A man has been charged and is due to appear at court in connection with a road traffic collision in Sturminster Marshall. Dorset Police received a report at 9.29pm on Monday 29 September 2025 of a collision involving an unmarked police vehicle and a whit...
Release date: 01/10/2025
Officers are appealing for witnesses or anyone with dashcam footage to come forward following a road traffic collision in Sturminster Marshall. Dorset Police received a report at 9.29pm on Monday 29 September 2025 of a collision involving an unmarked pol...
Release date: 30/09/2025
Detectives are continuing to investigate a serious assault in Bridport and are issuing a renewed CCTV image of a man they would like to identify. The incident occurred at around 12am on Thursday 8 May 2025 at The Bridport Dagger pub in East Street. It was...
Release date: 29/09/2025
A woman has come forward following an image appeal in relation to a racially aggravated assault and criminal damage in Bournemouth. At around 11.05pm on Sunday 24 August 2025 it is reported that two women were travelling in a taxi in the area of Exeter Ro...
Release date: 29/09/2025
A man who caused over £256,000-worth of damage during a series of vehicle fires in the Wimborne area has been jailed following a detailed investigation by detectives. David Robert Giddins, 45 and of Wimborne, pleaded guilty to 20 counts of arson at Bourne...
Release date: 26/09/2025
Night-time patrols by officers in Weymouth have seen significant reductions in crime and high praise from members of the public. Reports of violence and knife crime, as well as violence towards women and girls, have nearly halved this summer c...
Release date: 26/09/2025
A man has been charged following a reported serious assault in Poole. Dorset Police received a report at 2.58am on Tuesday 23 September 2025 that a man had sustained suspected stab wounds to his arm in High Street. Emergency services attended and a police...
Release date: 25/09/2025
A former Dorset Police officer who engaged in inappropriate behaviour towards a member of the public, behaved in a sexualised manner to female officers and lied in a misconduct interview has been determined to have committed gross misconduct. The hearing ...
Release date: 24/09/2025
Officers carrying out enquiries to locate a wanted man are appealing for information from the public to find him.Kristen Cooper, aged 26 and from Ferndown, is wanted on prison recall. He is described as five feet five inches tall and of medium build, with...
Release date: 24/09/2025
Officers investigating a public order incident in Portland are appealing for witnesses or anyone with information to come forward. Dorset Police received a third-party report at around 9am on Wednesday 24 September 2025 that a man was being chased by anot...
Release date: 24/09/2025
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