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Crawley's police chief insists town has his full attention
THE town's top cop has insisted that his new role as district commander for Mid Sussex will not affect policing in Crawley.Chief Inspector Dave Padwick, who was already the district commander for...
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Langley Green woman claimed £10,000 of benefits she wasn't...
A LANGLEY Green woman dishonestly claimed more than £10,000 in benefits by not declaring she was working because she "did not think the job would last a long time".Sharon Hall, of Perth Close, appeared...
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Crawley residents to pay more council tax to pay for extra police...
SUSSEX households will pay an extra £5 a year in council tax to fund 40 additional police officers and five police staff as PCSOs are reduced by 50 per cent.The increase in the police precept (portion)...
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Judge decides not to jail shoplifting mum who drove into security...
A MUM who stole clothes from a shop in County Mall then made her escape by hitting a security guard with her car and crashing through a barrier, has been spared a prison sentence.Mary Totham had a...
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Man accused of having 120,000 indecent images of children on...
A MAN is due to appear in court accused of having more than 120,000 indecent images of children on a laptop and a hard drive at a Crawley business centre.Robert Fennelly, of The Pines, Horsham, is set...
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Guide dog 'stabbed' while being walked by blind owner in Goffs...
POLICE are investigating after a guide dog suffered what is believed to be a stab wound, while being walked by her blind owner.Sophie Aston's black Labrador Mia required lifesaving surgery after...
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430 dollars stolen from guest at Three Bridges hotel
ABOUT £300 in US Dollars have been stolen from a room at a hotel. The theft was reported to Sussex Police after a guest at the Holiday Inn, on Haslett Avenue East, in Three Bridges, found the $430...
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Thieves steal mobility scooters worth £3,000 from sheltered...
HEARTLESS thieves have stolen mobility scooters which elderly residents at a sheltered housing scheme in Gossops Green rely on.Sussex Police are appealing for witnesses to come forward after three...
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Tilgate teenager among victims of bike thefts at Three Bridges...
A TEENAGER who had his bike stolen from Three Bridges station within days of two other rail users having theirs taken wants to know how widespread such thefts are.Connor Sutton parked his Norco Charger...
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Pound Hill man fined for being drunk in Crawley town centre
A POUND Hill man has been fined £50 for being drunk and disorderly in the town centre. Peter Murphy was arrested in Station Way, near Crawley train station, on December 12.The 23-year-old, of Mannings...
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Woman sentenced for being drunk on Gatwick Airport plane and...
A WOMAN who was drunk on a flight heading to Gatwick Airport and who assaulted another woman has been ordered to pay more than £1,000.Claudia Obert appeared at Crawley Magistrates' Court on January 4...
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NAMED AND SHAMED: West Green drink driver given driving ban
A TEENAGER has been banned from driving for 22 months, after being caught drink driving.Abishai Indramoorthy, of Meadowlands, West Green, appeared before Crawley Magistrates' Court last Thursday...
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Police break up fight which spilled out into streets in...
A LARGE number of police broke up a fight in Broadfield last night after groups at a party at the community centre spilled out into the streets and became violent.Officers, including a dog unit, were...
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Man arrested at Gatwick Airport on suspicion of terrorism offence
A MAN has been arrested at Gatwick Airport on suspicion of committing a terrorism offence.Police officers from the South East Counter Terrorism Unit (SECTU) arrested a 21-year-old at Gatwick yesterday...
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Bewbush man accused of racially harassing police officer and...
A MAN has appeared in court accused of being in possession of a kitchen knife and a bottle of ammonia in public.Karl Bahaji appeared at Crawley Magistrates' Court on January 7 facing seven charges.The...
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NAMED AND SHAMED: Bewbush delivery man caught drink-driving
A DELIVERY man from Crawley has been banned from getting behind the wheel after he was caught driving while over the limit.Sussex Police have published the names and personal details of dozens more...
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Copthorne teen who downloaded child porn avoids jail
A TEENAGER who admitted downloading "utterly repellent" child pornography images has been spared a jail sentence. Jason Handscomb appeared at Hove Crown Court today (Wednesday, February 3) where he was...
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Three burglaries in Broadfield and Southgate in last week thought...
Police are linking three burglaries that have taken place over the last week. The first took place in Buchan Lawn, in Broadfield, at some point between 9pm last Wednesday and 2am last Thursday. A...
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Three in court charged with GBH and kidnapping after man found...
A TRIO of men have appeared in court accused of kidnapping a man and leaving him in Tilgate Park with both eye sockets fractured and a broken leg.Police discovered a man lying seriously injured in a...
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Broadfield man banned from driving for 5 years after getting...
A MAN has been banned from getting behind the wheel for five years for driving in Broadfield while four times the drink-drive limit.Mark Robertson was stopped in Holyrood Place on November 5. He gave a...
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