One man has been arrested following the death of a pedestrian on the A380 on Sunday 26th July.
Police were called at around 1.30am following reports of a collision involving a pedestrian on the A380 Torquay Road near to its junction with Aller Brake Road. Just prior to the incident, police had received reports of a man walking in the road, from the direction of Penn Inn roundabout.
On arrival officers found a 30-year old man who had sustained fatal injuries, after being involved in a collision with a vehicle which has failed to stop. Formal identification for has yet to...
Police are appealing for information following a fatal road traffic collision on the A380 Torquay Road in the early hours of this morning (Sunday 26 July).
Police were called at around 1.30am to a report of a collision involving a pedestrian on the A380 Torquay Road near to its junction with Aller Brake Road.
On arrival officers found a male pedestrian having sustained fatal injuries, after being involved in a collision with a vehicle which has failed to stop.
At this time the man, believed to be aged in his 30’s has not been identified but officers are carrying out...
Police in South Devon are appealing for information following an attempted robbery.
The incident occurred at approximately 2.30 pm on Friday 24th July at the outreach post office in the village hall at Chudleigh Knighton.
A man entered the Post Office brandishing as a small knife, threatened the sub postmistress and demanded money.
A member of the public in the premises at the time, challenged the man and the offender consequently made off on a pedal cycle towards Bovey Tracey empty handed.
Thankfully no one was injured during the incident.
Preliminary findings from the National Rural Crime Survey support calls for Fair Funding for Devon and Cornwall Police.
Although the full results are yet to be released, initial findings from the rural crime survey of over 17,000 people in England and Wales indicate that victims in rural areas have a lower perception of policing than the national average.
Tony Hogg, Police and Crime Commissioner for Devon and Cornwall said
“The early indications from this wide-ranging survey go to confirm my position that policing in rural areas faces particular challenges....
Police are appealing for the public’s help in trying to locate some distinctive items stolen from the Exmouth area.
Two rings and an ornament (pictured) were stolen during a burglary at a house in the St John’s Road area between Monday 29 June and Tuesday 7 July.
The items are described as a white gold ladies wedding ring with diamond cut effect, a ladies vintage Art Deco style gold band, and a wind-up ornament.
Detective Constable Matthew Burnell, Honiton CID said: “The stolen items are very distinctive and are of huge sentimental value to the owners.
Police are appealing for witnesses following an assault which took place in Exminster.
On Friday 19 June at 5.20pm a 34-year-old man was driving along the main road, near the Tesco Express store by the Church Stile junction, when an object was thrown at the victim’s car by another man.
The victim confronted the man and then he was assaulted. He suffered minor facial and arm injuries as a result.
Police believe there may have been several witnesses to this incident, including a man who helped the victim.
Officers would like to hear from anyone who witnessed...
