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24 June 2020
We’ve brought down a violent robbery gang who threatened homeowners and shop staff with guns and knives - and now they are behind bars for a total of almost 100 years.
Posted
24 June 2020
We are reminding residents to be vigilant following a series of courier frauds in Solihull.
Posted
24 June 2020
A man has been jailed after stealing a television from a flat in Coventry, which was later described as 'worthless'.
Ijah Cumberbatch was seen breaking into a vacant flat on Brunswick Road, Earlsdon on 20 May before he was seen leaving carrying the TV and getting into a taxi.
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24 June 2020
Arsonists who torched a car in a residential street have been jailed after their alibi backfired and we caught them less than two hours later smelling of petrol.
James Connolly and Sean Gillon doused two cars parked in Hall Lane, Coventry, with fuel at around 6am on 13 January 2020.
Posted
22 June 2020
We’ve launched a murder investigation after a 30-year-old man was stabbed to death in Birmingham last night (Sunday 21 June).
Posted
21 June 2020
We’re appealing for witnesses following a serious collision in Coventry last night (20 June) that left a biker critically ill in hospital.
The motorbike collided with a black VW Golf in Bedworth Road, between Oban Road and Ibstock Road, at around 7.45pm.
Posted
21 June 2020
We're seeking rapid justice by trialling virtual remand hearings between our Perry Barr custody block and Birmingham Magistrates Court.
We've established a direct video-link into the court to speed up cases and ensure dangerous prisoners are kept off the streets.
Posted
20 June 2020
We have charged two people over the death of a six-year-old boy from Solihull.
Officers were called to a house in Cranmore Road at around 3pm on Tuesday (16 June) where Arthur Labinjo-Hughes was found unresponsive.
Posted
20 June 2020
The CoVID-19 lockdown isn’t stopping us reaching out to vulnerable children – teens at risk of being drawn into crime – and steering them towards brighter futures.
Posted
19 June 2020
A man who carried out a series of sex attacks on women has been jailed after a miniature car air freshener helped us link him to the shocking crimes.
Petricia Gheorghita raped two Coventry sex workers, and tried to rape a third, between August and November last year.
Posted
19 June 2020
Anyone attending an illegal rave this weekend risks being arrested and prosecuted.
That’s our warning after receiving intelligence a music event could be planned for a remote part of the Black Country tomorrow evening (20 June).
Posted
19 June 2020
Detectives investigating a collision in Handsworth that left a woman with serious injuries continue to appeal for information.
We were called to Wye Cliff Road on Monday 9 March after a woman was run over by a car when she collapsed shortly before 10.40pm.
Posted
19 June 2020
A man and woman have been arrested after a six-year-old child from Solihull was taken to hospital with serious head injuries on Tuesday (16 June). Sadly the boy died in the early hours of the following morning.
Posted
19 June 2020
A second man has been charged with the murder of a man fatally stabbed on a garage forecourt in Coventry.
Pavandeep Daudher died on 31 March from a stab wound to his thigh in Lockhurst Lane.
Posted
18 June 2020
A gang of callous crime “tourists" who plundered homes on winter trips to the West Midlands have been jailed after we ended their seasonal burglary spree.
Posted
18 June 2020
A serial sex attacker has pleaded guilty to committing sexual offences against women over a period spanning three decades across three counties.
Posted
18 June 2020
A Premier League footballer has been charged with driving without due care and attention, and failing to stop at or report a collision.
Jack Grealish is accused of the offences in Waterside, Dickens Heath, Solihull, on Sunday 29 March.
Posted
18 June 2020
We’ve charged a man with conspiracy to murder after a man was shot inside a house in Sheldon.
Posted
17 June 2020
We’re grateful for the support of vibrant volunteers who are helping to combat crime and look out for their community through Neighbourhood Watch.
Posted
17 June 2020
A man has been charged after a firearm was found in a car in West Bromwich.
The revolver was found in the centre console of a Renault Megane on Nicholls Street shortly before 8pm on 15 June.
Both the car and the gun have been recovered for forensic examination.
Posted
17 June 2020
We’ve closed down 20 County Lines drugs networks and made almost 200 arrests in the last six months – but crucially we’re also working with partners to keep children from the clutches of drugs gangs.
Posted
16 June 2020
Two Birmingham men have been jailed for drugs and firearms offences, after we recovered ‘boasting’ videos showing them in a stolen car with a shotgun.
Posted
16 June 2020
This is Junior Lovelace. He’s been jailed after smashing his way into a home and causing around £2000 worth of damage.
Posted
16 June 2020
A disqualified driver has been jailed today (16 June) after hitting a pensioner and leaving him for dead in Nertheton, Dudley in March.
Reece Dunkley was driving along Simms Lane in a Seat Leon, which he had stolen from his ex-partner only hours earlier.