The teenager was arrested for a range of offences that took place on Brrok Street in Neston. Photo: Google Maps / Street View A 17-year-old boy from Neston has been charged with burglary and arson offences. The teenager, who cannot be named for legal reasons, was arrested in the Brook Street area of Neston at around 4.45am on Sunday, January 31. He has subsequently been charged with four counts of burglary and one count of arson. Three of the burglary charges relate to incidents at business premises in Brook Street (two stores and a disused pub). The other relates to a domestic property in High Street, Neston.
A MAN who stole £180 worth of chocolate on two shoplifting sprees at a store in Chester has been jailed. Colin Poole, 39, of no fixed address carried out the thefts at the shop he had been banned from entering. The chocolate was taken during two visits to the Co-op store on Hale Road in Widnes on Friday, January 29. Just four days earlier a five-year Criminal Behaviour Order (CBO) was imposed on Poole, banning the persistent shoplifter from entering any Co-op store in Widnes and concealing items prior to payment at any retail premises in Cheshire. Poole also stole £101 worth of meat from a convenience store in the Fir Park area of Widnes on Saturday, January 30.
Michael Hill was released from prison on Friday, January 22, after serving a sentence for shoplifting. Upon his release the 34-year-old was required to adhere to a strict five-year criminal behaviour order which barred him from entering any premises in Winsford which are licenced to sell alcohol for consumption off the premises. Yet, just four days after his release, on Tuesday, January 26, Hill entered the Spar store on Delamere Street. He immediately went to the alcohol section and attempted to hide a bottle of wine in his sleeve before leaving the premises without paying. When challenged by staff he verbally abused them and threatened to smash up the store.