Police investigating suspected arson attack after car is set on...
EMERGENCY services have tackled a serious car blaze, which is being treated as a suspected arson attack, in Tilgate this morning. A crew from Crawley Fire Station and Sussex Police officers were called...
View ArticleUPDATE: Police arrest man on suspicion of arson following Tilgate...
A MAN has been arrested on suspicion of committing arson after a car was set on fire causing a huge blaze in Tilgate.Emergency services were called to Colet Road, in Tilgate, at 5.45am today (Friday,...
View ArticleWhat it is really like to be a police officer on patrol in...
LAST Friday night (April 22) reporter Thomas Mackintosh was invited out on patrol with the Crawley Police Response Team, to see what it is really like to be a police officer in the town on a busy night...
View ArticleMotorist who caused serious crash on Balcombe Road failed to turn...
A WOMAN has been fined after admitting her careless driving caused a serious crash.On January 19, an Audi A3 and a Mini Cooper were involved in a serious collision in Balcombe Road, at 5.27pm.Police...
View ArticleMan arrested at Gatwick Airport accused of giving Brussels terror...
A MAN arrested at Gatwick Airport has appeared in appeared in court accused of giving money to the "man in the hat" suspected of being involved in the Brussels and Paris terrorist attacks.Mohammed Ali...
View ArticlePolice use dispersal powers to remove people "causing...
POLICE have used dispersal powers to remove people suspected of being influenced by "drink and legal highs" from Crawley town centre. Crawley Police have revealed that they have moved on people...
View ArticleThree vehicles stolen from Pound Hill driveways on same night
POLICE are investigating the thefts of BMWs and a Mercedes from driveways in Pound Hill on the same night as linked incidents.Sussex Police have received reports of three vehicles being stolen from...
View ArticleTeenagers the victim of "revenge porn" in Sussex
MORE than a dozen teenagers in Sussex were reported to police as being the victims of "revenge porn" in the last eight months of last year, figures have revealed.It became illegal to share private...
View ArticleCar stolen from driveway of Broadfield home
A CAR has been stolen from a Broadfield driveway in the same week that three cars were stolen from the driveways of Pound Hill homes. Police were called on Saturday after the black Volvo was taken from...
View ArticleTwo Crawley teenagers arrested over suspected homophobic attack...
TWO Crawley teenagers have been arrested on suspicion of causing grievous bodily harm following an attack on two men which police say may have had a homophobic motive.Police are seeking witnesses,...
View ArticleIfield man who threatened person with imitation handgun faces...
AN Ifield man who used an imitation handgun to threaten someone at an address in Southgate will have to wait to find out his sentence after a psychiatric report wasn't submitted in time.Tommy Brown was...
View Article12 people including prison officer charged with smuggling drugs...
TWELVE people have been charged with conspiracy to smuggle drugs and phones into a prison which serves the Crawley area. Sussex Police, working in close co-operation with the Prison Service, have...
View ArticleMan charged with drug-driving after swab taken on vehicle in...
A MAN arrested on suspicion of drug-driving and driving with no insurance will appear in court later this month. Crawley Police stopped a Skoda Fabia on Horsham Road, Pease Pottage on Sunday, March 13...
View ArticleMetrobus driver calls police after passenger 'is rude to him in...
A METROBUS driver called police claiming a passenger was rude to him following a dispute over money. The argument broke out after the number 2 service stopped in Ashdown Drive, Tilgate, close to Thomas...
View ArticleMan hit round head with baseball bat in front of children at town...
A MAN was hit over the head with a baseball bat and punched in the face while eating at a town centre restaurant.Police are investigating the violent assault at Chicko's in The Boulevard on Monday...
View ArticleBREAKING NEWS: Sussex PCC election now two-horse race after Tory...
THE election count has gone to a second round in the race for Sussex Police and Crime Commissioner after the leading candidate failed to gain a majority.Katy Bourne has a huge lead over her closest...
View ArticleLaughing gas stolen in burglary at Crawley Hospital
BURGLARS stole five canisters of laughing gas from Crawley Hospital in the early hours of this morning (Friday).Just before 1am the intruders stole the canisters of nitrous oxide and police are...
View ArticleOriel High governor re-elected as Sussex Police and Crime...
CONSERVATIVE candidate Katy Bourne has been re-elected as Sussex Police and Crime Commissioner.Mrs Bourne, who is a governor at Oriel High School in Maidenbower, has held the post since it was...
View ArticleTilgate Playing Fields set on fire in arson attack
POLICE are investigating an arson attack on Tilgate Playing Fields. One crew from Crawley Fire Station was called to tackle the blaze on Saturday, May 7 at 8.13pm that destroyed 10 square foot of the...
View ArticleSentencing of motorcyclist who took bike from Crawley then rode...
THE sentencing of a motorcyclist who took a bike from an address in Crawley without the owner's consent then rode it at speeds of up to 100mph has been put back. Gavin Collett tore along roads in...
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