On Monday 25 January 2021, Jason Campbell was travelling over 60 miles-per-hour, twice the speed limit on Broad Oak Road, which meant he couldn’t...
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The investigation began on Saturday 9 January 2021 after Kent Police received a call from staff at a taxi company who were concerned for a man in his 80s. The elderly man, who was safely taken home by attending officers, reported that he had made a...
A road closure is planned for Friday, January 29 for maintenance to Sandwich Bridge. A specially commissioned gearbox spline will be installed – a component unavailable ‘off the shelf’ when the bridge reopened in December 2020. As previously...
Roughly 100 Illegal Immigrants will be moved to a hotel to make it easier to ‘social distance’ from one another. They will only be allowed to move if they test negative on a PCR test. They will then have to self-isolate for 10 days once transferred...
A truck driver from Ireland has been detained by the National Crime Agency after 42 kilos of cocaine were seized from his lorry at the Channel Tunnel terminal in France. The vehicle, which was carrying a load of whey protein powder, was searched as...
Wilfred Grant and Gary Parks ransacked a property in Brook Street but were caught after they were identified on CCTV. Personal items including a wedding ring and cufflinks were stolen by the pair, who entered a caravan contained within a gated...
A search of a vehicle by police in Margate has led to the seizure of a BB gun and suspected class A and B drugs. Officers from the Thanet Local Policing Team, who were patrolling during the early hours of Saturday 23 January 2021, stopped a...
Network Rail engineers are preparing to tackle a 40 metre-long landslip that blocked the line at Newington, near Sittingbourne, earlier this week, with work set to begin on Sunday (24 January). The slip closed the railway on Wednesday and Thursday...
On Saturday 23 January at 7.35am, the volunteer crew of the Dungeness Shannon-class lifeboat, The Morrell, were tasked to a fishing vessel half a mile east of station A crewman on the board the vessel had suffered a crush injury and required...
On the morning of Thursday 21 January 2021, officers from Thanet’s Community Policing Team attended a property in Northdown Road. In the basement of the property, police found around 20 cannabis plants as well as a quantity of cannabis...
Officers on patrol stopped a vehicle in Bouverie Road West at around 12.20pm on Friday 22 January 2021. High-value clothing and electrical items, two mobile phones, a lock knife and a plastic egg containing wraps of cocaine were discovered...
At around 5.40pm on Thursday 21 January 2021, a woman in her 20s was walking towards the River Medway from the grounds of the Archbishop’s Palace in Bishops Way, when a man approached her from behind. It is alleged he was holding a...
George Oladosu stabbed the victim in a Strood car park after first approaching him inside a supermarket. The 27-year-old, of Melville Court, Chatham, admitted grievous bodily harm with intent and was sentenced at Maidstone Crown Court on...
Cameron Bennett used a bicycle to deliver drugs to local users but was arrested as he sought to make deals in a location near Broadway. In February 2019, Kent Police received information concerning the suspicious behaviour of two men on bikes...
The incident happened in Upper Street at around 8.50am on Monday 18 January 2021. It is alleged a man in a white flatbed truck stopped his vehicle and stole a white and tan cocker spaniel that was sitting outside an address. The truck...
In December 2018 Charlie Anderson gained the trust of a man who was staying in hospital who then asked him to withdraw a week’s worth of pension money on his behalf. Anderson agreed but never returned the bankcard or pension card and an...
Two fire engines were sent to the scene and crews used hose reel jets to put the fire out. No casualties were reported. It’s believed the fire started accidentally when hot ashes from a wood burner were placed in a bin, causing it to catch...
Their imprisonment follows a lengthy and complex investigation by specialist detectives from the Kent and Essex Serious Crime Directorate, and included what is believed to have been the single largest face-value seizure of fake currency in UK...
Torron Sapsed, from Rochester, appeared at Maidstone Crown Court on 15 January 2021 where he was sentenced to two years and four months. The 24-year-old, of Mooring Road, had previously admitted being concerned in the supply of cocaine, LSD...
Michael Terry is alleged to have assaulted a man, who is known to him, at the Tesco Express in Frindsbury Road, Strood, at around 6.50pm on Saturday 16 January 2021. The victim, a man in his 40s, sustained a facial injury which required...
Ben Oliver, 23 of Lion Road, Bexleyheath was charged on Wednesday, 20 January with the murder of 74-year-old David Oliver. He will appear in custody at Bromley Magistrates’ Court on Thursday, 21 January. Police were called by the London Ambulance...
Emergency services from the London Ambulance, Met Police and the LFB were all scrambled to the incident on Tuesday evening. The LAS mobilised a full complement of there HART team and the LFB also sent a five fire engines and a rescue unit to...
John Byrne, 58, was last seen in the Dover Road area of the town at around 7.30pm on Tuesday 19 January 2021 and officers are growing increasingly concerned for his welfare. He is described as being around 5ft 9in tall, medium build, with a...
were called by London Ambulance Service [LAS] at 11:5am on Tuesday, 19 January to reports of an injured man inside a residential address at West Park, SE9. Officers and LAS attended. At the scene a 74-year-old man was found suffering from a knife...
Lewis Cady admitted selling the drugs in Faversham and was jailed for three years and four months when he appeared at Maidstone Crown Court on 19 January 2021. The 35-year-old of Perry Wood, Selling, was arrested on 1 December 2020 by officers...
Todor Mehandzhiyski was last seen at around 7.45am on Monday 18 January 2021, in the Sutton Road area. Todor is 34 years old and described as being around 5 feet 8 inches tall, of slim build, unshaven and with very short brown hair. He was last...
Two suspects have been charged in connection with an investigation into drugs being brought to Kent from Wales. Kent Police officers on patrol during the morning of Monday 18 January 2021, stopped a black Jaguar X Type car in Hythe. They...
River levels remain high as a result of rainfall over the last few days. We expect flooding to continue to affect low lying land and roads along the Great Stour River, particularly in and around Ashford, Hothfield and Great Chart. River levels are...
19 January 2021 Kent Police was initially called at 3.50pm, on Wednesday 30 December 2020, to reports of fighting involving a large number of people, at a car park and rugby playing field off Punch Croft. Those involved were said to have been...
Supermarkets, banks and local stores including Tesco’s and Sainsbury’s are getting tough on customers who visit stores and ignore the Government rules on wearing face coverings at indoor public places. Stores up and down the country are...
He is wanted in relation to an ongoing investigation with Surrey Police, including failing to stop and other driving-related matters. Smith is described as a white man, around 6ft tall, of a medium build with brown hair and brown eyes. He has...
At around 2pm on Friday 15 January 2021, a man is reported to have been robbed of money by three men in Knights Manor Way, Dartford. The same suspects are also said to have attempted to rob a woman, who was with the victim, before driving away...
CCTV images have been released by officers investigating a theft at a Maidstone shop. A handbag was reported stolen when a pensioner was distracted at Marks and Spencer in Eclipse Park, at around 1.10pm on 6 January 2021. It is alleged...
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Two fire engines attended a property on Ethelbert Road, in Birchington. Firefighters crews used hose reel jets to extinguish the flames, which damaged garden furniture, an area of wooden decking and a nearby fence. Kent fire and rescue say there...
Clint Greenidge was convicted of wounding with intent on Monday 27 July 2020 following a trial at Canterbury Crown Court. The 56-year-old was brought back before the same court on Monday 11 January 2021 and jailed for 10 years. He was ordered...
Graham White was last seen in the High Street area of the town on the morning of Friday 15 January 2021. The 38-year-old is described as around five feet, ten inches tall, of slim build, with blue eyes and short, light brown hair...
The new scheme, entitled ‘Ask for ANI’, allows those at risk or suffering from abuse to discreetly signal that they need help and access support. By asking for ANI, a trained pharmacy worker will offer a private space where they can ascertain...
Adrian Nyanja was last seen on Friday 1 January 2021 at 2.00pm. Adrian is described as slim build with black hair and around six feet tall. He is believed to be wearing a black and white Adidas tracksuit, white Nike Jordan hi...
The victim reported that he was verbally abused and assaulted through his window while driving the bus shortly after 2.30pm on 28 December 2020 in Harbour Street. The wing mirror of the vehicle was also damaged during the incident. Police would...
After failing to stop for officers in the Met #RoadCrimeTeam officers then pursued the vehicle to Gravesend. During the reckless chase, the driver drove dangerously and at high speed The pursuit was brought to an end after officers used #TPAC...
Kent Police and Highways England have closed the M20 in Kent to assist in attempts to recapture dog that has escaped on to the live lanes of the motorway. Officers are working with traffic officers and a member of the public to help rescue the...
Since Monday 11 January 2021 officers fined people for holding inside and outside gatherings, being outside without reasonable excuse and for not self-isolating. Among the fines issued included four to a group of people found riding scooters...
Kent Police was called at 5.40pm on Friday 1 January 2021, following a collision involving a white Volvo XC60 and a teenager riding a BMX bike, on Sutton Road at its junction with Cranborne Avenue. South East Coast Ambulance Service also...
Stuart Goodwin was arrested after police were called to an incident in the Cheriton Road area of central Folkestone on Monday 25 May 2020. The 33-year-old was charged with and later admitted wounding with intent, child cruelty and four counts of...
Kevin Tandoh, 31, of Styles Garden, London, has been charged with one count of robbery. The charge was authorised by the Crown Prosecution Service in connection with an incident in Kingswear Gardens, Strood, which happened at around 12.35pm on...
Charges have been authorised after three Kent Police employees were assaulted in Gillingham. Edward Midgley is alleged to have assaulted a sergeant, a police constable and a designated detention officer at Medway Police Station on the afternoon...
Despite claiming self-defence, a jury found Harry Harris guilty of the murder of 44-year-old James Webb following a six-week trial at Maidstone Crown Court which concluded on Monday 11 January 2021. He was sentenced at the same court on Friday 15...
‘In memory of our loving son, Jason P Williams, who died on 10th January 2021, just five days before his 25th birthday. ‘He was a well-loved young man who would do anything for anyone. He had so many things that he wanted to achieve but...
