Crime - Page 4

A Southport man has been charged after allegedly raping a young girl near the Marine Lake. Christopher Wade, 53, of Jacksmere Lane, Scarisbrick, has been charged with one count of rape of a

Three men who carried out a spate of burglaries at convenience stores and stole £38,487 have been jailed. Between February 10 to March 11, they broke into ten Co-op and Tesco shops

Two men have been arrested after being caught shoplifting from a Lord Street department store. The pair, aged 38 and 58, were stopped by police on Lord Street and found to have

A Southport man has been stabbed in the chest following an altercation near the town centre. Paramedics rushed to save a man after he was stabbed in the early hours of Saturday,

Merseyside’s Police Commissioner is inviting people to submit their questions for the Chief Constable and her senior team as she prepares for her next public Scrutiny Meeting. Emily Spurrell is responsible for

Police have charged two people with assault and theft following an incident on Stanley Road in Bootle in the early hours of Tuesday, 12th July. Jay Byrne, 26, of Leyland Road, Southport

Police have arrested a man on suspicion of assault following an incident in Southport in the early hours of this morning, Wednesday 6 July. At around 2.25am, officers were informed of an

Police are investigating a ‘car key burglary’ that took place between 03:00am and 04:00am on Wednesday the 8th June, where a black BMW X5 was stolen from the driveway of an address

Southport Neighbourhood officers have continued to disrupt organised crime activity in Southport by dismantling another cannabis farm. The finding of this farm, located in the basement of the old main Post Office

Twelve shotguns, an antique revolver and two crossbows are among the haul of weapons handed in so far as part of a firearms surrender on Merseyside. The two-week surrender launched by Merseyside

Bypassers said Alexandra Road “stunk of cannabis” after police recovered a large drugs farm in Southport yesterday, Thursday 19 May. Officers on patrol yesterday morning noticed a strong smell of cannabis around

Police are appealing for information following a report of an assault in Southport in the early hours of this morning, Friday 13 May. At around 2am officers on patrol on Lord Street,

A man has been charged in connection with a robbery in Southport last week when three people were targeted. At around 10.30pm on Monday 2 May, it was reported two men, aged

Officers from Lancashire Police used a stinger device to stop a Ford Fiesta after a 125mph police chase. Initially reported stolen in St Helens, officers discovered the vehicle in Southport resulting in

Ten youths have been arrested following an attack on a 13-year-old girl in Southport last week. Officers from the Southport Neighbourhood Team arrested the suspects following a report that the girl was

A man was taken to hospital after he was stabbed in the back in the town centre last night. Officers were called to Royal Terrace, off West Street, at 9:04pm on Thursday

Officers investigating a hate crime on-board a service travelling between London and Preston are appealing for witnesses to come forward. At just after 8.30pm on Sunday 13 March, a woman was racially

Last Saturday, 26th March the catalytic converter was stolen from a car, parked in the car park at Morrisons in Southport. This is a re-emergence of a pattern of thefts that occurred

Neighbourhood officers based at Southport Police Station arrested a 38 year old man in Southport last night, Thursday 24th March, after pursuing a vehicle in the Portland Street area. The man was

A second man has been charged following an incident in Formby on Tuesday 8 March in which a 16-year-old boy was stabbed. At around 4.55pm officers were called to School Lane after

A man will appear in Magistrates Court today following a burglary at Rebecca’s the Jewellers on Lord Street. Steven Mallon, 43, of Liverpool was arrested during the attempt and later charged with

A large police presence remains on Lord Street following a break in at Rebecca’s the Jewellers. Lord Street remains closed to traffic between Eastbank Street and London Street. Access to workplaces has

Police have issued CCTV images of two men they would like to trace following a robbery in Southport. At around 4.20 am on Saturday 29th January a 26-year-old man was using an