A man has appeared in court accused of endangering the life of a parking warden in Edinburgh. Police said the 49-year-old attendant was rushed to the city's Royal Infirmary after a “serious assault” on Gorgie Road. Officers locked down the street near a McDonald's restaurant for several hours following the incident at 4.25pm on Monday, April 15. Parking enforcer NSL, which works for City of Edinburgh Council, confirmed one of its attendants was involved. Eamonn Gallagher, 38, of West Lothian,...
East Lothian police say they have identified a number of youths who were present at the time a community shelter was ‘damaged beyond repair’. It is understood that a deliberate fire was set on the evening of Saturday, March 30 at Lodge Grounds. The fire resulted in a wooden shelter being ‘damaged beyond repair’. Police say the young people in question ‘have been spoken to’ with their parents present. The shelter was purchased and maintained by North Berwick Youth Project (NBYP) for use by the...
Two men have been arrested and charged following the discovery of weapons and ammunition at an East Lothian property. Police officers from the East Lothian Community Action Team accompanied by the Domestic Pack Team and local community officers executed a search warrant at an address in the Craig Avenue area of Haddington on Friday, April 19. During the search a number of weapons and ammunition were found along with other component parts. A personal amount of cannabis was also found Two males...
A man has been charged with alleged road traffic offences in Musselburgh amid a police crackdown on illegal motorbikes. The 29-year-old also had a motorcycle seized by officers in a ‘day of action’ across East Lothian. The force took to the region’s streets on Sunday, April 8 having received reports of ‘dangerous’ and ‘anti-social’ behaviour involving off-road motorbikes. High-visibility patrols were carried out by uniformed officers who searched for illegal quad and other off-road bikes. The...
A man has been jailed for six years for serious sexual offences including sexual abuse and rape. Duncan Brown, 37, was sentenced today (Wednesday, April 17) at the High Court in Edinburgh for the crimes which took place in East Lothian between 2010 and 2020. Detective Chief Inspector Stephen Wood said: “The actions of Brown were disgraceful and he has now been made to face the consequences of his despicable actions. I hope today’s sentence provides his victims with some form of justice and...
A 22-year-old man was taken to hospital for treatment following a serious assault in Fauldhouse last night. The incident happened at around 11pm on Friday, April 12 on Victoria Road. Police are appealing to the public to help them with their investigations into this serious assault in West Lothian. Detective Sergeant Kevin Clark said: “Our enquiries are ongoing and we are appealing to anyone who may have witnessed this to contact us. We also ask anyone with private CCTV or dash-cam footage of...
Police in East Lothian have launched an investigation after receiving reports of a duck being killed in Haddington last month. The incident happened in the Nungate Bridge area of Haddington on Monday, March 18 at around 10.30am. Police say a man was seen in the area following the incident where he is reported to have put the deceased animal in a plastic bag and then into a rucksack before walking off in the general direction of Church Street. The suspect is described as white, with a large...
A man has been rushed to hospital following an alleged serious assault in Edinburgh as one person has been arrested. A large police presence was seen on Gorgie Road around 4.25pm on Monday, April 15, following reports of an attack. Paramedics also rushed to the scene and a 49-year-old man was taken to the Edinburgh Royal Infirmary for treatment. Officers said a 38-year-old man has now been arrested and charged in connection with the incident. A Police Scotland spokesperson said: “A 38-year-old...
Following reports of battery investigation into West against unnamed man, rapper’s team allege wife Bianca Censori was being assaultedRepresentatives for Kanye West have alleged that a man physically and sexually assaulted his wife Bianca Censori in an incident in Los Angeles.Sources previously told TMZ that West was being investigated as a suspect in a battery incident earlier this week, after the rapper was alleged to have struck a man who had grabbed Censori. Continue reading
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – Albuquerque Metro Crime Stoppers identified a man who is wanted in connection to two separate attacks on three people in downtown Albuquerque on April 10. Crime Stoppers and Albuquerque Police are searching for Brian Eisenbeis, 43, for the attacks, one of which involved two elderly men and another of which involved a woman. []
Toronto police say they've laid eight charges against a 22-year-old man related to a series of alleged sex assaults at a restaurant in the city's east end. They allege the suspect entered the restaurant located near Pape Avenue and Cosburn Avenue on April 8 and sexually assaulted one person. They say he then entered the women's washroom and allegedly sexually assaulted more people. No one was injured, and the man was arrested on the same day the alleged attacks occurred. The man is...
The Amarillo Crime Stoppers asked community members for information on 21-year-old Wyatt Asa Barton, who officials said is wanted by the Potter County Sheriff's Office for "Aggravated Assault w/ Deadly Weapon."