Officers investigating criminal damage near Sturminster Newton are appealing for witnesses or anyone with information to come forward. Between Friday 29 August and Monday 31 August 2026 damage was caused to gravestones at St Gregory Church in Marnhull. It...
Release date: 01/09/2026
A man has been jailed following an investigation by detectives into a violent attack in Bournemouth. James Junior Cunningham, aged 19 and of Bournemouth, has been sentenced to 11 years and 9 months in prison. On the evening of Thursday 19 December 2025, ...
Release date: 01/09/2026
Officers are appealing for witnesses or anyone with information to come forward following a burglary at an address in Bournemouth. Between 11am and 11.30am on Wednesday 26 August 2026, a residential address in The Grove was broken into. Damage was caused ...
Release date: 28/08/2026
Officers are appealing for witnesses or anyone with dashcam footage to come forward following a collision in Ferndown. At around 5pm on Wednesday 26 August 2026 a collision occurred involving a black Nissan Qashqai and a silver car in Church Road. No inju...
Release date: 28/08/2026
A burglar who targeted an address in Poole while the occupants slept has been jailed after his fingerprints were found at the scene. Oakley Coyle, 23, of Bournemouth gained entry to a residential address in Longfleet Road in the early hours of Sunday 16 F...
Release date: 27/08/2026
Officers are appealing for witnesses or anyone with information to come forward following a burglary at an address in North Dorset. Between Thursday 20 August and Monday 24 August 2026, an address in Ring Street in Stalbridge was broken into. High-value j...
Release date: 27/08/2026
Officers are carrying out enquiries to locate a wanted man in Bridport and are appealing for information to help locate him. Alex Harrigan, aged 30, is wanted in connection with reports he has breached a domestic violence protection order. He is described...
Release date: 27/08/2026
Officers are appealing for witnesses or anyone with dashcam footage to come forward following a serious collision near Dorchester. The incident occurred on Old Sherborne Road between Charlton Down and Buckland Newton at around 7pm on Tuesday 25 August 202...
Release date: 26/08/2026
Efforts by Weymouth and Portland Neighbourhood Policing Team (NPT) have seen a man jailed for breaching a Criminal Behaviour Order (CBO). The NPT had secured a five-year-long CBO for 44-year-old Nicholas Gardner following a number of incidents in Weymouth...
Release date: 25/08/2026
Detectives are continuing to investigate an alleged serious assault in Bournemouth and are appealing for witnesses to come forward. At approximately 4.15am on Sunday 16 August 2026 it is reported that a man sustained stab wounds following an assault by a ...
Release date: 25/08/2026
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