Criminal Damage (1495)

West Mercia Police are appealing for witnesses and information after at least 30 cars were damaged in a spate of vehicle crime in Church Hill, Redditch, last weekend.

Cars were damaged at a number of addresses including Deans Close, Flanders Close, Fulbrook Close, Cleeve Close and Edgeworth Close.

Groton Street, Groton between 9pm 06/03/10 and 9am 07/03/10.

Two thermometers have been damaged outside a house.

Calls in relation to this incident should be made to Sgt Liz Ireland at the Babergh West Safer Neighbourhood Team on 01284 774100.

Alternatively call Crimestoppers, anonymously, on 0800 555 111.

Someone attempted to break into a store cupboard in the toilet block at Tobys Walk in Blythburgh between 7.30am on Friday 26 February and 7.30am on Tuesday 2 March.

It appears someone kicked in a door to gain entry to the block and then attempted to gain entry to the store.

Damage was caused to a lock in the process.

Coupals Road, Haverhill between 5.30pm Wednesday 03/03/10 and 8.00am Thursday 04/03/10.

Entry was gained to a household waste site and damage was caused to a JCB 360 Compactor by smashing one of its windows.

A14, 9.45pm Thursday 25/02/10.

Damage was caused to traffic cones and road signs at Junction 45 of the A14 at Rougham by smashing them with a hammer.

Police would like to speak to anyone who may have witnessed the incident or who has any information.

Cockermouth Police are appealing for information after vandals damaged a headstone at Lorton Cemetery.

Officers are investigating after the headstone of a joint grave of an Uncle and a Grandfather was chipped and defaced and the surrounding plant pots were smashed.

Police in Wigston are appealing for the publics help after receiving a number of reports of vans being damaged.

On Thursday February 25 seven vans that were parked in Countesthorpe Road, both on the road and in a car park, had their locks damaged.

In five of the seven incidents tools were taken from the vans, including drills, saws, and two laptops.

Police are appealing for witnesses after a community centre was broken into in Yateley overnight between Saturday, February 27 and Sunday, February 28.

Sometime between 3.30pm on Saturday and 4.30pm on Sunday the Monteagle Community Centre in Tresham Crescent was broken into.

Paint was then smeared across the tiled floor and spilt over plastic chairs.

Police officers from Reigate and Banstead's Safer Neighbourhood Team are asking for the public's help following criminal damage at a Garden of Remembrance in Reigate.

Sometime between Friday, 26 February, and Monday, 1 March, a number of ornaments which had been left at the Bancroft Court garden by relatives and loved ones were destroyed.

Police are releasing CCTV images of three men and a woman they would like to speak to in connection with assaults on two mini-cab drivers in Wood Green.

Detectives from Haringey Community Safety Unit are investigating the assaults, which took place at about 02:00hrs on Saturday 30 January outside a mini-cab office in Berners Road N22.

Police are appealing to witnesses and warning drivers after another curtain side lorry was slashed on the A1.

This incident took place some time between 10pm on March 2 and 5.13am on March 3 in a lay-by off the A1 at Foston.

Criminals slashed the side to the lorry and then cut open one of the boxes on the load.

Exning Road, Newmarket between 5pm Sunday 28/02/10 and 5pm Monday 01/03/10.

Lumps of concrete were thrown over a fence into a compound at the rear of a garage.

A blue Jaguar and a silver Lexus were damaged.

Freston, between 10am Friday 26/02/10 and 1.15pm Monday 01/03/10.

Offenders have forced entry to a church and stolen cash and a large amount of lead roofing.

Damage was also caused to the stonework.

Rowley Drive, Newmarket between 00.01am and 2.20am on Monday 01/03/10.

A wheelie bin was placed in the middle of a playing field and set alight.

Calls in relation to this incident should be made to PC 935 Derek Gallagher at Newmarket Neighbourhood Response Team on 01284 774100.

A garden ornament  was stolen from the front garden of a home in Coronation Drive between 9.20pm on Friday 26 and 8.10am on Saturday 27 February.

a brown and blue round metallic ball with concrete inside

The ornament was later found smashed up a short distance away.