Yesterday we told you that the town’s Linton Gardens had become a priority area for Hastings Police in its fight against drugs. Today we take a look at the Tactical Enforcement Units set up by Sussex Police in December last year and the role they are playing in fighting the same battle across Sussex. Sussex […]
Police would like to speak to the man in this video who may have information about a sexual assault on a girl in Hastings. The 16-year-old girl, was walking with friends in Old London Road, close to Sacred Heart Primary School, at 10.45am on Thursday, May 28th, when a man grabbed her breast as he […]
Hastings Police report this afternoon that Maisie Stretch, who had been missing from her Home in Hastings since Saturday has now been found and she is safe. Yesterday Police said they were ‘concerned’ about the missing 15-year-old who had last been seen at her home address around 7pm on Saturday ( May 30th) and officers […]
Earlier this month we reported on how an opportunist thief had conned his way into the home of an elderly man in Blackman Avenue and made off with cash and bank cards When Mark Straughan from the Downtown Diner in Robertson Street heard about Albert’s plight he decided to do something and set about raising […]
A St Leonards man who befriended elderly and vulnerable victims in order to steal from them has been jailed. Gareth Cooper systematically targeted a number of victims at their home addresses in St Leonards, taking their money and electrical items. In some cases, he used a fictitious story about his ‘dying’ daughter to get their […]
Police across Sussex will focus on their core role of preventing and detecting crime and protecting the most vulnerable, as people begin enjoy new freedom to spend more time outside. Assistant Chief Constable Dave Miller said: “The policing role in Sussex has never changed. “We are here to prevent, investigate and detect crime and to […]
Police investigating a stabbing in Hastings are appealing for witnesses to come forward. Officers were called to Queens Road about 1am on Sunday after reports that a person had been attacked with a knife during an altercation between two groups of people. The victim, a 25-year-old woman, suffered a knife injury to her leg. She […]
A dedicated team of 30 specialist police officers is ready and waiting to deal with issues of domestic abuse across Sussex. In addition Sussex Police has introduced a number of new initiatives to encourage the reporting of domestic abuse and support victims – saying that domestic abuse remains a priority for the force at what […]
Police are appealing for witnesses after it was reported that two people were robbed in a street in Hastings. Officers were called on Saturday (May 2nd) to reports of a man and a woman being attacked at the junction of Deepdene Gardens and Frederick Road, around 2pm. It was alleged that two males assaulted them […]
