Information received from the public helped detectives bring forward a case against two men involved in a serious assault in Weymouth.At around 2.50am on Saturday 14 June 2025, two men aged in their 20s were assaulted outside King of Hearts in St Alban St...
Release date: 08/05/2026
Detectives have praised members of the public who came to the assistance of an elderly woman in a wheelchair after she was subjected to an unprovoked assault in Poole. At around 8.45pm on Friday 19 September 2025 the victim, who was 89 at the time, was le...
Release date: 07/05/2026
Roads policing officers took part in a joint initiative with National Highways to use an unmarked heavy goods vehicle (HGV) to identify anyone committing a road traffic offence. Between Monday 27 April and Friday 1 May 2026, officers were carrying out tar...
Release date: 07/05/2026
Officers carrying out enquiries to locate a wanted man are appealing for information from the public. Malcolm John Clarke, aged 68, is wanted in connection with alleged stalking offences. He is described as being around five feet nine inches tall and of m...
Release date: 07/05/2026
Officers investigating a theft at a funfair in Weymouth are issuing CCTV images of two men they would like to identify. It was reported that between 12.45pm and 2.30pm on Monday 6 April 2026 £1,140 was stolen from two fruit machines at the Southside Funfa...
Release date: 07/05/2026
Detectives have praised a brave victim for her support in bringing a violent sexual offender to justice. Chad Antony Martin Smedburg, aged 36 and of Ringwood, was sentenced to 10 years in prison – with an extended licence period of a further two years – f...
Release date: 06/05/2026
A man has been arrested following a reported arson at Sherborne Police Station. It was reported that at around 3.30am on Sunday 26 April 2026 a small fire ignited outside the boiler room at the police station. The fire did not spread to the station buildi...
Release date: 06/05/2026
Detectives investigating a reported serious assault in Bournemouth have made a third arrest. Dorset Police received a report at 7.18pm on Sunday 26 April 2026 that a 16-year-old boy had been assaulted in the area of Maclean Road. It was reported that the ...
Release date: 06/05/2026
Officers investigating a robbery at a store in Poole are issuing images of four men they are looking to identify. It was reported that at around 10.30am on Monday 6 April 2026 four men entered the Boots store in Redlands and cut the locks to fragrance cab...
Release date: 06/05/2026
Detectives continuing to investigate a reported serious assault in Bournemouth have made a further arrest. Dorset Police received a report at 12.30am on Tuesday 28 April 2026 that a man had been assaulted outside Barbara’s Bier Haus in Old Christchurch Ro...
Release date: 05/05/2026
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