Tag: Derbyshire Police

South Derbyshire’s police have launched Operation Coalway, an overnight crackdown targeting burglary and vehicle crime. Multiple teams, including the Safer Neighbourhood Team (SNT), Force Proactive Unit, Roads Policing Unit, and the burglary/auto crime team (NACT), conducted dedicated patrols across the region. Using Automatic Number Plate Recognition...

Officers patrolling St Peter’s Street in Derby last night seized an illegally modified e-bike capable of travelling over twice the legal speed limit for such vehicles. The bike, which had been altered to reach speeds exceeding 31mph (50kph), is now classified as a motorcycle under...

A four-month-old baby killed in Belper died because a teenager beat him so badly. Elijah Shemwell died from a heart attack caused by a serious brain injury. Baby Elijah also suffered several broken ribs during the same attack. The incident happened in Acron Drive on January,...

A Derby man slashed and stabbed his partner in the eye before hitting him with an ashtray in a brutal attack. Peter Krock, 21, brutally attacked his partner Neil Swain in Normanton. His first blow punctured his partner's eyeball. Krock fled the house after he stabbed...

A woman in her 20s was badly hurt after she was run over by a lorry in Derbyshire on a day of tragedies. The accident happened around noon on Buxton Road. A lorry driven by a man in his 40s hit a pedestrian. The pedestrian, a...

A Land Rover crashed into a bridge in Derbyshire killing a man in his 50s at the scene this morning. The victim of the accident was driving a Land Rover when his car hit a bridge. He was killed in the crash. The accident happened around...