Crawley woman caught drinking bottle of wine while driving

December 24, 2015, 4:53 am

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POLICE have caught a woman more than twice the drink-drive limit after she was spotted drinking from a bottle of wine while behind the wheel in Crawley.Sussex Police received a tip off from a member of the public during their Christmas crackdown on drink-drivers in the county.Amy Maslen, a manager, of Loxwood Walk in Ifield, was arrested in Ifield Drive at 12.40pm on December 6, after officers received intelligence from a member of the public who saw her drinking while driving.The 43-year-old...

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December 29, 2015, 5:20 am

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A NEW law which makes it a criminal offence to use controlling or coercive behaviour within relationships has come into effect today (Tuesday). Detective Chief Inspector Ali Eaton, of the Sussex Police Public Protection Branch, said: "Sussex Police and our domestic abuse partners welcome this new legislation. It closes a gap in the law around patterns of controlling or coercive behaviour. The new law is powerful and will send a strong message to perpetrators as it is arrestable and can...

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December 29, 2015, 9:18 am

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THE top cop in Crawley is now having to split his time by also being in charge of Mid Sussex police.Chief Inspector Dave Padwick has become district commander for neighbouring Mid Sussex alongside his role of being in charge in Crawley.A Sussex Police spokesman said: "He is taking command of the two areas that were previously independent of each other."This change is purely in management currently, but is key to the longer term plans which aim to deliver an affordable and effective...

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December 30, 2015, 1:00 am

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THE head of Crawley Neighbourhood Watch has said a "bloody well done" to the person who reported a woman drinking a bottle of wine while driving through Ifield. Sussex Police received the shocking tip-off during the Christmas crackdown on drink and drug-drivers across the county.Amy Maslen, 43, was stopped in Ifield Drive at 12.40pm on December 6 by officers who were out looking for an Audi A4 estate following the alarming call.Maslen, who works as a manager, was banned from driving...

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December 30, 2015, 2:19 am

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A MAIDENBOWER man suspected of drug-driving failed to provide a specimen of breath or blood to police for analysis and was subsequently found to have no licence. Lee Erikson, 25, unemployed, of Beckford Way, was arrested in Pearson Road, Pound Hill, on December 5. He was charged with failing to comply with a preliminary impairment test, failing to provide a specimen, driving with no licence, driving with no insurance and failing to surrender to custody. He pleaded guilty at Brighton Magistrates'...

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December 30, 2015, 4:24 am

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A MAIDENBOWER man convicted of failing to provide a specimen of blood to police has asked to clarify that he would never drink-drive - but says he sees no problem with smoking weed and driving. Lee Erikson, 25, of Beckford Way, admits he was driving after smoking cannabis when police stopped his car in Pound Hill on December 5. After being taken to the police station he failed to give a specimen of blood, which he says was because he doesn't like needles. Speaking to the Crawley News today...

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December 30, 2015, 7:44 am

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HOVERBOARDS were one of the must-have items this Christmas and were bought by a huge number of people. And they weren't put off by the fact that riding them on a public road - or public pavement - is illegal. Nor were they put off by warnings from national retailers about the possibility of the devices exploding. But there's a new risk: electrocution. Argos has issued a product recall of "Nevaboards" after safety tests, as they might electrocute their proud owners, according to The...

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December 30, 2015, 11:15 pm

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A van containing tree surgery equipment was taken from outside a home in Buckswood Drive earlier this month.The theft occurred on December 18 between 4.10pm and 4.30pm. Anyone with any information should contact Sussex Police on 101.

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January 1, 2016, 9:37 am

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A MAIDENBOWER man allegedly punched his ex-girlfriend then waved a knife around in the street.Jamie Palmer, who now lives in Billinton Drive, Maidenbower, is accused of assaulting Rebekah Moore on November 22 at an address he previously shared with her in East Grinstead.Palmer, 22, allegedly assaulted Miss Moore before grabbing the knife and waving it around in the house, and then again in the street outside.Palmer appeared at Crawley Magistrates' Court on Wednesday, December 23 to face three...

Rings stolen from Furnace Green home in burglary

January 3, 2016, 1:30 am

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A NUMBER of rings were stolen from a home in Brunswick Close, Furnace Green during a burglary.The break-in was reported last Monday, but happened sometime in the week before that.

Handbag stolen in burglary at Three Bridges home

January 3, 2016, 11:00 pm

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A burglary in a Three Bridges street resulted in a handbag being stolen.The home in Tinsley Lane was broken into between 1pm and 1.50pm on Monday, December 21.

Police officer attacked with a hammer in Langley Green

January 7, 2016, 5:25 am

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A POLICE officer has been taken to hospital after being attacked with a hammer. Crawley Police were called at around 10.30am to a report that a man had been seen in Stagelands, Langley Green acting suspiciously. Officers found the man in Nightingale Close, Langley Green carrying a hammer. A police officer was assaulted and the suspect was Tasered. The police officer has been taken to hospital but is not thought to have suffered serious injuries. A 33-year-old man of no fixed address has...

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January 7, 2016, 9:25 am

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A TEENAGER has been warned he could be sent to prison after he pleaded guilty to three counts of making indecent images of children.Jason Handscomb, 19, appeared at Brighton Crown Court yesterday (Wednesday, January 6) charged with three counts relating to the downloading of images of children on June 10, 2014.The teenager, who lives in The Meadow, Copthorne, pleaded guilty to all three charges, which ranged from category A – the most serious – to category C images of a sexual nature...

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January 8, 2016, 3:07 am

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A POLICE officer has been banned from driving for two years, after pleading guilty to being nearly three times the drink-drive limit. James Smoothy, from Heathcotes, Maidenbower, gave a breathalyser reading of 98 micrograms of alcohol in 100ml of breath - when the legal limit is 35. Prosecutor Mark Cateley said the offence occurred in the early hours on the morning of December 15. The 26-year-old, who worked as an officer with the British Transport Police for four-and-a-half years and was...

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January 8, 2016, 4:00 am

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ANOTHER two Crawley men are to appear in court accused of drink-driving.Throughout December 182 arrests were made by Sussex Police officers during a Christmas crackdown on drink and drug-driving.Although Operation Dragonfly ended on December 31, police were still stopping potential offenders over the weekend.Among those arrested was warehouseman Adam Holman, 29, of Moor Park Crescent, Ifield.He was stopped on London Road, in Henfield, on Saturday, (January 2) and will appear at Worthing...

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January 8, 2016, 7:41 am

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THREE men have appeared in court accused of kidnapping a man in his 40s and leaving him with both eye sockets fractured and his leg broken in Tilgate Park.Sussex Police discovered a man lying seriously injured in a stream in the park, off Tilgate Drive, during a routine patrol last month. The 43-year-old victim was lying near the Fisherman's Car Park.Officers had been carrying out a routine patrol of the car park at about 1.30am on December 8 when a silver car was spotted speeding off...

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January 11, 2016, 6:20 am

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A CRAWLEY man has been sent to prison for being part of a network of organised criminals who scammed dozens of people into believing they were at fault for flooding homes with raw sewage.A total of 10 people were sentenced at Hove Crown Court on Friday (January 8) having previously pleaded, or been found, guilty to a variety of fraud and money laundering offences following an investigation by the South East Regional Organised Crime Unit (SEROCU).Martin Jones, from Newbury Road in Pound Hill, was...

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January 13, 2016, 11:01 pm

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A POLICE officer was taken to hospital after being hit over the head twice with a hammer by a man he was trying to arrest.Residents have told how they heard screaming and shouting as the incident unfolded in Langley Green.Officers had been called to Stagelands at about 10.30am on Thursday, January 7, after a man was spotted acting suspiciously in the area.They located the suspect – who was carrying a hammer – in Nightingale Close.After a short pursuit the man was cornered,...

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January 14, 2016, 3:45 am

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A TEENAGER who set fire to a sheep and "pressurised" underage girls into having sex with him was "lucky" to avoid going to jail according to the judge who sentenced him.Kieran Taylor was sentenced on Friday (January 8) for carrying out sex offences on three girls aged 13 and 14 between November 2013 and August 2014.The now 18-year-old also set a sheep on fire in Tilgate Park on October 2, 2014.Taylor, from Holbein Road in Tilgate, had previously pleaded guilty to three...

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January 14, 2016, 9:45 pm

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THIS is the first photo of a teenager accused of being involved in an attack on a sheep which was stabbed, kicked and set on fire in Tilgate Park.Matthew Dean, who was 17 at the time he was charged over the incident but has since turned 18, appeared at Horsham Magistrates' Court last Thursday for trial.Dean, from Whittington Road in Tilgate, has denied causing unnecessary suffering to a protected animal.He is accused of harming a male Borerary sheep which was taken from its paddock next to...