LOTS OF CHANGES – SO WHO IS WHO ?

REPORTED CRIME & ARRESTS IN MARCH 2005

TISBURY BEAT
(TISBURY, WEST TISBURY, WARDOUR, HATCH, EAST HATCH, WEST HATCH & NEWTOWN)
Beat Officers: PCs Mark Littlewood and Mark Steele
5th Male from Tisbury arrested on warrant having failed to pay court fines. (PC Pete Robins & SPC Nathan Ricketts)

TISBURY NORTH BEAT
(BERWICK ST. LEONARD, CHICKSGROVE, CHICKLADE, CHILMARK, FONTHILL BISHOP, FONTHILL GIFFORD, FOVANT, HINDON, RIDGE, SUTTON MANDEVILLE & SWALLOWCLIFFE)
Beat Officer: PC Darren Jennings.
19th/21st Thief stole an air rifle from a shed in Fonthill Gifford. (SPS Nathan Ricketts)
28th/29th Overnight thieves stole a trailer from a farm at Pertwood. (PC Mark Littlewwod)

TISBURY SOUTH BEAT
(ANSTY, ALVEDISTON, BERWICK ST.JOHN, CHARLTON, THE COOMBES, THE DONHEADS, LUDWELL & TOLLARD ROYAL): Beat Officer
13th/14th Overnight two cars were damaged by someone using a sharp implement. (PC Charlotte Chambers)

MERE BEAT (including BURTON)
Beat Officers: PCs Gary Treherne & Pete Robins.
7th/8th Overnight thieves stole the tops from 4 Staddle Stones on a driveway just outside Mere. (PC Gary Treherne)
16th/17th Overnight a ‘W’ reg Peugeot 306 car was stolen from Castle Street, Mere. (Crime Desk)
19th A male attempted to snatch the contents of the till at the Chinese Takeaway at Mere. He was overpowered by staff and held until PC Pete Robins arrived and arrested him.

MERE SOUTH BEAT
(EAST KNOYLE, WEST KNOYLE, SEMLEY, SEDGEHILL & WILLOUGHBY HEDGE)
Beat Officer WPC Charlotte Chambers.
11th Male from Sedgehill arrested for carrying out a deception on an elderly female. (PC Charlotte Chambers)
20th Male arrested in possession of an ‘altered’ vehicle tax disc at Willoughby Hedge Services.
(PC Pete Robins & SPC Nathan Ricketts)

MERE NORTH BEAT
(GASPER, KILMINGTON, MAIDEN BRADLEY, NORTON FERRIS, STOURTON, WOLVERTON & ZEALS) Beat Officer: PC Martin Faulkner
Between the 2nd and the 8th a thief broke into a boat behind The Bell & Crown at Zeals and stole fishing tackle.
(Crime Desk)

TISBURY POLICE STATION - OPENING TIMES. (01747-870203)
Monday, Saturday & Sunday - CLOSED.
Tuesday, Wednesday & Friday- 9.00am to 1.00pm. Thursday- 9.00am to 5.00pm.

MERE POLICE STATION – OPENING TIMES. (01747-860268)
Monday, Tuesday & Wednesday from 0930hrs until 1230hrs. Friday from 1600hrs until 1900hrs.
Saturday from 0800hrs until 1100hrs.Thursday and Sunday – CLOSED.

24 HOUR NUMBER 01380-735735. CRIMESTOPPERS 0800-555-111.

AS YOU CAN SEE FROM THE ABOVE THERE WAS VERY LITTLE REPORTED CRIME DURING MARCH WHICH LEAVES JUST ENOUGH ROOM ON THE BULLETIN FOR A BAD JOKE.

A policeman is driving along the road when he gets an urgent message on his radio telling him there has been a dead body found in an ice cream van just down the road.
He rushes to the scene where he discovers a man's body, with chocolate flakes up each nostril, raspberry sauce all over his head and he is covered from head to toe in hundreds of thousands of sprinkles.
A puzzled onlooker asks the policeman what he thinks has happened, to which the policeman replies:
" It looks like he's topped himself." …………………………………….(I did warn you!)

If anyone has any information about any of the above listed crimes please give us a ring at Tisbury or Mere. Your help could lead to the apprehension of offenders or the recovery of property. If you would prefer to pass information anonymously (rewards are available) ring CRIMESTOPPERS.

CONTROL ROOM 01722-411444
CRIMESTOPPERS 0800 555 111