Rugby Rural Area
Increase in Livestock Worrying Incidents – Please Keep Your Dog on a Lead or Secure at Your Property
We are unfortunately getting a number of sheep worrying incidents being reported, some sadly resulting in death and serious injury to the sheep. This is particularly concerning at this time of year as most of the ewes in the fields are either heavily pregnant or have recently given birth and the lambs are very vulnerable.…
Read MoreThree Males Charged Following Hare Coursing Incident
On 30th November 2022, Police were alerted to an incident of Hare-coursing in the Brinklow area. With the assistance of other departments, 3 x males were arrested, 3 x dogs seized, and 1 x vehicle seized. The follow on investigation was conducted by RCT officers and on 15th February the 3 males were charged with…
Read MoreTrailer Stolen From Stretton on Dunsmore
Inc 344 of 26/2/23 At approximately 7.30pm yesterday (26/2/23), unknown offenders forced entry to a property in Stretton on Dunsmore and stole a trailer with roofing sheets on. If you saw anyone acting suspiciously in the area or have any information that could assist the police with their enquiries please contact us either online at…
Read MoreOfficers Respond to Off Road Bike Issues in Barnacle and North Warwickshire
Over the weekend, the Rural Crime team responded to a spike in ASB bike issues by patrolling hotspot areas including Barnacle and the North Warwickshire area with assistance from Atherstone SNT and a Special Constable. Off-road bikes were deployed in order to allow officers to patrol areas that are usually inaccessible by other means and…
Read MoreOfficers Arrest Male for Fly Tipping Incident
Officers investigating an incident of fly tipping near Ansley in September last year have charged a man. Callum Smith, 29, of Brights Road, Nuneaton was arrested after the incident near Brook House Farm was captured on video. Smith was charged with depositing without an environmental permit controlled or extractive waste on land. He will appear…
Read MoreTrack Matting Stolen Near Brinklow
Ref: 23/55712/22 On the 28th of December between the hours of 18:30 and 19:52 suspect(s) accessed a field by cutting a padlock on a gate and forcing that gate open. They have then taken 14 sheets of aluminium track matting, used to allow vehicles to cross the field. This occurred on a field just off…
Read MoreLorry Load of Stolen Vehicles Recovered
Christmas came early for several vicitms of crime recently when this lorry load of vehicles were located by officers. Officers from Rugby Response B Shift followed up on valuable information recieved from a member of the public. On arrival at a location near Ryton-on-Dunsmore officers arrested a 33 year old male on suspicion of handling…
Read MoreAdvice on Stihl Equipment
The Police often recover arb kit, strimmers, jet washes, blowers and saws. Quite often – we suspect they are stolen but it’s difficult to identify the owner. When a Stihl product is sold to a dealer – the digit serial number on every Stihl product is registered with the company – eg 123456789 is registered to…
Read MoreMultiple Break-ins in Wolsten
On the 10th of December 3 farms in the Wolston area were broken into with an unknown offender(s) accessing several outbuildings by cutting the locks. In one case they attempted to force entry to the rear of a barn by bending back one of the metal sheets. In all cases nothing was stolen. If you…
Read MoreStolen Horse Trailer Recovered by Rural Crime Team
RCT officers came across this horse trailer abandoned near Cleeve Prior. It was checked for all the usual property registers including Datatag ID Limited & The Equipment Register – TER, but unfortunately no record of an owner or police report could be found. We then spotted a little service sticker on the inside, after a…
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