4) Causing criminal damage, or encouraging another person to do the same.

      5) Setting a fire in a public place, or encouraging
      another person to do the same. 

6) Without insurance, riding (or being a passenger on) any motorbike, scooter, mini moto or quad bike.

     7) Approaching, threatening, intimidating or
     communicating directly or indirectly with two named
     witnesses 

8) Entering the area known as Wharton Library and the surroundings, and Verdin High School, Winsford.

     9) Associating with seven named people in any place
     to which the public has access 

10) Congregating in a group of four or more (including the defendant) in an open air public place in Cheshire, other than for the purposes of spectating or playing at an organised sporting event. The phrase ‘a group of four or more people’ does not refer to members of the defendant’s family. 

The order was made after complaints were made about the boy’s behaviour in the community, which included being verbally abusive to residents, gathering in groups with others and behaving in an anti-social way and riding on the estate on mini-motos and mopeds.  

26 arrested during a series of dawn warrants. 

Twenty-six people have been arrested on suspicion of drugs offences following a series of high-profile warrants carried out by Cheshire Police.

Phase two of Operation Strikeout - a series of dawn raids, to target the use and supply of drugs in the Chester and Ellesmere Port areas culminated in warrants and searches being carried out at a total of 21 properties on Tuesday January 19.

Officers who are experts in search techniques are now carrying out detailed inspections of all the premises in Chester, Ellesmere Port and Merseyside.

This is the second operation carried out to target drug dealers in the western area of the county. In December, 21 people were given prison sentences for drugs possession and supply charges following a series of dawn warrants in October.

Operation Strikeout follows months of work by officers and information gathered from the community and partner agencies.

Nine of the warrants were executed in the Westminster, Little Sutton and Great Sutton areas of Ellesmere Port and seven in the Saughall, Upton, Hoole, city and Newton areas of Chester.

Five of the warrants were executed in the Croxteth, Walton, Norris Green and Stoneycroft areas of Liverpool.

Twenty-four of those arrested have now been charged with drugs offences and are going through the court process.

 Teens warned over graffiti spate 

Three teenagers have been issued with warnings following a spate of graffiti across Winsford.

More than 1,000 graffiti “tags” were spray painted across the town last year.

In October, following an investigation into some of the graffiti, search warrants were carried out at the homes of three youths, a 15 year-old, a 16 year-old and a 17 year-old.

During the warrants, officers found cans of spray paint, marker pens and shoe polish bottles with paint hidden inside. Books of artwork were also found which included drawings of the “tags.”

All three youths have now been given final warnings, which are similar to a caution for an adult.

PC Dan Barlow said: “These tags were being sprayed across Winsford and were blighting the town. We worked with schools and colleges in the area to track down the offenders. We then carried out warrants on their homes.

“We issued all three boys with final warnings and have spoken to them about the problems graffiti causes and the ways in which they use their artistic skills in a positive way.”

To contact your local Neighbourhood Policing Team call 0845 458 6391 or email Winsford.npt@cheshire.pnn.police.uk.

 Man jailed over burglary and public order offences 

A 27 year-old man has been jailed for 20 weeks after admitting burglary and public order offences.

The man, of no fixed abode, pleaded guilty to breaking into a shed and using threatening words or behaviour on January 18 in Crowton.

He was caught in the shed by the owner at about 10pm on Monday January 18. He then verbally threatened the man before leaving.

Cleary was arrested the next day after a member of the public contacted police and was charged with burglary and a public order offence. He appeared before Northwich Magistrates Court on Tuesday January 20 and was sentenced to 20 weeks in prison for the burglary and 20 weeks for the Public order offence, to be served concurrently. 

Seven charged after early morning warrants

Seven people have been arrested and charged with drugs offences following warrants in Winsford and Manchester on Thursday January 28.

More than 35 officers were involved in the operation which centred around a shop in Siddorn Street, Winsford.

A 17 year-old youth and a 26 year-old man were arrested in Siddorn Street. The 17 year-old was charged with conspiracy to supply cannabis and the 26 year-old was charged with conspiracy to supply cannabis and cocaine.

At the same time, warrants were carried out in Stirling Close, Cedar Grove, Dee Way, Wharton Gardens, Alamein Drive and an address in Cheadle Hulme, Greater Manchester.

A 17 year-old was charged with conspiracy to supply cannabis. A 23 year-old man, a 19 year-old woman and a 24 year-old man were charged with conspiracy to supply cocaine and a 25 year-old man was charged with conspiracy to supply cannabis. 

Other news 

Police work with landlords to put a stop to underage drinking. 

Licensees across the west of Cheshire are signing up to a new scheme designed to stop underage drinking in pubs and keep young people safe.

Cheshire Constabulary’s Licensing officer for the Western area, PC Pete Goring, is writing to all licensed premises in the area to ask them to inform him about any 18th or 21st birthday parties they have booked in their venues.

 PC Goring said: “Last year, a number of incidents highlighted the problems that can occur with underage drinking, in particular to do with the safety of the young people involved. These issues are best tackled by the police and licensees working together. 

“When venues inform us they are holding parties where some of the guests maybe under 18, we will be able to discuss the event and suggest measures to assist the venue. 

“This scheme is primarily about the safety of young people. We are ensuring they are protected by enforcing the law on underage drinking.” 

Cheshire pubs give police helping hand in crime investigations.

Pubs across the west of Cheshire have been given a lesson in forensics from Cheshire Police. 

Members of the PubWatch scheme in the area are to be trained in basic scene of crime preservation and provided with evidence kits. 

The scheme is expanding to all areas in the west following a pilot in Chester City centre’s pubs. 

Cheshire Constabulary licensing officer, Peter Goring said: “The aim of this scheme is to educate licensees in the importance of evidence preservation. In the past we have attended assaults or break-ins in pubs to find staff cleaning up and potentially wiping away evidence. 

“These simple, inexpensive kits give pub staff the basic equipment to cordon off an area if they need to and preserve anything found at the scene. The sort of evidence these kits help to protect could lead to the conviction of an offender. 

“The kits will only be needed on rare occasions, but the fact that licensees have access to the kits and the knowledge of how to preserve a scene until our CSI department arrive, will be a huge benefit to investigations.”  

The kits include crime scene tape, forensic gloves, an evidence preservation tube, an evidence preservation box and a basic guide on scene preservation. 

Terry Sharpe, Chair of Ellesmere Port and Neston Pubwatch said: “Pubwatch works closely with the police and as a result the scheme works very well. These evidence kits coupled with the training gives staff the equipment to assist the police in their investigations from the beginning. 

Pubwatch goes online

Pub landlords in the west of Cheshire have been given  extra tool to help them keep their customers safe. 

Pubwatch, a national voluntary scheme developed to ensure a safe, secure and responsibly led social drinking environment in licensed premises, has gone online in the area. 

Landlords now have access to photographs and detailed police descriptions of those people who have been banned from pubs under the Pubwatch scheme.    

The new website, which is already in use by several other Pubwatch groups across the country is a secure site which allows landlords to send each other messages, receive messages from Cheshire Constabulary’s licensing team and view people banned from pubs in their particular area. 

Dave Coathup from Cheshire Police’s licensing department coordinated the setting up of the site across Western Area.

He said: “The fact that Pubwatch has now gone online means licensed premises can not only keep in touch with each other easily, passing on information about any issues they are having, but they also have access to good photographs and descriptions of people banned under the Pubwatch scheme to help them and their doormen enforce the ban.

“The website is free at the moment to Pubwatch members so I would encourage any landlords who are not already part of the scheme to join it.” 

Warning over shed security

Police in Chester have stepped up patrols following a series of shed break-ins in Handbridge and the Lache.

Officers are also appealing for residents to keep outbuildings and sheds securely locked and valuables out of sight to help stop thieves in their tracks.

Sheds in the Prenton Place and Allington Place areas of Handbridge were broken into over night on Thursday January 21.

Insp Steve Beddows of the Chester Outer Neighbourhood Policing Unit said: “ We want to help residents prevent crime in their communities.

“By locking sheds and outbuildings and keeping valuables out of sight residents can avoid becoming victims.

“My officers are increasing patrols around the areas affected and will be visiting residents to advise them on security issues.

“I would urge anyone with any information about these break-ins to contact us.” 

Police station hits the road to reach rural residents 

Police in Neston reached out to the rural community, by taking their police station on the road.

Neston Neighbourhood Policing Team took the force's exhibition vehicle out to villages in January to encourage residents to report crime, meet their local officers and have their say on local policing. 

The vehicle visited Willaston British Legion, Ness Gardens and Neston Cricket Club. More dates are planned for the future.

Police work with partners to tackle criminal damage. 

Police in Ellesmere Port are working with their partner agencies to tackle criminal damage and anti-social behaviour in a Little Sutton street.

Residents in Parklea on the Parklands Estate in Little Sutton have reported having their windows smashed and objects thrown at their homes over the past two months.

Police have stepped up patrols in the area and are working with Cheshire West and Chester Council and Mersey Rail to bring in long-term measures to tackle the problem.

Over the last few months the police, working with the council and Mersey Rail have had graffiti removed and street lighting improved. The access to the railway line from Parklea has been blocked and rubbish has been removed from the side of the tracks.

Anti-social behaviour discussions have been held with offenders and letters have been delivered to residents informing them of the action taken and encouraging them to report incidents.

PC Nicola Roberts said: “We are aware this has been an issue for residents and have been working to resolve it for some time. We have increased uniformed patrols in the area to deter any further trouble but there is also a lot of work going on behind the scenes to prevent trouble in the future and deal with those responsible.

“This sort of behaviour will not be tolerated. Several organisations are working together to identify all offenders sand bring them to justice.”

Police are also asking anyone who has been affected by anti-social behaviour or criminal damage in the area to report it, especially if they can identify the culprits or offer descriptions. 

Note from Sarah Nixon

If you have any suggestions or ideas or pieces of any other business you would like to see in the Cheshire West & Chester Grapevine, please contact me on 01244 614280 or 07595007764 or email me at Sarah.Nixon@cheshire.pnn.police.uk.

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