UPDATE: Police investigating stolen Broadfield motorbike
A POLICE helicopter was dispatched over Crawley on Monday night, to help officers hunt a stolen motorbike that was taken from a property in Broadfield. The NPAS police helicopter was heard circling...
View ArticleShoplifter who headbutted and stamped on County Mall security...
A SHOPLIFTER who assaulted four security guards at County Mall by biting, headbutting, spitting at and stamping on them has been arrested after being convicted when he failed to appear in court.Selim...
View ArticleSuspected uninsured driver has car seized by Sussex Police
Crawley Police have continued their clampdown on uninsured drivers, seizing a car in West Green in the early hours of this morning (Thursday, April 14). Officers stopped a blue Peugeot on Ewhurst Road,...
View ArticleThree Bridges man jailed for rape and threat to kill
A MAN from Three Bridges has been jailed for four-and-a-half years for rape and a threat to kill.Grant Minter pleaded guilty to both charges and was sentenced at Lewes Crown Court on Friday.The...
View ArticleCrawley man arrested over stabbing in park bailed by police
A CRAWLEY man arrested in connection with a stabbing at a park in Merstham has been bailed.The 35-year-old was arrested on suspicion of GBH after a man was taken to hospital with a stab wound.Surrey...
View ArticleMan arrested at Gatwick as part of international operation...
A MAN has been arrested at Gatwick as part of an international terror investigation.West Midlands Police have arrested five people from Birmingham on suspicion of being concerned in the commission,...
View ArticleCrawley teen convicted of knife attack on footballer in Langley...
A TEENAGER has been found guilty of attacking a footballer with a "kitchen knife" in Langley Green but cleared of the most serious charge he faced.A 17-year-old boy from Crawley has today (Friday,...
View ArticleWARNING: Young teenager followed by stranger in black Vauxhall...
SUSSEX Police are investigating an incident of a male driver who followed a 13-year-old girl home through Crawley Down.Officers have appealed for the public's help to trace a driver of a black Vauxhall...
View ArticleAttempted theft at Tesco in Three Bridges proves expensive for...
A MAN has ended up forking out £225 after trying and failing to steal money from the Tesco Extra store, in Three Bridges. Lee Baker attempted to take cash from the supermarket in Hazelwick Avenue on...
View ArticleFirefighters tackle suspected arson attack in Three Bridges
FIREFIGHTERS tackled a car fire that was believed to have been started deliberately in Three Bridges last night (April 17) One crew from Crawley Fire Station attended the blaze on Forge Road at 8.30pm...
View ArticleTwo large knives seized after police chase in West Green
POLICE seized two large knives in West Green on Saturday night and arrested a man on suspicion of carrying the offensive weapons. Officers were called out after reports that a man had been spotted with...
View ArticleMan to go on trial in connection with Crawley town centre fight
A MAN is due to go on trial later this year charged with possessing an offensive weapon in a public place, in connection with a fight in Crawley town centre. Naser Haji, a clerk, from Lewes Road,...
View ArticlePolice seize Audi R8 after driver caught speeding at 121mph on...
POLICE have stopped a driver and seized the car they were driving after they were recorded speeding at 121mph on the M23. Officers from the Sussex Roads Police team were patrolling along the motorway...
View ArticlePolice investigating spate of vehicle raids in same Crawley road...
POLICE are investigating a spate of break-ins to vehicles parked in the same road on the same night last week.Sussex Police have received reports that three vehicles parked in Balcombe Road,...
View ArticleWoman, 63, stabbed with scissors in Southgate fight
A 63-YEAR-OLD woman required hospital treatment after being stabbed in the arm with a pair of scissors. Police officers were called to the incident on Monday morning (April 18) after two women were...
View ArticleSniffer dog tracks down suspect after police chase through...
A MAN has been arrested on suspicion of multiple driving offences after a police chase through Crawley in the early hours of this morning (Tuesday, April 19). At about 3.30am a Crawley Police patrol...
View ArticleMan charged with burgling Pease Pottage home while owners were...
A MAN is due in court today accused of breaking into a house in Pease Pottage while the owners were asleep.A home in Horsham Road, Pease Pottage, was broken into on Monday night (April 18).Robin...
View ArticlePolice appeal for witnesses to come forward after car "blaze...
POLICE are appealing for witnesses to come forward following a suspected arson attack in a car park in Three Bridges. Emergency services were called to a car park in Forge Road at about 8.50pm on...
View ArticleDisqualified driver who led police on 90mph chase through Crawley...
A DISQUALIFIED driver who led police on a chase through Crawley and Horsham reaching speeds of 90mph has been jailed. Sussex Police officers were alerted to an Audi Q7 in Crawley last month after it...
View ArticleMan in court accused of trying to smuggle two kilos of cocaine...
A MAN has appeared in court charged with attempting to smuggle two kilos of cocaine through Gatwick Airport after Class A drugs were discovered in the false bottom of a suitcase.Border Force officers...
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