• Burglars take car and tools in Blandford garage raid

  By Dadcock at 11:53 on 13/02/13

  

  BURGLARS used a Blandford garage's courtesy car to get away with tools and equipment worth thousands of pounds. The raid at MVS motor repair business on the Sunrise Business Park saw dozens of Snap-On tools, diagnostic equipment, laptop computers and a charity collection stolen during Saturday night. The silver Vauxhall Corsa courtesy car was discovered on Sunday a few hundred yards away at Shottesford Avenue. Owners Tony Vincent and...

• Police appeal for information about pair who stole from pensioner near Blandford

  By W_Boot at 12:30 on 04/02/11

  

  Detectives are appealing for witnesses and anyone with information to come forward after a distraction burglary at a house in Milborne St Andrew, between Blandford and Dorchester. The incident, in which a man and a woman distracted a pensioner, entered his house along The Grove, and stole money, happened between 10.10pm and 10.40pm on Monday, 31 January 2011. Detective Constable Gerald Marchant, of Weymouth CID, said: "The...

• Distraction burglary in Blandford - police need your help

  By alfiebass at 13:39 on 15/01/11

  

  Detectives in Dorset are appealing for witnesses and anyone with information to come forward after a series of distraction burglaries across the county – with officers keen to trace a man who may be able to help them with their enquiries. Since Monday, 10 January 2011, officers have received reports of four distraction burglaries in Dorset. Detectives believe that these offences are linked. The incidents, in which two...

• Witness appeal after burglary in Blandford

  By alfiebass at 13:25 on 15/01/11

  

  Police are appealing for witnesses and anyone with information to come forward after a burglary in Blandford. The incident, in which offenders forced entry through a window into the Costa Coffee shop at Salisbury Street and stole a safe, happened between 6.50pm on Thursday, 6 January and 7.30am on Friday, 7 January 2011. Police Constable Jez Brotherton, of Blandford police, said: "The offenders gained entry via the rear of the...

• Police renew their appeal in missing Blandford woman hunt and release a new picture

  By alfiebass at 20:43 on 10/01/11

  

  Police in Dorset are renewing their appeal for public help to find a 28-year-old woman who has been missing from her home for the last three weeks – with a new picture of the missing woman being released. Helen Van-Duivenbode, of Okeford Fitzpaine, near Blandford, was last seen on Monday, 20 December 2010. Her family reported her missing ten days later. Officers believe that the missing woman may be staying with friends in...

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