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Suspect still wanted after Chichester kidnapping

By joeleach272 at 16:37 on 10/01/12

Police are still trying to trace a suspect after a man was kidnapped in Chichester in the early hours of Sunday 8 January. The offence occured outside a property in Osborne Crescetn at around 3am on Sunday where the 27 year old victim was assualted and taken. He was taken to hospital later that day at about 2pm after he was found in Chichester with no life threatening injuries but he did have some cracked ribs and bruising. ...
Car window smashed in Chichester

By joeleach272 at 14:17 on 20/12/11

Police are appealing for witnesses after a car window was smashed opposite the One Stop Community Store in Chichester. The incident occured a few minutes after the driver had been confronted by another motorist. The incident then occured when the car was parked in the High Street opposite the One Stop Community Store between 4.50pm and 5pm on Monday 12 December. The driver of the green Honda CRV had parked in the High Street and only...
Police raid Chichester property after generator thefts

By joeleach272 at 20:58 on 11/12/11

Police officers have raided a Chichester property as part of an investigation into a number of electric fence generator thefts. A series of thefts in the Tangmere and Oving area has led officers to carry out a stolen goods warrent in Halnaker on Monday 5 December. Two people were arrested and a number of suspected stolen items were recovered. The two arrested men have been bailed until 9 January pending further enquiries. A 62...
Man sought over Witterings sex assault in 1970's

By joeleach272 at 09:43 on 08/12/11

Detectives from West Sussex are seeking to trace a man connected to a current investigation into a reported sexual assault in the East and West Witterings area some time during the late 1970's. The victims of the sexual assaults were three brothers who were aged between 5 and 8 at the time of the assaults. The boys were alleged to have been assaulted on numerous occasions by the man who had been invited to stay in their family home as...
Woman attacked in Selsey

By joeleach272 at 14:43 on 05/12/11

Police are undergoing an investigation after a woman was attacked in Selsey last week. The attack took place on Monday 28 November shortly after 1.30am. The local woman, 45, was walking home from a Christmas party nearby, when a man assaulted her in Selsey High Street near the Riviera Restaurant. This was not a stranger attack. The man and woman are known to each other. The woman was taken to St Richards Hospital in Chichester...

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Almost 200 arreste in Christmas drink-drive campaign

By r_thompson03

I suppose if they are making arrests it is a success in one sense but ideally the campaign would...

By joeleach272 at 17:53 on 11/01/12

192 was the final figure of arrests that were made during Sussex Police's Christmas drink-drive campaign. Whether you consider that number to be great or small, it is likely that you will consider the figure of 7,253 to be fairly great and this was the number of people breathalysed during the campaign which ran from 14 November until New Year. These numbers are compared to 176 arrests made last year and 6,501 tests. One...
Operation Tinsel combats Chichester thieves!

By jack89

I was going to say that 6 days seems pretty short but I guess it was a trial and they will do more...

By joeleach272 at 15:34 on 09/01/12

A pre-Christmas operation from Chichester police to help combat thieves over the Christmas period has been hailed a success! The operation was designed to combat thieves in every way from detecting them to arresting them as well as disrupting general criminal behaviour in the hope that all this will be thievery in Chichester a less attractive prospective to the criminals. It ran from 10 to 15 December inclusive, and including late...
Police have asked for closure of Thursdays Nightclub

By poppy_smith

Oh no. Shame to read about this. But totally understandable with all the trouble.

By joeleach272 at 17:08 on 18/07/11

As a result of an increase in the number of serious assaults, police have asked for Thursdays Night Club in Chichester to be temporarily closed. Police say that since December 2009, there has been an increase in violent crime offences both inside and outside the club and it is for this reason that Chief Inspector Ali Darge is asking that the Nightclub be shut for at least six weeks so that new procedures can be implemented. The...
Graffiti criminal in Chichester cleans up his tags rather than court

By r_thompson03

I can see some value in this system but while this might sound slightly old fashioned I can't help...

By joeleach272 at 15:12 on 08/06/11

An 18-year-old man covered Chichester city centre with his graffiti tags but he has ended up cleaning it all off rather than facing court for his crimes. He was initially arrested by Sussex Police when they discovered he had been spraying graffiti around the centre of Chichester. Chichester District Council had been working with the police to track the particular graffiti tag and were quickly able to link his tag to a number of...
Major drugs bust in Bracklesham, Chichester

By jack89

I was really shocked when I read this but my friend has since told me that drugs is a bit of an...

By joeleach272 at 15:47 on 05/04/11

Sussex police have successfully uncovered around quarter of a million pounds worth of cocaine in a major drug bust in Bracklesham. The operation took place on Friday (1st April) when detectives from Sussex police's Serious and Organised Crime Unit arrested six men over the course of the day. The first three were found in two cars parked in the car park of the Cottesmore Gold and Country Club, Buchan Hill at 12:30pm. The detectives...