• Moorlands has 'lowest crime rate in Staffordshire'

  By CarlyBaldwin at 12:18 on 17/05/12

  

  New figures published by Staffordshire Police show that the Moorlands region has the lowest crime rate in the county. 2011/12 statistics revealed that 3,971 crimes were recorded in the district, at a rate of 39.8 crimes per 1,000 population - compared with a countywide average of 52.4 crimes. People in the Moorlands are therefore less likely to fall victim to burglary, robbery or vehicle theft. The overall number of crimes in the...

• Appeal made after betting shop robbery

  By CarlyBaldwin at 15:09 on 08/05/12

  

  Staffordshire Police have appealed for information after robbers targeted the Betfred bookies on Derby Street last weekend. Two men entered the store and stole cash from behind the counter at around 5.45pm on Sunday, before making their way down Market Street. Police have said that both offenders were white and aged in their late 20s to early 30s. One was wearing sunglasses and a burberry baseball cap, while the other wore a dark...

• Thieves steal Jubilee trees

  By CarlyBaldwin at 10:47 on 24/02/12

  

  Over 150 trees planted in Leek to mark the Queen's Diamond Jubilee have been stolen - less than 36 hours after local volunteers helped plant the saplings. Police have now stepped up patrols in their effort to find those responsible for taking the trees from Pickwood Recreation Ground and Brough Park. Police believe the thieves struck overnight on Monday, after 34 volunteers had helped plant the saplings, which were awarded to Leek...

• Street gunman cautioned

  By CarlyBaldwin at 12:59 on 06/02/12

  

  Police have cautioned the man found walking down Ashbourne Road with a gun in the early hours of New Year's Day. Residents reported seeing a man staggering past their homes brandishing what looked like a gun as the evening festivities drew to a close, and police were called to the street. A man was arrested and released on bail after officers recovered an air weapon from a nearby house. The man has answered his bail and been handed a...

• Football coach gets four years for sex offences

  By CarlyBaldwin at 11:33 on 18/11/11

  

  The Leek CSOB football coach who resigned his position after a sex scandal broke in September has now been jailed for four years. 51 year-old Robert McCleery groomed a schoolgirl before having a sexual relationship with her, Stoke-on-Trent Crown Court heard yesterday. The court were told that he bought the girl presents before taking her to the Roches for sex when she was still under 16. Today, The Sentinel has revealed that...

View more…