven and Tracey Tewkesbury.   Police had received intelligence that the c...
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At around 5.50pm on Sunday 12 May 2013 police were notified of a single vehicle collision on the unclassified road between Chilla and Chilla Chapel Cross, near Halwill Junction in the Beaworthy area.   A tractor towing an un-laden trailer had mo...
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At just before 2 am on Saturday 11th May 2013, police received a report that members of the public had come across a collapsed man not breathing on Towan Beach , Newquay. Attempts were made to resuscitate the male but he passed away at the scene....
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Police were called to a property on Eastbourne Road in St Austell at around 9.30am Friday morning (10 May) after reports of a sudden death.   Police, fire crews and an ambulance service were all in attendance and the bodies of two people, a man...
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Police are hunting for a burglar who targeted the homes of elderly people in Barnstaple, stealing hundreds of pounds in cash.   The offender struck at two homes in Bishops Tawton during Saturday 4 May, taking money from dresser units in both cas...
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Police in Crediton have issued an ‘Evofit’ of a suspect they wish to identify following two house burglaries in the Town. The two incidents occurred between 2.00pm and 3.30pm on Monday 29th April in Clifford Gardens, Crediton.   In the firs...
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