16th Jan 2025. Booking.com has been the target of scammers. Advice given to ensure you check unexpected requests for payments for legitimate bookings you've made with them via the official web site contacts.
18th Dec 2024. Farmers advised of a widespread recent increase in the thefts of quad bikes and to take precautions to protect theirs.
10th Dec 2024. Couple from Honiton swindled out of thousands but fake police officers pretending to search for counterfit cash and persuading them to make withdrawals.
25th Oct 2024. Warning from Action Fraud of scam texts requesting urgent payment of outstanding parking fine before early payment discount ends circulated.
13th Sept 2024. Picture of girl missing from Ottery St Mary circulated. She was found later that day and circulation cancelled.
30th Aug 2024. Warning from police regarding potential for scammers to take advantage of crush to book tickets for Oasis tour dates.
6th May 2024. Request for villagers not to touch evidently stolen MOT analyser until police have had a chance to trace a victim and forensicate. Once police had completed their enquires to a negative result council notified of fly tipping and community informed.
13th Mar 2024. Police notification circulated about the continued series of night time burglaries across E Devon. In December the nearest incident was in Ottery St Mary. This time its Cullompton. Advice is to keep your premises as secure as possible, keep keys out of sight and share any night time CCTV activations with the police.
12th Mar 2024. Farmers notified about the theft of tractor GPS system from inside a barn at Kentisbeare on the 7th of March. Please take precautions, use PIN protection for such items and report any concerns to the police.
9th Mar 2024. Details of police key holder scheme for both private premises and businesses circulated. For more details on the scheme and how to join follow this link
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