Archive - March 2012

Police are appealing for information following a theft of cleaning equipment in Harrogate.

We are now in a position to name the man who died following the collision on Saturday 24 March.

North Yorkshire Police will be carrying out mobile safety camera enforcement on the following roads between Wednesday 28 March and Tuesday 3 April 2012.

Two men who went an early morning robbery spree in York have been jailed indefinitely.

Detectives in Selby are renewing their appeal to identify a distraction burglar who struck at an elderly woman's home as the victim explains how the crime has affected her.

An new initiative known as the Brayton Network will give villagers from Brayton near Selby the opportunity to speak to police officers, housing officers, and parish councillors all under one roof.

The Safer Neighbourhood Team covering Settle has moved into new premises.

Police are appealing for witnesses after metal thieves struck at Helmsley Castle.

York police are appealing for information and witnesses following a robbery at the Cooperative store on Moorcroft Road, Woodthorpe.

Police are appealing for witnesses to a fatal road traffic collision involving three vehicles near Camblesforth, in the Selby area on Saturday evening (24 March 2012).

North Yorkshire Police's high-performing fleet department has won a prestigious national award.

Police investigating the robbery at Fattorini's jewellery store in Harrogate have made two more arrests, bringing the total number of arrests to three.

Police investigating the robbery at Fattorini's jewellery store in Harrogate on Tuesday 20 March 2012, have arrested a man from the Leeds area.

Detectives are investigating after two elderly people were targeted by a sneak-in burglar in Thirsk.

Police in Hambleton and Richmondshire are warning people visiting local beauty spots to take their vehicle security seriously.

Officers from York Safer Neighbourhood Team will be distributing posters and leaflets in the Burtonstone Lane and Critchton Avenue area of York this evening (Wednesday 21 March 2012) to appeal for more information following the suspicious fire at an elderly couple's home in Lucas Avenue.

Police in Harrogate are appealing for the public's help to locate a man they would like to speak with following a theft from a charity shop.

Police in York are appealing for information following a fatal road traffic collision in the city.

North Yorkshire Police will be carrying out mobile safety camera enforcement on the following roads between Wednesday 21 and Tuesday 27 March 2012.

York police are investigating after six pairs of designer glasses were stolen from a city centre store.

Silver Astra sightings could hold clue to Harrogate robbery

Detectives in North Yorkshire are continuing the fight against house burglaries with more arrests.

Police are appealing for information following the theft of £50,000 worth of copper wire in York.

43-year-old Deborah Louise Cooper of Broomfleet, Brough, Humberside has today (Tuesday 20 March 2012) been jailed for 12 months at York Crown Court for theft of a horse and fraud by false representation.

Detectives are appealing for witnesses after an expensive piece of machinery was stolen from a farm in Malton.

North Yorkshire Police are appealing for witnesses following a fatal road traffic collision on the A169 between Whitby and Pickering.

North Yorkshire Police are appealing for witnesses and information about a suspicious house fire in York.

At approximately 20.30 hrs on Friday 16th March 2012, a fatal road traffic collision occurred on the A169 Whitby to Pickering Rd.

North Yorkshire Police statement to mark the third anniversary (Sunday 18 March 2012) of the Claudia Lawrence investigation.

Harrogate police have released CCTV images of two men they would like to trace in connection with an assault on a taxi driver.

This is a brief update for those of you following the search for missing York man, Jordan Sullivan.

Scarborough police have released an image of a man who allegedly exposed himself to a local woman.

Scarborough police are appealing for information after a man was assaulted in the Falsgrave area of the town.

43-year-old Deborah Louise Cooper of Broomfleet, Brough, Humberside is due to be sentenced at York Crown Court on Monday 19 March 2012 on charges of theft of a horse and fraud by false representation.

Police are appealing for a key witness to come forward following a fatal road traffic collision near Harrogate.

Police in York are appealing for the public's help following the theft of a mobile phone from a cancer patient at York District Hospital.

North Yorkshire Police can confirm that the forensic analysis on the samples taken from the body of a woman known as the "Sutton Bank body" has produced a full composite DNA profile.

North Yorkshire Police will be carrying out mobile safety camera enforcement on the following roads between Wednesday 14 March 2012 and Tuesday 20 March 2012.

Selby police are leaving no stone unturned as they hunt for thieves who stole diesel from a quarry.

Thirsk police are investigating after a number of distinctive items were mysteriously found in a garden in Thirsk.

A 24-year-old man from the Selby is due to appear at York Magistrates' Court today (13 March 2012) charged with two counts of attempted murder.

Police in Craven are appealing for vital witnesses to come forward following a report of dangerous driving in the area.

Police are asking a woman driving a Range Rover to come forward following a report of dangerous driving in the Grassington area.

Further to yesterday's appeal following the incident involving the van which ran over a tent and a 16-year-old boy in a field at Barlby near Selby.

Police are appealing for information after a 16-year-old boy was run over inside a tent.

York West Safer Neighbourhood Policing Team have been working in conjunction with City of York Council and Safer York Partnership to provide support to elderly and vulnerable victims of burglary.

Scarborough police have renewed their appeal for witnesses and information after a local landmark was attacked by vandals.

North Yorkshire Police has pledged its support to a European road safety campaign warning against the dangers of not wearing seatbelts.

Detectives in Malton are appealing for witnesses after a lorry driver was robbed at the roadside.

Gwent Police is appealing for information to help trace 55 year old Peter Phillips from Newport who has failed to answer bail.

Police are currently at the scene of a serious collision on the road between Helperby and Raskelf near Easingwold.

Selby police have released CCTV images of a man wanted for a fraud at McDonald's.

Detectives are appealing for information following two burglaries Knaresborough.

Harrogate police are appealing for the driver of a silver 4x4 to come forward following a road traffic collision on the A61 at Pannal.

Police in Catterick Garrison are appealing for witnesses after a local church was attacked by vandals.

Police in Skipton have released photographs of three cycles which they hope to reunite with their rightful owners.

North Yorkshire Police will be carrying out mobile safety camera enforcement on the following roads between Wednesday 7 March and Tuesday 13 March 2012.

Detectives are appealing for information following a burglary in Great Ayton, near Stokesley.

Police in York have released images of two suspected shoplifters.

12 young people from schools in the Hambleton area have just begun a challenging five-day outdoor activity course thanks to local criminals.

Police investigating a distraction burglary in which a 75-year-old Selby woman was targeted have released an e-fit of the suspect.

Mr Moffatt was found safe and well in York on Friday (2 March) evening.

This is an update following the serious single vehicle road traffic collision which occurred on Back Lane near Worsall on Thursday 1 March 2012.

Selby police are investigating after an elderly woman was burgled by a bogus water official.

Assistant Chief Constable Sue Cross is currently on a three-month secondment to the National Police Improvement Agency (NPIA) as a syndicate director for the strategic command course.

Police are currently at the scene of a serious single vehicle road traffic collision on Back Lane, Worsall, near Yarm.

North Yorkshire Police have led a joint operation against criminals involved in rural crime.

Four people have been sentenced to a total of 11 years imprisonment for their involvement in an organised drugs gang in Scarborough.

North Yorkshire Police have re-issued a warning to residents to lock their doors, windows and cars.

North Yorkshire Police have launched a major new drive to put a stop to travelling criminals and cross-border crime.

Police have issued a warning to residents not to let anyone into their home who they are not expecting after bogus water officials tricked their way into the homes of elderly people in Thirsk and Malton.

Police are appealing for information following a burglary at a shop in Thornton Dale near Pickering.

A 45-year-old man who was seriously injured when he was assaulted in York on Tuesday 27 March 2012 remains in a coma in York District Hospital.

A 20-year-old man and a 16-year-old youth from Scarborough have been charged with burglary.

Police investigating after a man was seriously assaulted in York on Tuesday 27 March 2012 believe he was attacked using a hammer.

Detectives in York are appealing for information after a man was seriously assaulted in the city.

Police are appealing for information following a burglary near Kirkbymoorside.

Police are appealing for the public's help following a burglary in Ripon.

Ripon police are asking members of the public to contact them if they recognise any items of jewellery which have been recovered as part of a burglary investigation.