Police are appealing for people who may have seen a handbag snatch in the car park of a supermarket in the Kingswood area. The incident happened in the Somerfield car park in Halls Road between 2-2.15pm on Wednesday (February 10). The victim, aged 70, was sat in her car – a blue Volkswagen Polo – when a man male ran
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Police patrolling Warmley in response to recent burglaries of sheds, garages and homes arrested a man and a woman for going equipped to steal. The arrest happened at about 4.30am on Friday February 12 2010 after South Gloucestershire officers spotted a man and a woman carrying a bag of tools, wire, gloves and Stanley knives. A 17-year-old man from Kingswood
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Police in South Gloucestershire are appealing for information after a man was assaulted in Patchway on Saturday, February 6. The victim, a man in his 30s, was walking home through Norman Scott Playing Fields at around 1am with his partner, when it’s alleged that a group of men came from the direction of Windermere Road and assaulted him. It’s believed
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Police are appealing for witnesses after a woman was robbed in Somerfield Car Park, Halls Road, Kingswood. The incident occurred on Wednesday 10th February 2010 between 2 and 2.15pm. The victim was sat in her car (a blue Volkswagen Polo) when a man ran up, opened the passenger door and grabbed her handbag. The victim grappled with him, the straps
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Assets worth almost £35,000 are to be seized from a Stoke Gifford man convicted of drug dealing. In August 2009 the man admitted supplying cocaine and cannabis and was sentenced to 11 years in prison. On Friday February 05 2010 Bristol Crown Court ordered the confiscation of his realisable assets – £15,758 in cash seized from his home and two
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Police are appealing for witnesses after a teenager was assaulted in Tower Road South, Staple Hill, Bristol. The incident occurred on Saturday 5th February 2010 at around 9.25pm. A 14-year-old white make was approached by a group of around six other teenagers. They kicked the victim and punched him to the floor. The main offender is described as 16-17 years
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Police in South Gloucestershire are appealing for help tracing two men who threatened a cyclist with a knife and stole his bike. It happened as he was riding along an underpass by Kwik Fit on Gloucester Road, Patchway at around 1pm on Thursday, February 4. The offenders are both white. One was around 5ft 8ins tall, in his early 20s,
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Teenage volunteers have helped police and South Gloucestershire Council Trading Standards officers check whether stores will sell alcohol to under-18s. The operation, on Friday January 29 2010, focused on off-licences and convenience stores in Cadbury Heath, Kingswood, Oldland Common, Warmley and Willsbridge. Nine premises were checked by the volunteers aged 14 and 16. In three of them, the youngsters were
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Police are appealing for the publics help to find a man who has been missing since Sunday morning (January 31). Paul Edwards, who is 53, went missing from Frenchay Hospital after receiving treatment. Sergeant Richard Ocone said: “Both the police and Mr Edwards’s family are becoming increasingly concerned for his welfare as he requires further medical treatment. “I would urge
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At about two am this morning, Saturday 30th January, police attended the scene of a disturbance at a private party in Filton Avenue, Bristol. It is believed that a firearm was discharged during this disturbance and the occupants of a vehicle were reported to be involved. This vehicle was subsequently located by police and four people associated with it were
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