Devon and Cornwall Police has been investigating an increased number of telephone frauds involving unknown persons randomly calling members of the public on their home telephone numbers and convincing them to part with or transfer thousands of pounds in cash.
The criminals use a number of different stories to get the victim to give away their money. The most recent story involves a jewellery shop.
In December, a victim was persuaded to purchase a Rolex watch from a jeweller in the Torbay area. The victim attended the jeweller’s shop in person. They were being ‘controlled’...
The A379 in Exeter remains closed after police received reports of a man threatening to jump from Baker Bridge this morning.
Police closed the road just before 9.30am after receiving reports of a man standing on the “wrong” side of the railings on the bridge near the David Lloyd Leisure Centre.
An eyewitness said a man wearing a blue jacket and dark trousers could be seen standing on the ‘wrong’ side of the railings on the bridge.
Three people could clearly be seen talking to him.
A police officer was guarding the entrance to the bridge on the Sandy Park...
Police are asking for the public’s help to identify two men in connection with the theft of a valuable bike from a hospital car park in Exeter.
The white Trek Cobia mountain bike, valued at £1,100, was stolen from the car park at Royal Devon and Exeter Hospital last November.
Offenders cut the security chain with bolt cutters to steal the bike which had been left locked and secure at the cycle rack.
Police have released a CCTV image of two men they would like to speak to in connection with this incident and are appealing to the public to come forward with any...
Police have released an E-Fit of a man they are seeking in connection with public decency offences in Newton Abbot.
Officers are investigating two incidents where the man has exposed himself to women and carried out an act of public indecency.
Both offences happened in Brunel Road and within a week of each other.
In the first incident around 5.45pm on Wednesday 17 December, a woman in her 40s was walking along the road when she saw a man in the grounds of Forde House exposing himself. As she walked by he made a comment to her, but she continued on walking.
Devon and Cornwall Police is asking everyone this festive season, and throughout the coming year, to think carefully before calling 999 or 101 and to only do so in an emergency or to report a non-urgent crime.
The Force’s two contact centres in Plymouth and Exeter receive more than a million calls a year. Although many people use the service responsibly there are still a significant number who, whether through ignorance or impatience, waste police time and also increase call waiting times for genuine callers.
Over the last couple of weeks Chief Superintendent Jim Nye, head...
