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Jail for man who discharged a stun gun during an aggravated burglary in Dorset

11 October 2019
A man who carried out targeted aggravated burglaries in Dorset armed with a stun gun, knuckle duster, baton and lock knife has been jailed for 15 years. Matthew Hoppe, 33 and of Henford Hill in Yeovil, Somerset, was sentenced at Bournemouth Crown Court o...

County lines drug dealer behind bars
14 October 2019
A county lines drug dealer whose supply operation was found in a Bournemouth hotel has been jailed for three years and nine months. Andre Steve McRonna, 25 and of no fixed abode, was sentenced at Bournemouth Crown Court on Friday 11 October 2019 after be...
Man sentenced for destroying a bat roost in Shaftesbury
14 October 2019
A man who admitted destroying a roost for a protected species of bat has been ordered by a court to pay more than £7,000. Iain Russell Turner, aged 50 and of The Street in Motcombe, appeared at Bournemouth Crown Court for sentencing on Friday 11 Oc...
CCTV appeal following assault in Bournemouth
14 October 2019
Officers investigating an assault in Bournemouth are issuing a CCTV image of the suspect. Enquiries have been ongoing into the assault that occurred at the Sovereign Centre in Boscombe on Friday 26 July 2019 and officers have now obtained CCTV footage of...
Update – missing Poole man located
13 October 2019
Officers searching for missing Poole man Charles Murphy are pleased to confirm he has been located. Charles was reported missing at 9.30pm on Saturday 12 October having last been seen at Poole Hospital. Following searches and enquiries by officers, he h...
Drug dealer ordered to hand over more than £20,000
11 October 2019
Officers have secured orders against a man caught dealing drugs in Dorset that will force him to pay more than £20,000. Brandon Christopher Keane, aged 21 and of Green Road, Poole, was sentenced to six years in prison on Friday 12 July 2019 at Bour...
CCTV appeal following burglary in Poole
11 October 2019
Detectives investigating a burglary in Poole are issuing a CCTV image of someone they would like to speak to in connection with the incident. Between 11pm and midnight on Tuesday 17 September 2019 the victims were upstairs in a property on Edwina Drive w...
Burglary in Weymouth – witness appeal
11 October 2019
Officers investigating a burglary at an address in Weymouth are appealing for witnesses or anyone with information to come forward – with an image of some of the stolen items being released. Between 10am and 4pm on Saturday 5 October 2019 a burglar...
Update – man arrested in connection with reported theft of wallet in Bournemouth
11 October 2019
A man has been arrested in connection with the reported theft of a wallet from an arcade in Bournemouth. At 8.13pm on Saturday 6 July 2019 a wallet that had been left on top of a gambling machine at Pier Approach Arcade was reportedly stolen. It containe...
Appeal for witnesses following assault on bus in Weymouth
11 October 2019
Officers investigating an assault on a teenage girl as she travelled on a bus in Weymouth are appealing for witnesses to come forward. The incident occurred at around 9.40pm on Saturday 5 October 2019. The victim, aged 15, got on the number 1 bus at the ...
Update – man arrested in connection with reported assault in Bournemouth
10 October 2019
A man has been arrested in connection with a reported assault in Bournemouth town centre. It was reported that at around 3.10am on Sunday 22 September 2019 a man aged in his 20s and from Berkshire was assaulted by another man in Glen Fern Road. The vict...