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18th October 2018Doorstep scammer warning in Walderslade
KENT Police are reminding residents to be on guard against rogue traders following suspicious activity in Walderslade. It is reported that at around 12.20pm yesterday, a pensioner living in an ...
17th October 2018Kent Police release CCTV footage regarding a theft in Maidstone
DETECTIVESare investigating a reported theft in Maidstonehave issued CCTV images of a man and a woman they believe can help with their enquiries. Police were called regarding a theft ...
CRASH in Maidstone has left a road partially blocked this morning
A CRASH between a motorbike and a car has partially blocked a road this morning. Police were called out to Forstal Road, Aylesford, shortly at around 7am after the incident between Station Road ...
Man charged after robbery investigation near Maidstone
KENT Police detectives, who are investigating the robbery of a cash-in-transit van in Snodland, have charged a man. Police were called to a service station in Malling Road on September 17 2018, ...
Fire in roof of Maidstone house
KENT Fire and Rescue Service was called to a fire in the roof of a York Road property in Maidstone at around 11.20pm on Saturday, October 13. A man in his 20s was treated for smoke inhalation and ...
M20: Highways England accused of cashing in on speeding fines
THE government agency tasked to prepare theM20 in advance of Brexit next March has been accused of cashing in on speeding motorists. Dover MP Charlie Elphicke used Freedom of Information ...
UPDATE: Armed police arrest man in Maidstone flat
A MAN was arrested last night after reports of a weapon incident at a flat in Maidstone. Police were called to Hart Street, near McDonald’s car park, at 8.55pm, where they arrested a 25 year ...
Maidstone child sex predator jailed for 10 years
A MAN who sexually abused a child more than seven years ago has been jailed. Kenneth Lewis (71), was convicted of non-recent child sex offences committed in the Maidstone area between 2005 and ...
GROVE GREEN GUN DRAMA: Teenage boy arrested - police statement
Kent Police have arrested a teenage boy in the Grove Green gun drama. Police officers, including those who were armed, went to the scene at around lunchtime today. HOW WE BROKE THE STORY A ...
BREAKING: Armed police outside house near Maidstone
WE ARE receiving reports of armed police a house in Harvesters way, Grove Green in Maidstone this lunchtime. A Kent Police statement said: "Kent Police officers, including firearms officers, ...