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The end of the Asbo: Good or bad for Paignton?

By mrppaignton

Common sense should be used but then I've been saying that for years.

By Paignton_news at 09:44 on 30/07/10

Home secretary Theresa May has indicated that anti-social behaviour orders may soon be a thing of the past. Government figures show that more than half the Asbos issued in England and Wales were breached from 2000 to 2008. Referring to Asbos the home secretary said it was “time to move beyond” and “stop tolerating” bad behaviour. She added that police should be able to use their "common sense" to...
Paignton Police Station uncovered this weekend!

By otttis1

PC Le Messurier. Isn't that the same surname of the guy who played Wilson in Dad's Army? I wonder if...

By Paignton_news at 10:11 on 28/07/10

Staff at Paignton Police Station are hoping to capture the public’s imagination when they open the station up to the community this weekend. On Saturday, July 31 between 10am and 4pm, visitors will be able to steal a look behind the scenes of the station in Southfield Road. The public will be able to take a guided tour – viewing the inner workings of areas including the parade room, enquiry office, workshops, interview...
Breaking News: Armed attacker on the loose in Torbay!

By Paignton_news

UPDATE: Police have charged a man with four offences following the incident. Michael Edward...

By Paignton_news at 17:28 on 15/07/10

A full-scale police search is on to catch a man who is thought to have stolen a samurai-type sword and a dagger from Brixham Museum, assaulted two people and made off. Police were called to Brixham Museum in Fishcombe Road at around 1.40pm today (Thursday 15 July) to reports of assaults on two members of the public. Officers believe the man stole two weapons – a samurai-type sword and a dagger. Officers are unsure as to whether...
Mobile CCTV van to combat problem areas in Paignton

By grumpyguy

Looks like the van will be camped in Foxhole for a while then!

By Paignton_news at 11:12 on 13/07/10

Where are Paignton problem hotspots? A mobile CCTV van is ready for use in Torbay from tomorrow (Wednesday, July 14) to help combat anti-social behaviour (ASB) in the Bay. The vehicle contains state of the art recording equipment to monitor areas where ASB has been reported. Police say that the equipment is so high-tech that the images will be permissible in court as evidence. Officers want the public to report any...
Breaking News: Drugs bust in Colley End Road, Paignton: four men arrested

By Paignton_news

UPDATE: The men have been sent to Exeter Crown court for sentence and were remanded in custody until...

By Paignton_news at 15:56 on 29/06/10

Quantities of heroin were seized today after two homes in Colley End Road, Paignton were searched as part of a police crackdown on the street-level supply of illegal drugs in Torbay. Four men were arrested at separate times and in different locations on suspicion of being involved in the supply of class A drugs. They were a 25-year-old and 29-year-old, who were arrested at separate addresses in Colley End Road, Paignton and a...

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Appeal for information following computer thefts in the region

By Paignton_news at 10:37 on 02/09/10

Police are appealing for information following the theft of valuable computer and technical equipment from two businesses in the Staverton area.. Between the morning of Monday, August 30 and 8am the following day, thieves broke in to two work premises in the Kingston area of Staverton. Entry was gained to the buildings and thieves stole a number of computers, a flat screen TV and other technical equipment and cash. Equipment stolen...
Paignton targeted policing team seize quantity of Heroin

By Paignton_news at 12:08 on 23/08/10

Heroin with a street value of approximately £30,000 was seized by Paignton’s targeted policing team at an address in Torquay on Friday. Three people all from Torquay - Paul Corrigan, 49, Karl Moran, 24 and Paul Corrigan, 27 - were arrested following a drugs bust at a home in Petrel Close at about 4pm. They have been charged with possession with intent to supply a class A drug and remanded in police custody.
Pair fail in appeal over convictions

By Paignton-People at 11:00 on 10/08/10

A BICYCLING mugger who snatched handbags from terrified women, and his getaway driver ex-girlfriend, have failed to convince top judges they were wrongly convicted. The Appeal Court judges heard 37-year-old Stephen Hedge grabbed bags from three women as he cycled past them, on one occasion loading his bike into a van driven by his then girlfriend, Karlina Danielle Beaumont. Hedge, of Prince Charles Road, Exeter, was jailed for six...
Man faces jail over child porn

By Paignton-People at 10:00 on 10/08/10

A man is facing up to five years in prison after being found with more than 60,000 indecent images and movies involving children, some as young as two. Richard Holt, 50, was caught in an undercover sting as he used online chat rooms to talk about child sex and distribute the depraved images, Torquay magistrates heard. Unknown to Holt, of Paignton, one of the people he was in contact with was an undercover policeman. Holt...
Van rammed as street parking row boils over

By Paignton-People at 10:00 on 10/08/10

A parking dispute between neighbours ended with a man twice reversing his van at speed into another vehicle, magistrates were told. Dereck Torrance, of St Efrides Road in Torquay, pleaded guilty to two charges of criminal damage and three of failing to stop at the scene of an accident. Torbay magistrates heard that the 56-year-old had been clashing with other residents for weeks about parking rights outside his wife’s home in...