Crime

New powers to tackle anti-social behaviour around Spalding’s Ayscoughfee Hall and The Vista come into force today. Police will step up patrols and now have the power to remove groups of two or more people from the area. The dispersal order has been granted to coincide with the school summer holidays. It is not a curfew, but does also provide ...

  Holbeach’s Lloyd’s Bank was closed this morning after a break-in overnight. It’s believed that thieves rammed the front door of the High Street bank and broke into the cash machine from inside. It’s not yet known what was taken. The incident happened at about 3am on Thursday morning and the bank was cordoned off by police until 12.50pm while ...

A care home manager who stole a cheque and then used it to pay £4,500 into his own bank account was today (Thursday) jailed for five months at Lincoln Crown Court. John Valmoria, manager of the The Bungalow Care Home in Spalding, took the cheque while assisting Pamela Easey to pay her husband’s care home fees. He then filled it ...

Spalding police are investigating a spate of burglaries in Double Street.  In all cases, the properties back on to the river-bank path. Between 11pm and midnight on Thursday (July 10), a property was entered and two mobile telephones and an electronic notebook were stolen. On the same evening another house was also entered, but nothing was stolen. At around midnight on Saturday (July ...

A heavy drinker involved in a scuffle which left a man with injuries escaped a jail sentence at Lincoln Crown Court today (Wednesday). Anthony Albert Holmes got involved in the drunken fight following an incident at a house in Sharpe Road, Grantham, earlier this year. Lisa Hardy, prosecuting, said that a number of people were at the property when the victim Tafara Washoma ...

Residents in Lincolnshire have lost more than £90,000 in the past year after falling victim of conmen. Lincolnshire Trading Standards are warning residents to be on their guard this summer against possible criminals trying to sell a product or service. In the last year, 184 residents complained they had been targeted, 67 of which admitted to handing over cash. Tim ...

Three people were arrested after cannabis plants were discovered during a raid at a house in Pinchbeck at the weekend. Officers visited the property in The Chase on Saturday on an unrelated matter and discovered a “reasonable sized grow” of the drug in the garden, shed and greehouse. The discovery led to the arrest of a 47-year-old man, a 45-year-old ...

  A former top-class show horse has been stabbed while in a Holbeach field. It’s believed Joe, a 19-year-old stallion, was cut with a pocket knife or penknife in a random attack. It left the pie-bald horse so traumatised that a vet gave him only hours to live. Fortunately distraught owner Chelsea Richardson has seen Joe pull through and hopes ...

The owner of Loaded nightclub says a late night levy (LNL) would be an unfair ‘tax’ on licensed premises which, like his, have already invested in CCTV and door staff. Matt Clark believes a BID (Business Improvement District) scheme would be a fairer way to provide support. Here Mr Clark, who is also chairman of Spalding Nighttime Economy Forum, tells ...

The purchase of a mobile camera to link in with South Holland’s upgraded CCTV system has taken a step closer. Spalding Town Forum has asked for costings before deciding whether its 12 district councillors would like to contribute from their annual designated members’ budget. The proposal for a camera which could be moved to “hotspots” for crime and anti-social behaviour ...

Lincolnshire Police have today (Wednesday) disclosed that the injured victims of two violent fights in Spalding last weekend were foreign nationals. And they say patrols will be stepped up in certain areas of the town centre as a precaution. Three Lithuanians – all living in Spalding – were injured in the incident in Hall Place at 12.45am on Saturday. Police said: ...

A man who robbed a shop worker of her mobile phone after she refused to give him cash from the till has been jailed for 18 months. Ben Courtney walked into The Grocers in Francis Street, Spalding and approached the counter with two apples. But as he went to pay the 40p he told the assistant: “Just give me all the notes from ...

More than 100 upset residents raised concerns about bad driving in Long Sutton – despite the public meeting clashing with England’s World Cup match with Uruguay. Speeding – sometimes up to 80mph – and youngsters performing “doughnuts” and wheelspins were among the issues raised at the meeting also attended by parish councillors, South Holland district councillors, Lincolnshire County Council portfolio ...

Spalding Police have charged three people after officers were injured in separate incidents over the weekend. One officer was injured twice, including a bite. On Friday night, officers responded to a disturbance in Hallgate, Holbeach. An officer sustained some minor scratches. Carl Stewart Peacock (44), of Hallgate, was arrested for affray and assaulting a police officer.  He was charged with ...

A gang made off with a haul of cigarettes after an overnight raid on a Holbeach service station. Fleet Road Garage was targeted at about 1am on Saturday. Police said: “Three men wearing balaclavas gained entry to the premises via the shutter door and stole a quantity of cigarettes before leaving the scene in a silver coloured Audi.” Anyone with information ...

The army bomb squad was called to Spalding last night after police found a suspicious package. Officers discovered the unidentified object when they were called to Waterside Court at 3.20pm in response to a suspected drugs offence. A number of cannabis plants were found and while searching the property police found the package. As a standard precautionary measure, the army’s Explosives Ordnance Disposal (EOD) team was consulted ...

  Lincolnshire Police have revealed that the victims of two violent fights in Spalding last weekend were foreign nationals. And patrols will be stepped up in certain areas of the town centre as a precaution. Police say three three Lithuanian nationals – all living in Spalding – were injured in the incident in Hall Place at 12.45am on Saturday. Police ...

A prolific criminal who was having a “seriously negative impact” on the South Holland community has been deported to Poland. Since 2010 Spalding police have arrested 26-year-old Lucasz Jalocha dozens of times in relation to theft, burglary and drugs offences. He even damaged a cell door while in custody for another crime. Jalocha was last imprisoned for a burglary at a Spalding shoe ...

The effectiveness of an improved CCTV system for Spalding town centre has been brought into focus by events last weekend. Two serious group fights broke out – one in Hall Place and Red Lion Street, which are covered by cameras, and another in Churchgate and The Vista, which are not. Police have made an arrest on the Hall Place incident, ...

A man had his jaw broken in two places after he was attacked from behind in Spalding. Police are appealing for information about the assault which happened between midnight and 2am on Wednesday, June 11 as the victim, a 29-year-old local man, was walking along London Road, from the BP garage, towards the town. It is believed the assault occurred between Water Lane ...