CLANRYE NEWS Updates on Crime within the district
Police have arrested a 22-year-old man after an officer was headbutted in the Newry area last night, Tuesday 5th March. Inspector McCormick said: “While responding to a domestic related report, one of our local officers was headbutted to the head, which caused swelling and bruising. The officer was seen by medical staff and, thankfully, her […]
Detectives have launched an investigation following a report of shots being fired at a house in the Wright’s Park area of Rathfriland in the early hours of this morning, Tuesday, 5th March. Detective Sergeant Wilson said: “Police received a report that two shots had been fired through the front window of a residential property at […]
Over the last five years, eight police officers per day on average were assaulted while on duty. This is a stark reminder of the difficult situations and challenges that officers’ face every day while simply carrying out their job. Superintendent Gary Busch from the Police Service of Northern Ireland’s Operational Support Department said: “In 2022/23[1], […]
Police in Armagh are continuing to appeal for information and witnesses in relation to reports of a disturbance, involving men fighting with metal bars, in the Moy Road area of the city shortly before 4.10pm on Friday 23rd February. Sergeant Bigger said: “A man aged in his 20s was arrested on suspicion of common assault, […]
Sinn Féin councillor Áine Quinn has condemned an attempted burglary at a house in Creggan on Saturday evening. The Slieve Gullion councillor said: “A home in the Creggan area was targeted by individuals on Saturday evening. “While nothing was taken from the house, the occupants have been left badly shaken by this ordeal. “The number […]
Police received a report of an assault in the High Street Mall area of Portadown on Saturday, 24th February. Inspector Browne said: “It was reported that at around 5.20pm, a young man was attacked by six other teenage boys, sustaining serious facial injuries. “We are treating this assault as a disability hate crime. It is completely unacceptable that […]
Detectives are appealing for information following the report of what has been described as a “serious altercation” in the Rath Cuain area of Warrenpoint, on Friday. Police received a report of a disturbance at a flat in the area at around 1pm on Friday afternoon and upon arrival at the scene found three males with […]
Detectives investigating a number of incidents in the Ballynahinch area overnight between Friday 23rd and Saturday 24th February have charged a man to appear at court. The man, aged 43, has been charged with a number of offences including burglary with intent to steal, attempted burglary, going equipped for burglary and handling stolen goods. He is due […]
The Police Service of Northern Ireland can confirm that a man has sadly died following a two vehicle road traffic collision which occurred on the Rathfriland Road, Newry, on Thursday 22nd February. Mark Murphy was aged 36 and was from the Downpatrick area. Detective Sergeant Brook, from the Police Service’s Collision Investigation Unit, said: “Police […]
Detectives from Police Service of Northern Ireland’s Legacy Investigation Branch, investigating the murder of Constable Colleen McMurray and the attempted murder of her colleague in a mortar attack in Newry in 1992, have today made an arrest. The 59 year old man was arrested under the Terrorism Act at Birmingham Airport, with the assistance of […]
Detectives are appealing for information and witnesses following a stabbing in Downpatrick. Police received a report shortly after 6pm on Saturday, 17th February that a man had been stabbed on a pathway in the St Dympnas Avenue area of the town. The suspect, a man believed to be aged in his 30s, fled the scene […]
Detectives have arrested two men following the report of a kidnapping in Silverbridge on Saturday evening, February 17th. It was reported the victim had been bundled into a car, taken to a different location and assaulted before being released. Two men, aged 39 and 45, have been arrested on suspicion of a number of offences, […]
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