Teenage ghost broker Azeem Mahmood Hussain from Walsall jailed
A TEENAGE ghost broker who sold fake motor insurance to unsuspecting customers, leaving them uninsured and illegally driving on the roads, has been jailed.Azeem Mahmood Hussain, 19, of Broadway West,...
View ArticleDrink-driver who hit speeds of 123mph on M6 near Walsall jailed
A UNIVERSITY student who hit speeds of 123mph near Walsall as he tried to outrun officers has been jailed for putting 'people's lives at risk'.Ravi Semic, of Wolverhampton Street, Bilston, had...
View ArticleAttempted child abduction arrests in Walsall
POLICE have arrested two people on suspicion of attempted child abduction in Walsall.West Midlands Police issued an appeal for witnesses after reports of the alleged attempts in Little Bloxwich where...
View ArticleTwo released following attempted Walsall child abduction
POLICE have released two people without charge after an attempted child abduction in Walsall.Officers from the West Midlands Police have today (June 20) released a 53-year-old man and a 15-year-old boy...
View ArticleFly-tipper fined for dumping household waste in Walsall
A MAN caught dumping household waste at a fly-tipping hotspot in Walsall has been fined. Duane Greenaway, 53, of the Beechadale Estate, Walsall was filmed at Rayboulds Bridge Road on Sunday, May 17,...
View ArticleNew base for Walsall Police as Green Lane station prepares to...
POLICE officers have completed a move into the civic centre in a new partnership as Walsall's police station prepares to close.As part of the phased closure of the Green Lane police station, which will...
View ArticleMan arrested after horror Walsall crash in Pleck Road
A MAN has been arrested on suspicion of driving while unfit through drink or drugs after a horror crash involving a van and two parked cars in Walsall yesterday (Monday, August 1).The crash in Pleck...
View ArticleWalsall teen arrested on suspicion of drug and weapon offences...
A WALSALL teenager has been arrested on suspicion of a number of drug and weapon offences.At approximately 8.30pm on Saturday (August 6), police officers pulled over a grey Fiat Punto in Exeter Street,...
View ArticleWalsall man charged with serious driving offences after Broad...
A WALSALL man has been charged with multiple serious driving offences after a crash last weekend.The incident saw a suspected stolen white Ford Transit van crash into a parked vehicle and a telegraph...
View ArticleArson suspect sought after van set on fire on Victoria Road in...
POLICE are appealing for witnesses and information after a van was set on fire last week.It is understood that a flammable liquid was poured on to the windscreen before it was set alight on Victoria...
View ArticleDrug dealing suspects from Walsall arrested
DRUG dealing suspects from Walsall have been arrested as part of an operation which targets criminals and would-be criminals who travel to deal drugs and exploit the vulnerable.Police swooped to stop a...
View ArticleWalsall haulage firm directors banned for 'significant failings'
OUT of date MOT, red diesel and the transportation of alcohol without correct paperwork are just some of the significant failings which have led to directors of a haulage firm operating in Walsall...
View ArticleGreen Lane police station in Walsall prepares to close
GREEN Lane police station is set to close for good next month and the public are being invited to have one last look around on its final day.The Advertiser has previously reported that Walsall Police...
View ArticleAttempted murder charge for Renroy Johnson after Walsall...
A MAN has been charged with a series of offences, including attempted murder, after a double stabbing in Walsall last weekend.Renroy Johnson is due to appear before Walsall Magistrates Court today...
View ArticleThieves smash window and steal from car in Shaw's Lane, Great...
POLICE have issued a warning after thieves struck near Walsall this morning (Tuesday, November 1).A handbag was stolen from the foot well of a parked car on a private driveway in Shaw's Lane, Great...
View ArticleThieves leave disabled woman housebound after stealing her...
A DISABLED woman has been left housebound and devastated after heartless thieves stole her mobility scooter.The offenders struck as they took the scooter from a car park area outside a house off...
View ArticleWoman 'extremely shaken' after attempted carjacking in Burnsnips...
POLICE are appealing for witnesses after an attempted carjacking which saw the suspect run off towards Willenhall.The incident happened in Burnsnips Road, Essington, near Bloxwich at around 5.45pm on...
View ArticleArson suspected as BMW destroyed in fire by Finger Post pub in...
A BMW was destroyed in a Walsall fire which is being treated as arson, West Midlands Fire Service has confirmed.Five firefighters in an engine from Bloxwich rushed to the scene near to the Finger Post...
View ArticleLuxury cars stolen from driveways in Walsall
POLICE have issued a warning to people in Walsall after FOUR cars were stolen from a driveway in the borough between last night and this morning.The brazen thieves struck in Wood Lane, Streetly between...
View ArticleWalsall youngsters hooked on life away from crime thanks to...
WALSALL youngsters have been reeled away from a life of crime by getting hooked on fishing.The Fishing Academy charity was initially started with just a handful of unruly youths from Brownhills in 2004...
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