Crime

Spalding police detectives are asking for help from anyone who may have seen a very distinctive record player offered for sale. It relates to an ongoing enquiry involving a theft at a property in Lowfields Avenue  in May. If you have seen the record player, or have any information which may assist the enquiry, please contact PC Tony Hatton by ...

Police are investigating a burglary in Moulton in the early hours of this morning (Tuesday). Police responded to a report of a break-in at the Post Office in Moulton, just after 12.20am.  The burglars stole a quantity of cigarettes before driving off in what is believed to be a silver coloured saloon car. Community Policing Inspector Jim Tyner said: “This is the first ...

A woman had her handbag stolen after being knocked to the ground in Long Sutton. Police are appealing for witnesses to an altercation outside Turpins Wine Bar in the Market Place on Friday, June 6 at around 12.45am. The 24-year-old Holbeach woman’s bag contained an iPhone, passport and driving licence. PC Laura Green, of Spalding Police, would like to hear ...

Valuable power tools left in work vehicles have been targeted by thieves in a spree of break-ins. Vans in Spalding, Pinchbeck and Long Sutton have been broken into over the past few days. Police are urging people not to leave tools in vehicles overnight. The incidents include: power tools stolen from a Fiat Scudo in Little London, Long Sutton, overnight ...

Police are appealing for information following the theft of birds from an aviary in Moulton. The thieves cut strong padlocks to get into two aviaries in the garden of a property in Church Lane overnight between Wednesday (June 4) and today. About 50 birds have been stolen, including eight Celestials, 4 Australian parakeets and 30 Australian finches. Anyone with information should ...

Stepping Stones Bridge in Spalding has been hit by vandals scrawling slogans on its walls in white paint. A lot was spilled on the anti-slip surface of the footbridge, which is close to Spalding railway station. It was reported to police on Saturday morning. Witnesses are asked to call 101. South Holland district council ward member Roger Gambba-Jones condemned the ...

Police have launched their summer drink-drive campaign by asking people to text details of suspected offenders. Texts starting with the keyword DRINK and including details of the vehicle and where and when should be sent to 80800. Spalding police community inspector Jim Tyner said the campaign coincides with the start of the World Cup in Brazil next week. Some matches ...

Spalding’s police inspector has urged people to report anti-social behaviour and street drinking after a snapshot survey suggested more than a third would not bother to call it in. Insp Jim Tyner said it is important that bad behaviour linked to street drinking was reported as the information could be used to allocate resources and plan future efforts to tackle ...

A 31-year-old man has admitted several counts of burglary – including last month’s attempted ramraid at a Spalding clothes shop. James Steven Evans, of Wisbech, was charged on Friday and has appeared before magistrates in Lincoln. Evans admitted burglaries in Spalding at Chiltern Drive on May 13 and at Holland Road on May 5. A police statement said: “He was ...

UPDATE: A police search for a woman who knocked down a girl during a hit and run in Spalding is over after she handed herself in. Following an appeal through the media, the woman went to the police station as soon as she realised officers were looking for her. The incident happened at 4pm last Monday, May 19, near Rooke’s Pet ...

A shopowner in Spalding has been fined £2,300 for selling out-of-date food. Londis supermarket at 8 Holbeach Road was found to have 24 products for sale which were out of date during a visit by Lincolnshire Trading Standards on April 12 last year. A further 17 out-of-date items were found on another visit on May 30, 2013. Shopowner Pararajasingam Sutenthiran was ...

Rough sleepers have turned the corner of a churchyard into an open air toilet in an area dogged by anti-social behaviour. A parishioner at Spalding Parish Church had to clean up the make-do outside loo, believed to have been used by at least one homeless person sleeping outside the nearby church hall. The problem is one of a catalogue to ...

Lincolnshire Trading Standards is warning residents to beware telephone scammers claiming to be from a major PC or software company. It has received a number of reports that fraudsters are cold calling people and offering to fix a fake computer problem. They claim that your computer has a serious virus and it will become unusable if they don’t act immediately. Once ...

Police are appealing for information after three portable toilets were stolen from the Spalding area. The first (incident 133 of May 14) was a James Stamp portable toilet stolen from a building site on Church Lane, Moulton, overnight between Sunday, May 11 and Monday, May 12. Sometime after 4pm on Monday (May 12) and before 5.45am the following morning a toilet was stolen ...

Police have reissued an appeal for witnesses after the release of fresh information about an attempted ramraid in Spalding. The attack happened on Robert Goddard clothes shop in Vine Street in the early hours of Tuesday. A silver Renault Clio used in the attack was stolen from the Ladywood Road area of Spalding on Monday night.  A telegraph pole was attached ...

Information from the public is wanted on one of the worst cases of neglect that a dog rescue centre manager has seen. The RSPCA wants to hear from anyone who knows about a shih-tsu cross which was found in such poor condition that it had to be put down. The male, thought to be around seven years old, was discovered ...

A man has admitted committing robbery in a Spalding street. Ben Thomas Courtney (21), of Snaith Avenue in Fosdyke, will be sentenced later this week after pleading guilty. An iPhone was stolen during the incident which involved a staff member of The Grocers shop in Francis Street on January 25 this year.

Spalding police inspector Jim Tyner has issued a warning about ‘naming and shaming’ on websites. It follows the case of neglected dog Star and the clamour by website posters for the owner to be punished. He said: “It’s dangerous to name wrongdoers on social media as it may prevent a fair trial. “And a person admitting something on social media ...

UPDATE: Monday pm. Police have issued a CCTV image of two men they want to track down in connection with a robbery at a Spalding shop on Friday. The image shows the men who were seen running away from the shop, believed to be Treasure Island, in Holbeach Road at about 4.30pm towards the Twin Sister Bridges. It is not ...

Lincolnshire’s Police and Crime Commissioner has pledged to maintain the level of police officers to continue reducing crime and victims of crime. Alan Hardwick has paid tribute to the hard work of officers and staff who have helped to cut the number of crimes committed and the number of people affected by crime and has said his commitment remains to ...