The latest news, updates and events in Birmingham
Cops in Coventry have seized suspected stolen vehicles, illegal vapes and cigarettes in an operation targeting local crime in the city. Officers in Coventry were out in the North East of their local policing area (LPA) conducting Automatic Number Plate Recognition (ANPR) operations.
A serial shoplifter has been jailed for committing a string of offences across Dudley, which saw him steal around £2,000 worth of items. Ian Waterworth, of Union Street, Stourbridge, pleaded guilty to 11 counts of theft from a shop at Wolverhampton Magistrates’ Court last Thursday (25 January). The 35-year-old was sentenced to six months and one…
A woman who stole her ex-partner’s car after luring him into a savage street attack has been jailed. Melissa Parkes joined two men in attacking the victim with a hammer in Stechford last September.
A man has been jailed after forensic evidence linked him to the scene of a burglary in Sandwell last year. Ionut Dobre, aged 31 broke in to a property in Smethwick by smashing a window on 2 March in broad daylight, just after 3pm.
Police have detained a suspected robber in custody today after quick-time enquiries saw officers recover a bike reported stolen in Bilston yesterday afternoon. A teenager was threatened in Church Street and their electric bike taken at around 3.30pm yesterday (Tuesday 23 January).
A man from Coventry has been charged with stealing more than £15,000 worth of computer equipment from a school in the city, West Midlands Police have confirmed. Darren Reid, 50, was arrested on 21 January and charged with burglary after a number of iPads and Chromebooks were stolen from Frederick Bird school in September. He…
A gang of teenagers who stole up to 100 cars in the last year have been jailed, the youngest of the group only 16 years of age. Police caught the criminal clan after linking them to a string of burglaries and violent carjackings, and have released helicopter CCTV footage capturing showing the moment the crooks were…
A Birmingham heart surgeon who performs life-saving heart operations is appealing for the return of his specialist operating glasses which were stolen from his car outside Queen Elizabeth Hospital on Saturday (11th Sept). Stephen Rooney’s glasses or ‘loupes’ – which are needed to perform life-saving heart surgery – is hoping the thieves will return the…
West Midlands Police are appealing for information after a woman was attacked and robbed in her own home after arranging a date through a popular dating app. The 44-year-old matched with a man on the digital platform and met him in the foyer of her apartment building in Tipton at around 1.30am on 8 December.
A Birmingham thief who broke into hospitals and care homes and stole from nurses while the rest of the nation applauded the hard work of NHS staff, has been jailed for four and a half years. Prolific thief Wayne Bradley was arrested after a string of callous burglaries across Birmingham amidst the peak of the…