Police seeking witnesses after a large amount of jewellery was taken from an Exmouth home.
Offenders got inside the property in Valley Way sometime between 10.30am on Tuesday 24 January and 12.30pm on Thursday 26 January.
They made an untidy search of the premises before stealing around 40 items of jewellery including some antique items of huge sentimental value.
Among the items stolen were a 100-year-old 18ct gold ring with diamonds and an 18ct pearl and amethyst ring which is around 70-years-old, plus a very old garnet bracelet and set of garnet earrings.
Police are investigating a distraction burglary in Exeter where two men posed as council workmen to steal precious jewellery from an elderly woman.
The two men, who were wearing green jackets and white hard hats, called at the woman’s home in Laburnum Road, shortly after 11am on Friday [6 January].
They claimed they were from the council and asked to go into the house to look at areas of the property. One of the bogus workmen distracted the woman by asking for a drink while the other man went upstairs.
After conducting a tidy search one man left through an upstairs...
Police are appealing for witnesses following a burglary near Tiverton.
A property in Withleigh was broken into between 2-5pm on Tuesday the 27th December.
A number of distinctive 22-carat items of jewellery were stolen including bangles, necklaces and rings, as well as the Kashmir style wooden box that they were being stored in.
Police would like to hear from anyone who was in the area at the time and noted anything suspicious, or who has been offered any of these items for sale.
Please call the police on 101 or 101@dc.police.uk quoting crime reference CR/...
A bungling Devon thief will be tucking into Christmas dinner behind bars this year after being jailed for breaking into a ticket machine at Torre railway station.
Andrew George, 44, was caught on camera - along with his accomplice Michael Batty, aged 34 - trying to steal cash from the machine on 7 August.
The pair tried to throw police off the scent by turning up three hours earlier and breaking a CCTV camera before putting bin bags and tape over the machine to make it look like it was out of order while they tampered with it.
At around 9.20pm on Monday 5 December 2016 a man armed with a knife, estimated to be around 10” in length, entered the Spar shop on Magdalen Road in Exeter, where he threatened staff and took cash from the till.
The man then left the shop and ran along Magdalen Road, believed to be in the direction of the Mount Radford pub.
There were three members of staff in the shop at the time. All are safe and no-one was injured. No customers were in the store at the actual time of the incident.
The man is described as being white and around 30 years old and of slim build and...
Police are investigating a burglary which took place at a property in Newton Abbot where precious military medals were taken.
The incident happened between 5:10am and 6.30am on Tuesday 20 September at a home in Queensway.
The offenders gained entry through a small upstairs window and stole eight military medals in bronze, silver and gold [pictured] which are of huge personal value to the home owner.
They include campaign medals achieved from the owner’s former military service in the former Yugoslavia, Kosovo, Northern Ireland, the 2nd Gulf War and Afghanistan....
Police are appealing for the public’s help following a bike theft in St Thomas.
A green Diamondback ‘Remix’ BMX similar to the one pictured was stolen from a back garden in the St. Thomas area of Exeter between 12th and 15th August.
The bicycle is worth around £250 brand new. If anyone has been offered a bicycle like this for sale recently, or has seen it abandoned police would like to hear from you.
If you have any information about the theft, please email 101@dc.police.uk or call 101 quoting crime reference CR/57049/16. You can also give information anonymously...
Police are investigating a theft and attempted burglaries carried out by a suspect impersonating a police officer.
This has been said to have taken place around 8.00pm on Tuesday 5 July, at a number of properties in Culm Haven, Uffculme, near Cullompton.
Police have attended and conducted house to house searches with a police dog after residents discovered a man attempting to enter their property on two occassions, in which the suspect claimed to be a poloice officer, and on one occassion is believed to have been caught leaving a property.
Police are appealing for information after items of jewellery were stolen from a house in Beech Park in the West Hill area of Ottery St Mary.
The burglary happened between 8.45am on Friday 26 May and 2.30pm on Sunday 29 May while the occupants were away on holiday. A glazed rear door of the property was smashed using a long handled axe.
Police are advising members of the public to ensure that gardening tools and items such as ladders which could be used to assist offenders in gaining access to a property are properly secured at all times.
