Crime

Lincolnshire Police have agreed to meet residents of a Spalding estate concerned about anti-social behaviour. Residents in and around Severn Road called a public meeting to discuss the issues last month.It was attended by South Holland and the Deepings MP Sir John Hayes, and South Holland District Council officers and members including Couns Tracey Carter and Rob Gibson.But the residents ...

An 18-year-old with a brain tumour has been left distraught after his only transport was stolen from Spalding town centre this morning. Jack Schweikhardt’s white BMW bike with mudguards was left outside of Gregg’s in Hall Place between 10.15am and 10.45am this morning. The bike was locked to a pole, but it had been forced open. His mum Jodie has ...

South Holland Police are investigating three thefts of gardening equipment in the Suttons area. In the latest incident lawnmowers and strimmers were stolen from a workshop on Hospital Road in Sutton Bridge which occurred at some point overnight on June 25 to 26. It follows two other incidents. This first incident, at Sutton Bridge Golf Club, happened at some point ...

Lincolnshire police is under-funded to the tune of £16.4m – despite news of a recent boost to the budget, according to public sector union Unison. The county, along with neighbouring Nottinghamshire and Leicestershire, will have a combined deficit of £42.1m by 2026.Lincolnshire remains the lowest-funded force in the UK with the fewest officers and staff per head of population.But the ...

There could be many more fraud victims of a Spalding lottery syndicate as details of the large police operation that brought it down were revealed. There were 233 people recorded as victims by Operation Safeway, the investigation launched by Lincolnshire Police following two initial complaints made against the Lottery Syndicate Club in 2019.The court ruled on 184 people who made ...

A hoard of illegal vapes were uncovered at a shop in Holbeach by police and Trading Standards last week. Lincolnshire Police would not say which store the over 200 vapes were found, but said it was on Fleet Street.It followed a visit by the force on Friday June 9.South Holland Police said: “Always on it: Whilst on patrol last week, ...

A Spalding shop has been closed by police for selling illicit cigarettes. A closure order was been issued at Lincoln Magistrates’ Court yesterday  (June 7) for Nasz Market, in Sheep Market. This followed an application by police, using powers under the Anti-Social Behaviour, Crime and Policing Act 2014, following the alleged supplying of illicit cigarettes.  The order prohibits anyone, other than ...

A Holbeach woman who has dedicated her life to helping Ukrainians in need since the country was invaded by Russia, is worried she’s now being targeted. Mandy Baxter, who launched the charity Boxes of Hope last year, says she was left ‘shook up’ after someone used a knife to cut the tyres on her car while it was parked overnight ...

Residents of a Spalding housing estate highlighted anti-social behaviour that’s affecting their lives at a public meeting last week. Fed up residents around Severn Road called the gathering as they felt the issues weren’t being heard or dealt with.South Holland and the Deepings MP Sir John Hayes, and representatives from South Holland District Council, including portfolio holder for communities Coun ...

A domestic cleaner who stole sentimental jewellery worth thousands of pounds from Spalding and Boston homes she worked in was today (Tuesday) given a suspended jail sentence. Aimee Ward (38) admitted four offences of theft between December 1, 2021 and February 8, 2022. Lincoln Crown Court heard the mother-of-two worked for a Lincolnshire based housekeeping firm between August 2021 and ...

A man now living in Gedney Hill has been jailed after officers found £20,000 worth of drugs including cannabis grown in a wardrobe at his previous home. Cambridgeshire Police officers found cannabis being grown in a wardrobe after raiding a property Callum Horsley owned in Benland, Bretton in May 2021 as part of a week of action under Operation Spotlight ...

South Holland Police are blaming the school holidays for an upsurge in anti-social behaviour. “The number of anti-social behaviour reports from The Suttons and Holbeach residents has dramatically increased this week,” says a post on the force’s social media page.“Calls from Sutton Bridge stated that youths in the woods behind Memorial Park are throwing items at nearby properties.“A call from ...

Lincolnshire Police are looking to assess how much confidence the public has in the force following recent controversy. Officers are taking to the streets to ask: “How good a job is Lincolnshire Police doing?”They are hoping to better understand the public’s perception of the police and identify areas for improvement writes Local Democracy Reporter James Turner.“We recognise that in the ...

Lincolnshire Police have launched a campaign focussing on men’s behaviour towards women. The ‘You’re Right, That’s Wrong’ campaign calls on men to act when they see or hear public place harassment towards women or misogynistic attitudes.The campaign asks men to consider when a friend’s actions cross the line.Lincolnshire Police lead for violence against women and girls, detective superintendent Suzanne Davies, ...

A police appeal has been launched after Crowland’s historic Trinity Bridge was damaged. The Voice understands that some of the steps on the Grade One listed monument have been chipped away at. The bridge dates back to the 14th century and once spanned the River Welland and one of its tributaries. South Holland Police said in a statement: “We are ...

Four men have been arrested on suspicion of possession of offensive weapons following an incident in Spalding town centre yesterday. Armed officers attended an address in New Road, Spalding, at around 5.20pm yesterday Thursday March 30 after police received reports of offensive weapons being seen. A spokesman for Lincolnshire Police, said: “The four men, aged 45, 24, 23 and 22 ...

Residents of a Spalding estate say they’re back to being concerned about anti-social behaviour after an order was lifted. The Voice ran an article in November 2021 outlining residents concerns of the issue in an area.Just two months later a Partial Closure Order was placed on a nearby property believed to have been the location of cuckooing, where criminals take ...

South Holland is to share a local policing team with Boston after Lincolnshire Police confirmed its cuts to Police Community Support Officer numbers. PCSOs will be reduced from 91 to 50 due to budgetary pressures, with police saying the officers will be redeployed.Three areas of South Holland deemed to be among the “most vulnerable” by police will have two PCSO ...

Anti-social behaviour officers will be redeployed as part of ongoing savings to the Lincolnshire Police staff, chiefs have confirmed. Several posts are being removed, with the staff hopefully moved into other roles, writes Local Democracy Reporter Daniel Jaines. Assistant chief constable Diane Coulson denied that the plans would make any officers redundant. Community policing teams will take over work tackling ...

Three injunctions have been made against people committing domestic abuse, a council has said. One person was given a suspended prison sentence and told to pay £8,203 in fines and costs as a result of the action brought about by South Holland District Council. A spokesman for the authority said: “Support from local residents proved vital in these cases, either ...