A man has been arrested and suspected stolen property recovered after police stopped a car in Stoke Giford this morning (Friday 19th April). Officers patrolling the area spotted a blue Citroen Picasso suspected of being involved in a number of recent incidents in which items have been stolen from vehicles. When they attempted to stop the car on Coldharbour Lane,
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Police are appealing for witnesses after three men used hammers to smash their way into a Stoke Gifford pensioner’s home and steal a large amount of cash. The incident, in the Elizabeth Crescent area, happened on Wednesday 20th February at about 6.50pm. The victim, a man in his seventies, had been saving up the cash as a charity donation. During
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Police are urging people to be alert and check on vulnerable elderly relatives and friends after a spate of distraction burglaries at senior citizens’ homes in the past week, including one in Little Stoke. On Tuesday 18th December, between 7pm and 7.15pm, a man claiming to be a police officer called on a 92-year-old man in Kingsway, Little Stoke. He kept
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Parish councillors in Stoke Gifford have raised concerns over policing levels after it emerged that the local beat team currently has just one member of staff on active duty. A meeting of the Community Engagement Forum in March was told by Chief Inspector Mark Evans that beat manager PC Julie Rudyard was currently the sole officer covering Stoke Gifford because
Continue readingPolice are appealing for information following a high value burglary at a house in Beaufort Crescent, Stoke Gifford, between 10am and 5.30pm on Friday 6th April. Thieves smashed a patio window with a rock to gain access to the property and stole a significant amount of high value gold jewellery, watches, cash in Sterling, Euros and Iranian currency and personal
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Police are appealing for witnesses after a teenager was the victim of an attempted robbery in Little Stoke. A 14-year-old boy was out walking his dog when he was approached from behind by a man. The man demanded the boy hand over his phone before hitting him several times in the face. The boy pushed the man over and he
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Police are appealing for witnesses following a fatal road traffic collision in Stoke Gifford last night (Tuesday 19th January). At approximately 9.40pm, a Vauxhall Astra was in collision with a pedestrian on Hatchet Road. Sadly, the pedestrian, a 28-year-old woman, died at the scene as a result of her injuries. Officers attended the scene and a 25-year-old man was arrested on
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Police are appealing for witnesses after a man was punched and had his car keys stolen following an apparent ‘road rage’ incident on the Winterbourne Road in Stoke Gifford. The incident happened at approximately 12.30pm on Monday 21st September. The victim was driving on a section of the road which sees two lanes merge into one from the direction of Winterbourne
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Police are appealing for information after a distraction burglary in Little Stoke last night (Wednesday 14th January). At approximately 8pm, a 73-year-old woman discovered a man in the kitchen of her property. The man claimed to be a security guard who wanted to check the woman was OK and that her money and jewellery was safe after a burglary down the road. The
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Police have arrested five people in connection with an armed robbery at a convenience store in Little Stoke last week. Officers were called to McColl’s on Kingsway last Tuesday (15th July), at around 10.45pm. The suspects fled from the scene in a car, which is believed to have been stolen and was later found burnt out nearby. Officers later arrested
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