Crime

A MAN pretending to be a police officer has been preying on elderly people across Wokingham to steal money and jewellery from his victims in a sophisticated courier fraud. The...

POLICE have said they have arrested a man on suspicion of assault. On Saturday, they appealed for help to trace a man from Arborfield. They now say that as a...

Police have launched an urgent appeal to find a man wanted after a woman was assaulting in Reading earlier this week. Richard Greenacre, aged 28 of Venning Road in Arborfield,...

A PENSIONER visiting a Wokingham supermarket had cash and bank cards stolen as she shopped. Now police have just released a CCTV image of two people that could help with...

Local residents claim that two teenage girls are wreaking havoc in Wokingham town centre. Two weeks ago, The Wokingham Paper reported an assault in the Market Place branch of Boots....

A SHINFIELD man who attempted to meet a girl he had groomed has been given a 12-month jail sentence, suspended for two years. On Friday, January 11, 47-year-old Jimmy Dawes...

A SHINFIELD store has been targeted by thieves overnight. The Co-operative in School Green was ram-raided and a cash machine was stolen. This morning a police presence is on site...

Nominations for this year’s policing awards opened on Monday. For the last 18 years, Thames Valley Police have used the policing awards to celebrate the work of officers, staff and...

Action Fraud says it has reported an increase in the reports of fraudulent calls, voicemails, text messages and emails purporting to be from HMRC. These impostors claim that the victim...

Chief Inspector Darran Hill has been appointed as the new Deputy Commander for neighbouring Reading Local Policing Area (LPA). On Tuesday, January 1, Ch Insp Hill took over from Emma...