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Summer drink driving campaign – further eight people charged

15 June 2018
A further eight people have been charged with drink driving offences during Dorset Police’s summer drink driving campaign. They are due to appear at courts in Poole and Weymouth in June and July. In total 15 people have been charged since the campa...

Public appeal in search for missing Bournemouth teenager
21 June 2018
Officers searching for a teenager who went missing from an address in Bournemouth are appealing for help from the public to find her. Jodie Fourmaux, aged 18, was last seen at the address where she is living in Persley Road at around 6.30pm on Wednesday ...
CCTV appeal following theft from building business in Wimborne
21 June 2018
Officers investigating a theft from a building business in Wimborne are issuing CCTV images of the suspects. At around 12.30am on Monday 21 May 2018 three offenders gained access to JM Scully in Wimborne Road, entered storage containers and stole a numbe...
Witness appeal following collision in Bridport
21 June 2018
Officers are appealing for witnesses to come forward following a road traffic collision in Bridport. At 8am on Saturday 16 June 2018 a two-vehicle road traffic collision occurred on the westbound carriageway of the A35 East Road near to the Lee Lane junc...
Burglar behind bars for offences in Poole
20 June 2018
A burglar who admitted to breaking into two homes in Poole has been jailed for a total of two years and four months. Barry Shane Hughes, 43 and of South Haven Close in Poole, was sentenced to two years in prison during a hearing at Bournemouth Crown Cour...
CCTV appeal following theft of phone in Bournemouth
20 June 2018
Officers investigating the theft of a mobile phone at an amusement arcade in Bournemouth are issuing CCTV images of the suspect. The victim, a woman aged in her 20s, was at the Bournemouth Pier Arcade at around 4pm on Sunday 13 May 2018 and was playing o...
Dorset Police officers nominated for national bravery award
19 June 2018
Two Dorset Police officers who were viciously attacked after stopping a man driving erratically have been nominated for a Police Bravery Award. Police Constable Charlotte Harvey and Police Sergeant Simon Kempton have been nominated to win an award at the...
Witness appeal after reported theft and robbery in Bournemouth
18 June 2018
Detectives investigating a reported theft and a robbery in Bournemouth are appealing for witnesses to come forward. The first incident happened at around 7.45pm on Friday 15 June 2018 when it is alleged that a 16-year-old boy was approached near to Bourn...
Witness appeal following assault and dangerous driving incident in Weymouth
18 June 2018
Officers are appealing for witnesses following an assault and dangerous driving incident in Weymouth. At 9pm on Saturday 16 June 2018 it was reported that a grey Volkswagen Transporter overtook eight vehicles on Portland Beach Road, close to the Victoria...
Witness appeal following reported sexual assault on Bournemouth beach
18 June 2018
Detectives investigating a report of a sexual assault on Bournemouth beach are appealing for witnesses or anyone with information to come forward. A woman aged in her 20s reported that she had been sitting talking to a man on the beach between the pier a...
Update - appeal after reports of a drink spiking incident on Bournemouth beach
18 June 2018
Detectives investigating reports a woman had her drink spiked on Bournemouth beach have arrested a man. The incident was reported to have occurred sometime between 4.30pm and 6pm on Sunday 10 June 2018 in the area of Alum Chine. The victim - a woman age...