• Information appeal following Matlock fuel theft

  By Lynn_Shepherd at 07:56 on 08/05/13

  

  Derbyshire Police are appealing for information after thieves siphoned large amounts of diesel from eight lorries at a vehicle yard in Matlock. Between 3pm on Saturday, April 27th and 7am on Sunday, April 28th, thieves broke into the haulage yard on Main Road, Darley Bridge, and siphoned fuel from eight vehicles. It is believed approximately 1,000 litres of fuel was taken. A group of three or four people were seen acting suspiciousl...

• Police appeal after sentimental items are stolen from pensioner's garden

  By Lynn_Shepherd at 14:27 on 30/04/13

  

  Thieves have stolen a number of sentimental ornaments from the garden of a pensioner living in Cromford. A hand painted sleeping gnome, two duck statues, a small conifer tree and a bird bath with a solar powered light on top are among the items taken from the property, in Arkwright Gardens. The owner, an 89 year old man, reported the theft to police after noticing the items had gone on Thursday, April 4th. PCSO Sue Lester, from...

• Michael Wayne Carroll guilty of murdering Alexander Blick in Matlock

  By Lynn_Shepherd at 16:26 on 17/04/13

  

  A man has been found guilty of killing his friend in the grounds of a library in Matlock. Michael Wayne Carroll denied the manslaughter of Alexander Blick, from Matlock Bath, but was found guilty following a seven-day trial at Nottingham Crown Court. Carroll, of Upper Greenhill Gardens, Matlock, (44) will be sentenced on April 29. Mr Blick's body was found by a local resident in the grounds of Matlock library on October 16,...

• Crime falls in Derbyshire for the tenth consecutive year

  By Lynn_Shepherd at 21:25 on 10/04/13

  

  Crime has fallen for the tenth consecutive year in Derbyshire with the county seeing one of the biggest reductions in crime nationally. Derbyshire Constabulary has announced that in the year ending April 1, overall crime has reduced by 16.3 per cent from 61,483 incidents in 2011/2012 to 51,440 in 2012/2013 meaning there were more than 10,000 fewer victims this year compared to last. The force understands that when compared to other...

• Campaign to weed out cannabis farms across Derbyshire after 34 discovered already in 2013

  By Lynn_Shepherd at 21:16 on 10/04/13

  

  Police are urging the public to be on the lookout for telltale signs of cannabis farms as part of a campaign to weed out the drug. Derbyshire Constabulary has launched its campaign to find cannabis farms that could have been set up in properties across the county. These farms are used to grow large amounts of the class B drug, which is then cultivated and sold to dealers and drug users. As well as fuelling drug activity on your...

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