Police are appealing for information after a motorbike was stolen in Newcastle. Between 6pm Tuesday, May 24, and 6am on Wednesday, May 25, thieves broke into a garage in Dykelands Avenue in Fawdon. They stole a number of items from inside the garage including a red Specialized road bike, a silver and black […]
Police are appealing for information after a woman was sexually assaulted on a bus between Gateshead and South Shields. The incident happened aboard the X34 bus at around 8:40pm on Monday, February 15, where a man touched the victims’ leg inappropriately and tried to kiss her. The suspect got […]
Police have appealed for information after a disturbance in a street in Gateshead. Three men aged 20, 29 and 26 were arrested following the street altercation on Friday, April 15, but have since been released pending further enquiries. The incident occurred at around 10:30pm in the Old Fold area, near the […]
Police investigating counterfeit money used in Sunderland have released an image of the man they would like to trace. Counterfeit Scottish £20 notes were used at four different premises throughout Sunderland on Monday, April 18. Officers carrying out the investigation are keen to speak to the man pictured to get […]
Police have sent out a warning to members of the public in North Shields following two incidents involving suspected bogus callers. Officers were called at around 2pm yesterday (Monday, April) after a man purporting to be a roofer had attended two different addresses in Portland Gardens. The man who […]
Police are appealing for information after an incident on a bus in East Boldon. It occurred between 3:05pm and 3:20pm on Friday, February 26, on the number 30 bus between X and Y bus stops. A woman reported seeing a man who appeared to be touching himself inappropriately. Officers would like […]
Police have appealed for information following an incident in South Shields last month. Between 9pm and 9:15pm on Tuesday, March 1, a man threatened another man and shouted offensive language at a woman outside the McDonalds on King Street. Officers are keen to trace a man who was in the […]
A 52-year-old tortoise has been reported stolen from a house in High Barnes. The family pet, named Benji, had been in hibernation for the winter since October 2015. The owner went to check on the hutch on Sunday, April 3, as it was the end of the tortoise’s hibernation and […]
Two teenage girls have appeared in court charged with kidnapping a two-year-old with the intention of committing a sexual offence. The girls, aged 13 and 14 and from Tyneside, were also charged with shoplifting dummies, baby milk and a bottle. The little girl was taken from a Primark store in […]
Police are appealing for information after several cars were damaged on the same street in Newcastle. The four vehicles were parked on Simonside Terrace, in the Heaton area of the city. All cars suffered damages totalling hundreds of thousands of pounds. The offender use a sharp object to scratch across the cars’ […]