police appeal

Appeal after breezeblocks thrown from overpass

Police are seeking witnesses following two incidents where breezeblocks were thrown from an overpass onto moving vehicles below.

The incidents happened at the Elliot Road overpass between 8.45pm to 9.05pm on Thursday 19 January 2017.

The first incident [CR/004615/17] refers to reports of a concrete breezeblock being thrown around 8.45pm from the overpass and hitting a car,...

Car driver sought as witness to Plymouth assault

Police are trying to trace the driver of a red car that stopped to offer assistance during an unprovoked attack on a group in Plymouth at the weekend.

Officers were called to Honicknowle Green shortly after 12.30am on Sunday 17 January after a group of men and women were reported to be assaulting another group in the park area.

A 28-year-old local man was taken by ambulance to...

Police appeal following RTC on M5 Motorway

Emergency services attended an injury road traffic collision on the M5 Motorway at just after 12.45pm on Friday 27 December.

A Peugeot 206 was travelling southbound when it left the carriageway and overturned into a ditch shortly after junction 27. An articulated lorry was also inovlved.

Police closed the motorway in both directions for a time to allow the air ambulance to land...

Police appeal for missing Marc Jones

Police are becoming increasingly concerned for the welfare of Marc Jones who has been reported missing from his home address in the Teignmouth area.

Marc is a 30-year-old white male around 5’7” tall of broad build with short unkempt dark hair and a Scottish accent.

Marc was last seen between 7pm and 7.30pm on Thursday 21 November 2013 when he left the home address wearing a...

Police appeal following theft of power tools from city DIY store

Police in Plymouth are appealing for the public’s help to identify a woman suspected of stealing power tools from a DIY store in the city.

Some time between 7pm and 7.25pm on Tuesday 23 July 2013, the woman was seen in the Homebase store on Montpelier Road.

Staff at the store challenged the woman before she left, but she still escaped with around £300 of Stanley power drills...

Teenage girl fought off man who tried to drag her into a lane

Police are appealing for witnesses after a man attempted to drag a teenage girl into a lane in Plymouth.

The incident happened on Tuesday 9 July between 9.30pm and 9.45pm on Honicknowle Lane.

A 16-year-old girl was approached by a man just after the A38 flyover bridge at Parkway, near Burrington Way.

It is believed that the man had just got out of a taxi at the bus...