Crime

Woman who kicked female officer must now wear alcohol monitoring tag

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2 days ago

January 3, 2025

A 25-YEAR-OLD Pembroke Dock woman has been sentenced for kicking a female police officer in the groin.

Officers were called to a property in Glenview Avenue on December 9, following concerns that Lacey Sharp was severely under the influence.

“The officers could see that she was clearly under the influence of something, but when they tried to assist her, she began kicking out at them,” said Crown Prosecutor Sian Vaughan.

“She kicked one of the officers to her groin area.”

Ms Vaughan stated that while the police officer accepted that Sharp was heavily under the influence of alcohol at the time of the offence, she was unprepared to accept that she should have been kicked by the defendant.

Sharp, of Bethel Court, Bush Street, Pembroke Dock, was sentenced to a 12 month Community Order during which she must carry out 15 rehabilitation activity requirement days and must wear an alcohol monitoring tag for the next 90 days.

She was ordered to pay £100 compensation to the police officer, £85 court costs and a £114 surcharge.

Crime

Police issue update following incident at Tenby multi-storey

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2 days ago

January 3, 2025

Luke Sinclair

Dyfed-Powys Police have confirmed this morning that they are investigating a collision on the ground floor of the multi-storey car park in Tenby, at around 4pm on Thursday, January 2.

The collision, police said, involved a grey Nissan Qashqai and a young child.

The child remains in a critical condition in hospital.

The family are being supported by specially trained officers.

One man, aged 33, has been arrested on suspicion of causing serious injury through dangerous driving, drink driving, and drug driving. He remains in police custody.

Police issued a statement saying: “This is a tragic incident and is a live investigation.

“We ask that you do not speculate the circumstances and allow our officers to carry out their enquiries.

Anyone with information or dashcam footage that could help officers with their investigation is asked to report it to us, either online at: https://bit.ly/DPPContactOnline, by emailing [email protected], or by calling 101.

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Crime

Driver wasn’t aware he was over the cannabis drug-drive limit

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2 days ago

January 3, 2025

Sarah-Jane Absalom

A MILFORD HAVEN motorist has been banned from driving after being caught travelling ‘at speed’ along Dale Road, Haverfordwest, after consuming cannabis.

John Lewis, 30, was followed by police officers as he travelled along the Dale Road on June 24, 2024.

“The officers believed the car was travelling at speed, and when they spoke to the driver, who was identified as the defendant, he said he’d taken cannabis the evening before,” said Crown Prosecutor Sian Vaughan when Lewis appeared before Haverfordwest Magistrates this week.

Blood tests carried out at the police station confirmed the defendant had 3.7 mcg of Delta 9 tetrahydrocannabinol in his system. The prescribed legal limit is 2.

Lewis, of Coombs Drive, Milford Haven, pleaded guilty to driving over the legal drugs limit. He was represented in court by solicitor Tom Lloyd.

“If he had been aware that he was over the limit that day, he’d never have driven,” he said.

Lewis, who has no previous convictions, was disqualified from driving for 12 months. He was fined £300 and ordered to pay a £120 court surcharge and £85 costs.

Crime

Shoplifter’s solicitor says he will ‘get clean’ whilst in custody

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2 days ago

January 3, 2025

Sarah-Jane Absalom

HAVERFORDWEST shoplifter Asa Wandelt has appeared before magistrates yet again after CCTV footage showed him stealing £17 worth of food and drink from the Cooperative store in Carmarthen.

Appearing before Haverfordwest magistrates this week via a video link from Parc Prison, Bridgend, where he is serving a custodial sentence for previous convictions, Wandelt, 36, pleaded guilty to his latest shoplifting offence.

“He’s making the most of his time in custody by getting clean and starting to sort himself out,” said his solicitor, Tom Lloyd.

Wandelt, of Harrier Road, Haverfordwest, was fined £40 and ordered to pay £17 compensation to the Cooperative store and a £16 court surcharge.