Police Appeal After Indecent Exposure Incident
Police in Telford are appealing for information after an indecent exposure incident in OldPark. At around 2pm on Thursday 5 June, as a 19-year-old woman was walking past the grassed area by The Crest,...
View ArticleChurch Stretton School Triumph In Force Rugby Tournament
Pupils from a Shropshire school beat rivals from across West Mercia in the force’s tag rugby final. The competition consisted of 24 teams from across Herefordshire, Shropshire, Worcestershire and...
View ArticleFatal Road Collision On A5, Shropshire
West Mercia Police officers were called just before 2am today (June 6) to a burglary at a home in Craven Arms, Shropshire. Officers became aware that a red Vauxhall Corsa had been reported as stolen in...
View ArticleKick Off At Home And Face A 28 Day Ban
Police and partners working together across West Mercia are launching a joint campaign during the World Cup 2014 to deter perpetrators of domestic abuse and encourage those affected to seek help. Det...
View ArticleWarwickshire Police And West Mercia Police Prepared For The World Cup
With the 2014 FIFA World Cup™ kicking off later this week in Brazil, Warwickshire Police and West Mercia Police’s plans to ensure a peaceful tournament are now in place. The competition starts on...
View ArticleConcerns Grow As Police Search For Missing Brookside Man
Police in Telford have today appealed for help from the public as they try to find a 31-year-old man who has gone missing from Brookside. Mr Patrick Weston was last seen by a friend on Brookside Avenue...
View ArticleFatal Road Collision Near Shrewsbury - Victim Named
Police have confirmed that the man who died following a road traffic collision on the A5 near Shrewsbury on Friday 6 June was Stefen Boswell, aged 20 from Wolverhampton. An officer in a marked police...
View ArticleInvestment Announced In Reducing Rural Crime
Bill Longmore, Police and Crime Commissioner for West Mercia, is to invest £1.5 million a year (up until 2016) to help reduce and bring to justice offenders who are persistently committing crime in the...
View ArticleWitness Appeal Following Fatal Road Traffic Collision
West Mercia Police are appealing for witnesses following a road traffic collision in which a man, aged 20, died. The collision occurred on the A5 near Shrewsbury in the early hours of Friday 6 June. At...
View ArticleWarwickshire Police And West Mercia Police Prepared For The World Cup
With the 2014 FIFA World Cup™ kicking off later this week in Brazil, Warwickshire Police and West Mercia Police’s plans to ensure a peaceful tournament are now in place. The competition starts on...
View ArticleWarwickshire Police welcome more Special Constables
Fifteen new special constables formally joined the Warwickshire Police family on 3rd June 2014 following an attestation ceremony at Warwick School where they took an oath to serve the Queen in the...
View ArticlePolice Appeal For Help To Locate Licence Breach Man
Sergeant Matt Gibbons, who is based at Malinsgate Police Station in Telford, has appealed for help from the public as police continue to try to locate a man who is wanted for 10 breaches of his Crown...
View ArticleGreater Manchester Police release images to find stolen computer equipment
A reward is being offered after computer equipment was stolen from a hotel in Manchester. At 1.40pm on Wednesday 11th June 2014, a man deceived staff on reception at a hotel on Water Street,...
View ArticleThird Person Charged With Conspiracy To Commit Robbery
West Mercia Police have this morning confirmed that a third person has been charged in connection with a series of cash-in-transit robberies that have occurred across the West Midlands over the past...
View ArticlePolice Issue Witness Appeal To Lorry Driver Travelling In Shrewsbury
Police in West Mercia are appealing for information following a fatal road traffic collision (RTC) in the early hours of Friday 6 June. The incident occurred on the A5 near Shrewsbury, where a red...
View ArticleSuspected Drug Smuggler Wanted By Police
RELEASED ON BEHALF OF WEST MIDLANDS POLICE West Midlands Police have released an image of a man thought to be involved in drug smuggling from Spain in August last year. Michael Roden is believed to...
View ArticleDistraction Burglary In Newport
Police are appealing for witnesses following a distraction burglary in Newport. The burglary happened at the home of a 91-year-old woman in Hampton Close in Newport at around 11.30am on Wednesday 18...
View ArticlePolice Appeal For Help To Find Missing Telford Woman
West Mercia Police are appealing to the public for their help to locate a missing woman from Muxton, Telford. The missing Ugandan woman, known by the names: Jane Walukhu, Florence Walukhu, Jane...
View ArticleWorld Cup Policing Update
Police in Warwickshire and West Mercia say that despite pubs and bars being very busy for the past two England games, no major incidents have been reported. Superintendent Steve Owen said: ‘As expected...
View ArticleAlert On Potentially Deadly New 'Designer' Drug
Shropshire Council’s Public Health Team have issued a warning about a dangerous new ‘designer’ drug which is believed to be in circulation in the county and has been implicated in deaths elsewhere in...
View Article