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Archive – August, 2016
Read the latest local appeals, news stories and missing person alerts. The full list of stories, in date order, is below. But you can use "categories" and "neighbourhoods" to filter your selection.
At around 7.30pm on Tuesday 23 August 2016, the victim was sitting in the lounge of her house in Beechwood Grove with the rear patio doors of the property open. A man then entered the property via the open doors and upon confirming the identity of the woman – he grabbed her by her hair […]
Three properties in close proximity were targeted – Avenue Street, Greenfields Avenue and Wedderburn Road. It is believed that thieves gained entry through unlocked doors and windows and stole items such as purses, wallets, mobiles and tablets along with a quantity of cash. Inspector Penny Taylor of the Harrogate South Neighbourhood Policing Team said “Whilst […]
It happened on Lawrence Street, York at 2:30pm on Sunday 28 August 2016 and involved a male in his late fifties, about 5’8″ tall wearing a blue jacket and jeans assaulting another male by hitting him over the head several times. We are conducting enquiries and are requesting the public’s assistance to help determine the […]
We are conducting enquiries and are requesting the public’s assistance to help determine the full circumstances surrounding the incident. It happened on The Stray between 6-7pm on Sunday 28 August 2016 and involved a group of girls aged between 14 and 18 chasing a 14-year -old girl around the fun fair, before punching and kicking […]
The theft occurred overnight between 10pm on Monday 29 August 2016 and 5.50am on Tuesday 30 August 2016 whereby a Yamaha motorbike reg. YC65 LNO was stolen from a garden on Wheatlands Lane, Crosshills. We are conducting enquiries and are requesting the public’s assistance to help determine the full circumstances surrounding the incident. In particular, […]
The collision happened at 8.28am and involved a dark coloured Vauxhall Corsa and a pedestrian. Sadly the pedestrian, a local man in his 40s, received fatal injuries and died at the scene. The driver, a local man in his 20s was arrested at the scene and is helping police with their enquiries. Another male, also in […]