ON
THE GRAPEVINE!
Cannabis farm find
Acting on community intelligence officers executed a warrant on
Monday 21st February 2011 at Yarwood Heath Farm at Yarwood Heath
Lane, Rostherne. A 46-year old woman and a 48-year-old man were
arrested on suspicion of cultivating cannabis plants. They have
both been released on police bail until 6th April.
Charity theft man sentenced
A 22 year-old man from Stoke-on-Trent was sentenced for stealing
1,000 charity bags from a former employer and using them to collect
clothes from doorsteps in Nantwich for his own profit. He was sentenced
at South Cheshire Magistrates Court on 16th February after pleading
guilty to theft from an employer. He was caught with bags of clothes
by PC Paul Edmonds from Nantwich NPU following reports of a suspicious
vehicle in the Stapeley area of Nantwich.
PC Edmonds seized the charity bags and contacted Cure Leukaemia
who the bags belonged to and made sure that they got all of the
items that the people of Stapley had generously given.
He was given a Community Order, which orders that he carries out
60 hours unpaid supervised work within the next 12 months and £85
costs.
Cheshire police go online to tackle domestic abuse
Anyone who suspects that someone close to them is suffering from
domestic abuse is being urged to speak out and report it.
As part of its domestic abuse campaign, which was launched to
coincide with Valentine’s Day, Cheshire Police is encouraging people
who are concerned that someone close to them is being physically
or verbally abused to report it online.
The new online facility, which launched Wednesday 16th February
allows relatives, friends, work colleagues or neighbours to voice
their concerns by logging onto www.cheshire.police.uk
Four years for assault
A 19-year-old Wilmslow man has been given an indeterminate sentence
after pleading guilty to robbery and two assaults which he carried
out in Macclesfield in one day. He was told at Chester Crown Court
on Monday 7th February that he would have to serve a minimum of
four years.
In the early hours of Saturday 2nd October 2010 the defendant
carried out a robbery on a 19-year-old in Chester Road - during
which he stole cigarettes and assaulted him. He then carried out
a section 47 assault on 21-year-old man in a house on Bond Street.
His victim was treated for head injuries.
He then carried out a section 18 assault on a 39-year-old man
in Pinfold Street. The assault resulted in the victim receiving
several breaks to his leg and head injuries. He had to be sedated
and spend time in intensive care. Police arrested the 19-year-old
shortly after the final assault.
Macclesfield burglary charges
Detectives from the Macclesfield burglary team have charged three
men with several sneak in burglaries, but say they need residents
to help in their fight against thieves by remembering to secure
their doors and windows.
DS Tony King said: "We are working hard to continue to drive
down the number of burglaries and bring offenders to justice -
but we need your help to make it difficult for thieves to get their
hands on your hard earned goods and sentimental items by locking
your doors and windows."
Currently 30 per cent of burglaries in Macclesfield are committed
by offenders sneaking into homes through insecure doors and windows.
This is mainly happening while residents are at home.
A 43-year-old man from Macclesfield was charged with two burglaries
in the town and 20-year-old from Macclesfield was charged with
one burglary in the town. A 44-year-old man from Manchester was
charged with two burglaries in Bramhall and one in Wilmslow.
Robbery charges
Following a spate of armed robberies at high quality jewellers
premises in and around the east of Cheshire, Congleton CID officers
have been in liaison with the Flying Squad of the Metropolitan
Police.
This has resulted in the prevention of further offences and offenders
being charged with conspiracy to rob Moodys Jewellers in Pillory
Street, Nantwich, an offence which was to take place on 27th April
in 2009.
As a result of the collaborative investigation 29 men and one
woman were jailed for a total of 250 years on 2nd February and
3rd February at Kingston Crown Court.
They conspired to commit a string of highly organised robberies
and burglaries across London, the Home Counties, Cheshire and one
offence in Antwerp, Belgium and were convicted at Kingston Upon
Thames Crown Court throughout 2009/10.
Please be aware and report anything suspicious.
JANE THIRSK
Watch Officer
Cheshire Police
Macclesfield Neighbourhood Policing Team 0845 458 6371
Police non-emergency number: 101
Other Homewatch pages of current relevance: Briefs (recent
crimes in the Macclesfield Division including Bollington, Kerridge
and Pott Shrigley).
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