A man has appeared in court after a series of alleged housebreakings and thefts in two East Lothian towns. The 37-year-old appeared at Edinburgh Sheriff Court from custody on Friday. He had been charged in relation to alleged housebreakings at the Jade Garden and Preston Bay Takeaway in Prestonpans. Police also charged him with two alleged thefts from DayToday on Musselburgh’s North High Street. He was remanded in custody following the court appearance.
Residents in Riverside County’s sunny Coachella Valley area are advised to remain vigilant amid an uptick in “sophisticated” criminal activity, officials from the Riverside County Sheriff’s Department warned. According to an April 11 news release, individuals have been stealing jewelry and other valuables from residents after approaching them in parking lots and starting conversations. In some cases, the subjects have robbed victims at gunpoint of money and other items. In others, scammers have...
The Illinois State Police is warning the public of phone scammers who are impersonating state police special agents in an attempt to obtain personal and financial information. The Illinois State Police (ISP) said in an announcement Thursday that they learned of a new phone scam. ISP received several phone calls this week from individuals reporting […]
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...
In this edition of Eyewitness News Extra Time, we have the latest on the tense standoff at Columbia University, an uptick in burglaries in New Jersey and the wild discovery in Central Park that has some people worried.
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...
Syracuse police are asking residents within several blocks of Caleb and Nichols avenues in Eastwood to shelter in police due to a “very active police” response Sunday afternoon. Police on the scene said a man with a weapon has barricaded himself in a home.
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...
Five people have been arrested by police after a series of raids on Sheffield’s Manor estate, say police. South Yorkshire Police say the raids were carried out as part of a ‘heightened week of action’, to tackle violent crime in the city. The force said that the warrants, carried out in the Manor area of Sheffield yesterday (Wednesday 24 April) saw a significant amount of class A drugs, believed to be heroin and cocaine seized, and five criminals behind bars. One 26-year-old man and four...
Exeter Township police are seeking to identify two people who have been shoplifting in the area, including the Giant store on Perkiomen Avenue in the township.