Lowestoft Crime

Witnesses are being sought after a 16-year-old girl was approached today.

A firefighter has hit out after illegally parked cars hampered access to a house fire.

A man has taken matters into his own hands after motorists continue to take from his roadside stand without paying.

A fraudster who used social media to hunt for victims before tricking them into thinking he was in a relationship with them has been jailed for six years after stealing more than £40,000.

Police are appealing for help to trace a missing man from Lowestoft.

In his latest column, Suffolk police chief constable GARETH WILSON looks at the highs and lows of policing at Christmas - and how you can prevent yourself becoming a victim of crime during the festive season.

The independent body responsible for triple murderer David McGreavy’s release has insisted it will never free dangerous criminals until it is “convinced” it is safe to do so.

A Norfolk police chief has welcomed jail sentences given to drink drivers but has spoken of his frustration that the message “still isn’t getting through” to people.

Two motorists were arrested overnight and more than a dozen drivers were stopped, as the winter drink and drug driving campaign continues.

A Norfolk police chief has welcomed jail sentences given to drink drivers but has spoken of his frustration that the message “still isn’t getting through” to people.

Police are seeking witnesses after 11 vehicles were damaged in an overnight spate of vandalism.

A warning has been issued to householders following reports of scam calls being made in relation to council tax in Waveney.

An ex-teacher has been jailed for 10 years after engaging in sexual activity with two female pupils.

Witnesses are being sought after a man was verbally assaulted in Lowestoft.

A Suffolk couple have denied being in charge of a dangerously out of control animal after a landowner was allegedly bitten on the thigh by their bulldog.

A 34-year-old man has denied raping a woman in her 30s in Lowestoft last December.

A woman who was tormented by an abusive former partner has revealed how she was raped by her former husband, as a domestic violence campaign continues.

A 52-year-old man from West Yorkshire has been given a suspended prison sentence for grooming offences against a teenage girl from north Suffolk.

A man accused of taking a marked police van from outside a station, which was later found abandoned 15 miles away, is due to stand trial next year.

Uninsured and unlicensed drivers are being warned that the police will catch up with them after officers seized 133 vehicles in a month.

Fundamental change has been requested to curtail the “unreasonable” time taken up by police on mental health issues.

A man has been arrested for drink driving after he drove with a blown tyre for a “considerable” distance.

Beware stolen bikes for sale at Christmas – Suffolk police are warning shoppers some second-hand cycles are too good to be true.

Two men have been charged with burglary following a break in at a Carlton Colville home.

Concerned parents have spoken of their fears after a boy was approached by a van driver as he made his way to school.

Two men have been arrested on suspicion of burglary after a host of valuable items were stolen from a home.

Traffic officers have hit out at the number of cars they find without valid MOTs, saying: “They’re like buses.”

A major operation involving six government agencies and four police forces cracking down on illegal and unsafe activity on Norfolk’s roads has taken place.

A woman’s “idyllic” home was turned into a “part-dream, part-nightmare” after a crime gang had committed a burglary there, a court has heard.