Crime

A man has been arrested on suspicion of fraud by false representation and returned to prison after breaching the tems of his license. Lincolnshire Police issued a warning this week following a spate of reports of a man asking for money to pay for a sofa that had just been delivered. He visited Crowland and Spalding residences. Police say one ...

A Spalding shop has had its premises licence revoked after undercover police were sold smuggled cigarettes. South Holland District Council Licensing Committee revoked the licence of Lithuanian Grocery Ltd, at 82 Holbeach Road, after it was decided there were “no conditions that could be imposed that could alleviate the concerns of the panel due to poor management of the premises”, ...

Lincolnshire Police say the man pictured might be able to assist in their enquiry into the theft of perfume in Spalding. A box of perfume worth £28 was was stolen from Lloyds Pharmacy in Market Place, Spalding, at around 12.25pm on Saturday, August 26. Police have asked anyone able to help to contact 101, quoting incident number 241 of 26/8.

A woman whose bag was snatched outside Iceland in Winfrey Avenue, Spalding, had it returned when two members of the public gave chase and captured the offender. The incident took place at 5pm on Friday, August 25. Thanks to the quick actions of the public, a 31-year-old Spalding man was charged with theft, possession of a bladed article and possession ...

Lincolnshire Police have laid out the force’s strategy on rural crime. Deputy Chief Constable Craig Naylor recently brought together stakeholders and partner agencies, including the NFU, from across law enforcement and the rural community in the first meeting of Lincolnshire Police’s new Rural Community Safety Multi-Agency Gold Group. The meeting was an opportunity to review last year’s rural crime and ...

Rural crime cost Lincolnshire a staggering £2.5million in 2016, up 5 per cent from £2.4million in 2015. The figures form part of NFU Mutual’s annual Rural Crime Report, published today, revealing that despite Britain seeing a 4 per cent drop last year, the cost of rural theft has risen sharply in the first half of 2017. According to NFU Mutual’s ...

A fly-tipper who dumped household waste in a ditch in Spalding has been left facing a court fine. David Tarr tipped a number of items from a relative’s recent house move into a ditch in South Drove, Spalding Common, on May 24. Tarr, of Belgrave Road, Spalding, appeared at Boston Magistrates’ Court on July 31 and pleaded guilty to the ...

A Spalding man admitted downloading more than 60,000 indecent images of children when he appeared before Lincoln Crown Court. David Kaye had previously denied the charges and was due to stand trial in front of a jury, but changed his plea when he appeared in  the dock. Kaye (43), of Spring Street, pleaded guilty to three charges of making a total of ...

Lincolnshire Police want to know your opinion on the state of neighbourhood policing. Data collected will be used by the force and the Police and Crime Commissioner for Lincolnshire to determine upcoming service strategies. Questions asked in the neighbourhood policing survey include whether an increase in visible uniformed patrols in the community would make residents feel safer. There are also ...

A Spalding man admitted downloading more than 60,000 indecent images of children when he appeared before Lincoln Crown Court on Wednesday.     David  Kaye had previously denied the charges and was due to stand trial in front of a jury this morning but changed his plea when he appeared in  the dock.     Kaye, 43 ,  of Spring Street, Spalding, pleaded guilty to three ...

Police are hunting a gang of ram raiders who targeted a village shop in the early hours of Tuesday morning. The raiders hit the Co-Op in Crowland at around 4am and tried to take the in-store cash machine. But they were not successful and the machine was left in the road. A 4×4 vehicle used in the raid was also ...

A man who was jailed for slashing his neighbour with a knife later threatened to kill his victim when on his release from prison, Lincoln Crown Court was told this week.   Shaun Smith made the threat during a meeting in Lincoln Prison to discuss arrangements for his release at the end of his 12 month jail sentence.   Gareth Gimson, prosecuting, ...

Police are investigating a suspicious incident that is alleged to have happened in Holbeach around 3.30pm yesterday (Wednesday).   A 10-year-old boy walking home from school was approached by a man in Stukeley Hall Drive.   The man was described as a black male, 6ft tall, of slim build, wearing jeans and said to be holding a knife.   The ...

Two brothers turned on fire fighters who were trying to rescue their mother from her blazing property, Lincoln Crown Court was told on Friday.   Jason Dodd and Simon Harrison were aggressive and threatening towards the fire fighters who answered a call to deal with a fire at the property in Holyrood Walk, Spalding.   Dodd went on to produce an air ...

Three South Holland men have been jailed for their part in a shooting in Long Sutton.   Lloyd Peter Hook (22), Samuel James Tooke (26) and Shane Kelk (23) were all convicted of possession of a firearm with intent to cause fear of violence after the incident in Anfield Close.   The men went to a property on Sunday, January ...

Vandals smashed hundreds of panes of glass in a nursery greenhouse on the same night a neighbouring derelict building – known to be used by rough sleepers – went up in flames.     Two local boys, aged 14 and 15, have been charged with arson in connection with the blaze on the former Groom Bros nursery site in Pecks ...

A motorist is being investigated on suspicion of drink-driving following a crash which saw another motorist seriously injured. It happened on the B1166, Hulls Drove, Crowland, at 4.45pm last Friday, leading to a two-hour closure of the road. A 43-year-old from the Peterborough area was taken to Boston’s Pilgrim Hospital under arrest and later “released under investigation” – a new ...

Cash and jewellery were stolen in a burglary in Kenzie Drive, Sutton Bridge. Thieves smashed a patio door to get into the home between 11.30am and 3.30pm last Thursday (June 15). Anyone with information should contact DC Nottidge, of Spalding CID, by calling 101, quoting incident number 288 of June 15. Calls can also be made anonymously via 101 or ...

A 71-year-old Holbeach man has been found guilty of creating a bomb hoax in the town’s Lincolnshire Co-op store. David James Edwards, of Hallgate, had denied placing a brown package in the Fleet Street store on January 27, 2017, “with the intention of inducing in another a belief the said article was likely to explode or ignite and thereby cause ...

A Tongue End resident has appeared in court accused of fraud. Krzysztof Zaja (38), of Everard Road, is said to have submitted a false document on October 14, 2016, intending to make a gain, namely obtaining a full English driving licence for himself. Zaja appeared at Boston Magistrates’ Court on June 7 and pleaded not guilty to the charge. He ...