Officers have made an arrest after a reports of a man with a knife in Sheffield city centre. South Yorkshire Police were sent to Silver Street in the city centre on Sunday evening after receiving calls from worried members of the public. Officers issued a statement today and confirmed a man had been arrested and charged. Sign up for our free newsletters now Officers said in the statement: “We were called at 7.53pm on Sunday night (21 April) following reports of a man wielding a knife on Silver...
Ysgol Dyffryn Aman, in the Welsh town of Ammanford, was sent into lockdown on Wednesday after a 13-year-old girl allegedly attacked multiple people at the end of morning break.
A 19-year-old Sheffield man who threatened to kill a man in a violent group robbery has been jailed. In August 2023, Tyrese Tomlinson, of HMP Marshgate, was part of a group of men who approached a man sat in a parked car in the Firth Park area of Sheffield. The group brandished knives and threatened to kill the victim before telling him to get out of his car. The car, which was filled with personal and work items, was driven away by the gang with Tomlinson in the driver’s seat. Sign up for our...
Arrests have been made after a carriage at Rushden railway station was set alight on April 17, causing it to be damaged ‘beyond salvage’. Initial investigations suggested the fire was arson and now four teenagers have been arrested. A Northamptonshire Police spokesperson said: “Four teenage boys from Irthlingborough have been arrested on suspicion of arson and all released on police bail pending further enquiries. "One is aged 15 and the other three are 14-years-old.” The fire rendered one...
Police have made an arrest in Seaham after reports of a man armed with a knife. Video footage sent to the Echo shows armed police officers talking to a man in a white car before arresting him. A statement from Durham Constabulary said: “Police were called just before 1pm today (April 23) following reports of a man with a knife in Seaham. “Armed officers attended and arrested a man in his forties.”
The man pointed what was believed to be a gun at police, but it turned out to be an imitation gun.
A man under investigation following the death of ice hockey player Adam Johnson in Sheffield has now been re-bailed, police have confirmed. 29-year-old Adam, who played for Nottingham Panthers, was fatally injured with a blade from an opponent’s skate during a game against the Sheffield Steelers on October 28, 2023. He was sadly later pronounced dead in hospital, and a post mortem confirmed he died as a result of a neck injury. A man was arrested on November 14, 2023 on suspicion of...
A Florida man's hobby of allegedly pointing lasers directly at incoming aircraft was recently caught after a Jet Blue pilot experienced the blinding rays of a laser. The Tampa Police Department said in a press release that 47-year-old Douglas Sollenberger allegedly pointed lasers at more than 40 incoming flights at Tampa International Airport since Jan. 1. Police said the lasers posed a serious danger to both pilots and passengers. FLORIDA TEEN ARRESTED FOR ALLEGEDLY POINTING LASER AT SHERIFF'S...
A Las Vegas man faces several counts of assault with a deadly weapon after police said he pointed a firearm at several drivers before being arrested on the Las Vegas Strip, according to documents obtained by 8 News Now.
Dalonzo Alfred, 23, of Ville Platte, is charged with accessory after the fact to second degree murder in connection with the death of 18-year-old VonShonskee “Shonskee” Charles
Local community leaders have given their first reactions to the police incident at Birley Academy, Sheffield Sheffield Councillor for Birley, Denise Fox, has told of her shock at hearing that a teenager has been arrested for attempted murder at Birley School. South Yorkshire Police are on the scene and Yorkshire Ambulance Service has checked the casualties. Coun Denise Fox knows the school community through her work as a councillor, and said she was shocked to hear of the reaction. Sign up for...
Police then chased Lewis Connell who threw the blade into bushes before he was arrested, Leeds Crown Court told. The 18-year-old had been in a dispute with the boy in February of this year and chased the youngster to his home. But while outside the boy’s home in Knottingley he pulled out the large knife and waved it at the boy’s father and shouted: “I will cut you up.” The knife, which was serrated on one side, was never taken out of its sheath, prosecutor Eugene Cross said. The man then...