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Detectives have arrested a teenage boy on suspicion of affray in relation to the Bournemouth murder investigation. At 10.10pm on Saturday 16 November 2019 Dorset Police was called by the ambulance service to reports of a 20-year-old Bournemouth man havin...
Update – murder investigation launched in Bournemouth
18 November 2019Detectives have arrested a teenage boy on suspicion of affray in relation to the Bournemouth murder investigation. At 10.10pm on Saturday 16 November 2019 Dorset Police was called by the ambulance service to reports of a 20-year-old Bournemouth man havin...
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Witness appeal following sexual assault in Sherborne
18 November 2019
Officers investigating a sexual assault in Sherborne are appealing for witnesses or anyone with information to come forward. The victim, a 15-year-old girl, was walking along the footpath that runs behind Richmond Green toward Acreman Street at around 3p... -
Witness appeal following fail-to-stop collision in West Dorset
18 November 2019
Officers investigating a serious injury fail-to-stop collision in West Dorset are appealing for witnesses or anyone with relevant dashcam footage to come forward. At 5.45am on Monday 11 November 2019 Dorset Police received a report of a man walking in th... -
CCTV appeal following purse theft in Weymouth
18 November 2019
Officers investigating a purse theft at a Weymouth supermarket are issuing CCTV images of the two people they would like to speak to. The victim, a woman aged in her 70s, was shopping at the Lidl store in Dorchester Road at around 11am on Thursday 17 Oct... -
Witness appeal following reported assault in Bournemouth
18 November 2019
Detectives investigating a reported assault on a bus in Bournemouth are appealing for witnesses to come forward. At approximately 11.10pm on Friday 15 November 2019 it was reported that an assault occurred on a bus that was stopped on Palmerston Ro... -
CCTV appeal following assault on elderly man in Christchurch
18 November 2019
Officers investigating an assault on an elderly man in Christchurch are asking for the public’s help to identify the suspect from CCTV. At 9.20am on Monday 7 October 2019 the victim – a local man aged in his 70s – got onto the 1A bus on... -
Appeal after suspicious incident in Gillingham
18 November 2019
Officers investigating a suspicious incident in Gillingham in which a teenage girl was approached by a man are appealing for witnesses or anyone with information to come forward. At 3.45pm on Saturday 16 November 2019 a 15-year-old local girl was walking... -
Missing Dorchester man found
17 November 2019
Officers searching for a missing man from Dorchester are pleased to confirm he has been found. On Saturday 16 November 2019 a concern for the welfare of Gary Cooper, aged 38, had been received when he indicated to his family that he was very upset. Follo... -
Witness appeal following serious road traffic collision in Bournemouth
17 November 2019
Officers investigating a serious road traffic collision in Bournemouth are asking for witnesses and anyone with information to come forward. The incident happened at approximately 12.20pm on Sunday 10 November 2019 on Belle Vue Road and involved a black ... -
Update – reported theft of cash from store in Poole
15 November 2019
Two people have come forward in connection with a reported theft by finding incident in Poole following a CCTV appeal. It was reported that at approximately 5.20pm on Saturday 26 October 2019 the victim, a man aged in his 60s, had used a self-service til... -
Witness appeal following burglary at Bournemouth store
15 November 2019
Officers investigating a burglary at a store in Bournemouth are appealing for witnesses or anyone with information to come forward. At around 11.30pm on Monday 11 November 2019 a break-in occurred at the Boots store in Wimborne Road. A group of four or ...
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