This afternoon, a sizable fire has started in Gravesend (June 26). A serious incident in Jubilee Crescent has prompted nine fire engines to respond...
Get the latest stories from in and around Kent including business, crime, politics, traffic and travel from Kent999.co.uk
Adam Woolnough was invited to stay with a friend in Browning Place, Folkestone, for a few days, but despite putting a roof over Woolnough’s head, the friend was subjected to multiple threats. These led to a physical assault on 1 October 2020...
Firefighters from London Fire Brigade (LFB) rushed to the scene of the blaze that broke out at a maisonette home on Russett Way in Greenwich in the early hours of this morning(6th March 2021) They found a woman and two children trapped by the...
Billy George was arrested by officers from Kent Police after they executed a drugs warrant at his address in Greenwich. The 28-year-old, of Flintmill Crescent, admitted possessing heroin, cocaine and crack cocaine with intent to supply, as well as...
Officers investigating a collision issued an appeal for witness to come forward following a collision in Maidstone on Friday evening. Police were called to on Willington Street, Maidstone around 8pm following a collision near to the COOP and Post...
It was stolen from Biddenden in Kent at around 3.3pm on the 5th of March 2021. The theft took place from the Millwood Homes new build site was the location. Hardworking carpenter desperately seeking his hard-earned business and lively hood!! Tools...
Marain Macovei, 25, of Germany and Lulian-Ioan Stratulat, 25, from Romania, appeared at Canterbury Crown Court on Monday 1 March, where they received 12-and-half-years and 15 years 9 months respectively for their plot to sneak 39 kilograms of...
A motorist who crashed while high on drink and drugs, killing his housemate, has been jailed. Ionut Dumitru was driving a recently purchased grey BMW 5 Series southbound on the A21 London Road, at Flimwell, when he left the carriageway and collided...
Three people have been charged following arrests made during a joint operation between Kent and Essex police forces to target suspected criminals crossing the county borders. On Wednesday 3 March 2021 officers from both forces patrolled...
Thomas Arnold pushed the victim from behind after he noticed her attempting to withdraw cash but his offending was clearly captured on CCTV, which officers used to identify him. The 30-year-old, of New Road, Chatham, admitted robbery and was...
Cornwallis Avenue was officially opened on March 7, 1930 by Lord and Lady Cornwallis with the roadside lined with trees. The name Cornwallis was spelt out by the initial of the trees planted from both ends: Cherry, Oak, Robinia, Norway Maple...
Demetri John-Lewis, 29, was identified as operating the ‘CC’ line in the town during a joint operation by Kent Police and the Metropolitan Police. He was arrested in March 2020 and was found guilty of being concerned in the supply of...
Thirty ferrets have been reported stolen from premises in Harrietsham and officers are appealing for information. The incident happened between 6pm on Wednesday 3 March and midday on Thursday 4 March at an animal rescue centre in Polhill Lane...
Alex Charlesworth was subject to unannounced visits by police who had the power to inspect his phone and other computer devices, in accordance with the terms of a Sexual Offences Prevention Order. On 12 August 2019, Kent Police staff attended his...
Officers initially arrested Andrew Cakebread, 36 after acting on information to suggest he had indecent images of children on his computers but the investigation led officers to discover footage that appeared to be from software installed on...
The warrants, at eleven addresses, were executed on Wednesday, 3 March, and resulted in ten people being arrested. They have since been charged with conspiracy to possess a firearm with intent to endanger life and conspiracy to cause grievous...
Two fire engines attended and firefighters wore breathing apparatus while using hose reel jets to extinguish the flames. No casualties were reported. The cause is not yet known.
Officers in Dover came into possession of the items on Friday 26 February 2021 as part of an investigation into possible burglaries in the area. Photos of the items have now been released in the hope of tracing victims of theft who may not yet...
Sad outcome after Police find body of missing Dartford man. Kent Police say they are no longer appealing for information to help locate a man who had been reported missing from Dartford, following the discovery of a body in the area on the afternoon...
Nathan Cherry, 37, was last seen in the area of Stone, Dartford at around 6am on Monday 1 March 2021. He is described as being around five feet, three inches tall, of slim build with very short hair and fair stubble. He...
Over the past two weekends of February, Kent Police has received several reports of motorists gathering in the Crossways Boulevard area and driving in a reckless manner. On 20 February, officers were called to a car meet in nearby Charles...
Ibrahim Saleh, 29 of Robert Street, Greenwich, was charged with conspiracy to supply Class A drugs (cocaine) and possession with intent to supply Class A drugs (heroin). Martyn Savill, 42 of Kingston Avenue, Southend on Sea, was charged with...
Although PCSO Brandon Greenleaf has only been working within the Thanet Community Safety Unit for a handful of months, he has already launched a project called Hats for the Homeless, which encourages knitters to pick up their needles and yarn to...
Shoppers in Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells are being reminded to keep their purses and bags safe after victims were targeted in supermarket carparks. At around 11.30am on Wednesday 3 March 2021, it is reported a woman in her 60s had a purse stolen...
Patrols were carried out across the district and a motorist, who is reported to have tried to evade police, was stopped in a vehicle in Unity Place, Ramsgate, and searched. Individual bags of cannabis were found along with cash, weighing scales and...
Drivers returning to France from the UK on a round-trip who have spent less than 48 hours in the UK do not need to test negative for coronavirus before travelling. Cross-channel operators will give drivers evidence of the...
Jason Pitt, 47, was caught on CCTV approaching the property during the afternoon of Wednesday 20 January 2021. Following an investigation by Kent Police’s Chief Constable’s Crime Squad, he was identified from the footage and...
Witnesses are being asked to come forward after the windscreen of a bus was smashed while being driven in Canterbury.. The vehicle was travelling along Sturry Road in the direction of the city centre and was just passing South Street when the...
The enforcement action was taken across Friday 26 and Saturday 27 February 2021, with Kent Police officers working in partnership with HM Revenue and Customs, Medway Council, the Home Office and Kent Fire and Rescue Service. In total, 123,040...
During the morning of Tuesday 2 March 2021, officers on patrol in Pysons Road, Ramsgate, stopped a car seen driving in the area. Drugs and cash were later seized as part of an investigation.. Dominic Murray has since been charged with possession...
Between 1 December 2020 and 2 March 2021 a total of 24 incidents were recorded where dogs have attacked sheep, cows and other livestock, often leaving the animals maimed and having to be euthanised. The most recent incident was reported on Monday, 1...
Two corrupt lorry drivers have been jailed for a combined 31 years after being found guilty of trying to smuggle class A drugs into the UK. The National Crime Agency began an investigation into Slovenian national Adam Grzelj, 52, in April 2020 after...
Handguns, as well as a haul of cash and gold bullion were discovered at the home of Michael Naughton after forensic tests had initially linked him to a cannabis factory in Horton Kirby. Patrols detected a cultivation of around 200 cannabis plants...
He pledged additional £65 billion to support Britons through to the end of lockdown and beyond, but said he would also need to start clawing back some of the £407 billion that has been spent in total during the pandemic. Unprecedented levels of...
Kent Police’s County Line and Gang Team arrested 24 people suspected of supplying drugs in Kent during February. Among them was a 30-year-old man who was arrested in Maidstone after he reportedly ordered his dog to attack another man on 9 February...
Jordan McGrath-Coulstock committed 12 sex offences against children between 2014 and 2016. The offences took place in Rochester and included three counts of rape, an attempted rape and two sexual assaults. After being arrested, it was...
On 15 November 2019, a police patrol stopped a Mercedes C250 travelling on London Road, Southborough. Suspecting the driver, Karl Pennington, was involved in the supply of drugs, the officers completed a search and seized twenty bags of cocaine from...
The money was found at an address in London, as part of a proactive operation by the Kent and Essex Serious Crime Directorate. Arrests.. Police executed the warrant at around 9.35pm on Tuesday 2 March 2021, at a property in Redcliffe Street...
A large amount of waste caught alight. Seven fire engines and a height vehicle were sent to the scene and crews used hose reel jets to extinguish the fire. No casualties were reported. The cause is believed to be accidental.
In the early hours of Wednesday, 3 March, over 350 officers from the Metropolitan Police Service, Essex Police and Kent Police executed 11 firearms warrants as part of a joint operation to arrest a number of suspects involved in ‘renting’ a firearm...
Yellow weather warnings have been put in place across parts of the South East and London overnight are covered with heavy fog blankets. The severe fog warnings were issued across eastern, southeastern and southwestern parts of the country overnight...
The car was stopped in August 2019 after it was seen collecting Maurice Lennon from an address suspected to have connections to drug dealing. The 24-year-old, of Tivoli Road, West Norwood, was found in possession of a large lock knife, a mobile...
Officers from the town’s Local Policing Team were on patrol in Cheriton Recreation Area at around 12.15am on Saturday 27 February 2021 when they noticed two men acting suspiciously. The men were stopped and, following a search...
Information is sought by officers investigating allegations a man exposed himself in front of some children in Leybourne. It is reported that at around 2.45pm on Monday 1 March 2021, two children were walking a dog in Leybourne Lakes country park...
This £5 million work includes 26 locations around the county and will continue through to the end of March. This vital investment will help to reduce potholes caused by the weather conditions we have experienced in Kent this winter. A...
Kent Police was called on Saturday 27 February 2021 following a report that a teenage girl had been approached by three people on a path between Rutherford Road and Beecholme Drive that evening. One of the men had demanded the girl give him...
Gregory Robinson, 40, of Meridian Close, is alleged to have committed the following offences against the same victim: On Saturday 13 February 2021 he is alleged to have assaulted the woman by beating her. On Wednesday 17 February he is...
Three men and a woman have been arrested after officers from the Met’s Specialist Crime team discovered 10kg of cocaine with an estimated street value of £500,000. The arrests were made on Monday, 1 March, as part of an ongoing operation into...
Two people who had to be recused by emergency services after travelling from London to go for a walk and getting stuck in mud were among those fined for breaching Coronavirus regulations this weekend. Between Friday, 26 February and...
