WARNING: Crawley residents being targeted in PayPal e-mails scam
POLICE in Crawley are urging residents to be on the lookout for scams which involve PayPal accounts being compromised by fraudsters.The warning follows several incidents in and around Crawley recently...
View ArticleMan "knocked unconscious" in alleged homophobic assault...
BRITISH Transport Police (BTP) is investigating a report that a man was knocked unconscious in an alleged homophobic assault on a train travelling through Crawley. The incident happened on a train...
View ArticleDrug smuggler caught at Gatwick Airport with opium in his...
AN opium dealer has been jailed, after he was caught at Gatwick Airport trying to smuggle the drug into the UK in his underpants. Officers from the National Crime Agency (NCA) began investigating Adam...
View ArticleMan and woman arrested after phone theft from Costa in County...
A MOBILE phone has been stolen from the staff room of one of the Costa Coffee branches in County Mall. It was taken last Monday (July 27) just after 6pm. A man and woman were arrested in connection...
View ArticleMan arrested on board plane at Gatwick Airport after attacking...
A MAN who was arrested at Gatwick Airport has been jailed for attacking his former friend with an axe outside a nightclub. Joshua Streeks, 22, hit Liam O'Brien, 27, over the head with the wooden...
View ArticleCrawley and Copthorne men answer bail over brutal daytime hammer...
AN investigation into a brutal hammer attack in broad daylight is continuing after three men arrested over it answered bail. The trio, two of whom are from Crawley, were arrested following the assault...
View ArticleSubway manager explains how burglars ransacked store to steal...
MONEY has been stolen from a sandwich shop in Crawley after thieves used an angle grinder to break into two safes.The Subway branch on Gatwick Road, Manor Royal was broken into at about 11.40pm on...
View ArticleCar stolen from outside home in Gossops Green
A RENAULT Clio was stolen at some point on Sunday from outside a home in Buckswood Drive, in Gossops Green. The full numberplate of the 2006 plate black Renault is FY06 0BV. Anyone who spots the car is...
View ArticleSCAM: Dealers jailed after selling hundreds of cars that were...
TWO rogue car dealers who ran a massive £100,000 scam have been jailed.Lucien Munn and Linda Attrell advertised and sold hundreds of cars that had been written off by insurance companies to...
View ArticleMan pleads guilty to harassment after sending Crawley woman 36...
A MAN has admitted harassing a woman in Ifield by sending her 36 Facebook messages and beeping a car horn outside her home.John Chapman appeared at Crawley Magistrates' Court on July 16 to be sentenced...
View ArticleWANTED: Police trying to trace suspect after woman is raped
POLICE have arrested a man over the rape of a vulnerable woman in Horsham. The 32-year-old victim was drinking in The Kings Arms pub in Bishopric on Sunday, July 12 but left at about 9.30pm that...
View ArticleDad to be deported after high-speed police chase through Crawley
A DAD who led police on a high-speed chase through Crawley, after fleeing from a Frankie and Benny's restaurant without paying, is going to be deported once he is released from prison.Amit Naithani, of...
View ArticleSexual predator Lloyd Breach jailed for raping 15-year-old girl...
FORMER nightclub doorman Lloyd Breach has been jailed for eight years for raping an underage girl three times after adding her as a friend on Facebook. The 23-year-old former Hazelwick School student...
View ArticleTeeanger girl and boy arrested after Pound Hill drug raids bailed
TWO teenagers arrested following drug raids on homes where cannabis and cash were recovered have been bailed again.Sussex Police officers executed two warrants in Pound Hill on June 4.The first...
View ArticleDrink-driver who caused death of pensioner shouted abuse at him...
A DRINK-DRIVER who knocked down and fatally injured a popular pensioner has been spared a prison sentence and could apply for a driving licence again in just 18 months.Alan Wilsdon had already admitted...
View ArticleWANTED: Crawley criminal who jumped out of wheelchair to escape...
A CRAWLEY man who jumped out of a wheelchair and ran off when in court is on the run again. Police have revealed this morning (Thursday) that they are searching for 36-year old Robert Conn, from St...
View ArticlePolice reveal why helicopter was flying over Crawley at weekend
POLICE have announced why a helicopter was dispatched over Crawley at the weekend.Sussex Police called for support from the National Police Air Service (NPAS) at 7.15pm on Sunday.The air coverage was...
View ArticleMan appears in court in Crawley accused of attempted murder
A MAN has appeared at Crawley Magistrates' Court today (Friday) charged with attempted murder, after a woman was stabbed multiple times. Peter Cooper, 46, unemployed, of Fletcher Way, Angmering,...
View ArticleMember of public finds gun and bullets in Crawley woodland
POLICE are asking for the public's help to work out how a handgun came to be in a wooded area in Crawley. A member of the public found the gun in woodland close to Lundy Close, in Broadfield. The...
View ArticleI've lost my trust in people says Crawley dad who had £20,0...
A NORTHGATE dad says he has lost his trust in people – after having £20,000 in cash stolen from his home.The parent-of-two, who has asked to remain anonymous, returned home at 9pm on July 28 to that...
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