• Police in Sutton make early morning arrests

  By CarlyBaldwin at 14:08 on 17/05/12

  

  Two teenagers were arrested in Sutton in the early hours of this morning after police spotted them 'acting suspiciously'. The two men, aged 17 and 19, were stopped on Hollyfield Road at around 4am, and were found to be in possession of a gold chain and a screwdriver that they could not account for. The 17 year-old was arrested on suspicion of being equipped for theft of a motor vehicle, while the 19 year-old was arrested on suspicion...

• Local crime figures fall

  By CarlyBaldwin at 12:28 on 17/05/12

  

  Figures released today by West Midlands Police show that recorded crime in the region has fallen to its lowest level in recent history. Total recorded crime dropped by 10% last year (April 2011 to March 2012), with more than 21,000 fewer crime victims compared to the previous twelve months, despite the disruption caused by the August riots. Since April of this year, there have been almost 5,000 fewer victims than the same six-week...

• Renault Clio link to theft that crippled a railway

  By Sutton Coldfield Observer at 09:20 on 11/05/12

  

  OFFICERS investigating two cable thefts near Sutton which caused "severe disruption" to thousands of rail passengers are looking to eliminate a vehicle from their enquiries. British Transport Police are appealing for help in identifying a silver Renault Clio involved in a cable theft from the Parkhall Wood area of Water Orton on Saturday, April 28 at around 12.40am. Engineers from Network Rail reported a power failure in...

• CCTV snared graffiti vandal who targeted Olympic train line

  By Sutton Coldfield Observer at 09:20 on 11/05/12

  

  A GRAFFITI vandal from Sutton who travelled with two cohorts to tag a railway line in London has been handed a two-year anti-social behaviour order. Thomas Beamond aged 20 from Jockey Road, travelled with two others from south Birmingham, Lawrence Davies, 21 of Ashbrook Road and David Livingstone, 26 of Bills Lane, to London on March 31 armed with spray cans, posters, paste and brushes. They had also scaled out a large stencil which...

• Out of spitting defiance comes another course for budding firefighters

  By Sutton Coldfield Observer at 09:20 on 04/05/12

  

  ADVENTUROUS teenagers in Sutton are being invited to take part in a challenging firefighter course that promises to give them "skills for life". Firemen from Sutton Coldfield Fire Station in Lichfield Road are offering 13 to 16-year-olds the chance to sign up on Sunday May 13 for a 20-week young firefighters course. The course is run by Blue Watch Commander Nigel Cox and is the only course in the West Midlands that gives...

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