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1 week ago | 
hambletontoday.co.uk | Nick Towle
A professional thief is back behind bars after stockpiling an array of crime-related items at a secret hide-out and breaching a court order designed to help police keep track of him. Brian Thexton, 49, from North Cowton, was supposed to notify police of any change of address as part of a serious criminal behaviour order (CBO), York Crown Court heard.
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1 week ago | 
thestrayferret.co.uk | Nick Towle
A man who imported nearly half a kilo of premium cannabis from the USA has been spared prison. Alfie Fox, 21, who was living in Harrogate at the time, was arrested after Border Force officials seized a “suspicious package” containing 453g of the Class B drug at Stansted Airport in March 2022, York Crown Court heard. The package, which was destined for an address in York Place, Harrogate, contained ‘Cali weed’, a premium-quality, Californian variety of marijuana.
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2 weeks ago | 
yorkmix.com | Nick Towle
A City of York Council housing officer exchanged explicit messages and “extremely” intimate photos with a vulnerable tenant who was given money and food vouchers in return. Anthony Patrick, 63, sent the woman images of his private parts and she sent him intimate pictures of herself in exchange for cash – because she was on the breadline and struggling to pay her rent, York Crown Court heard.
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2 weeks ago | 
yorkmix.com | Nick Towle
A “professional” county lines drug dealer has been jailed for more than four years for peddling heroin and crack cocaine in York. Adam Reynard, 33, was running what police codenamed the ‘AJ Line’ which was set up to flood the city’s streets with Class A drugs, York Crown Court heard.
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2 weeks ago | 
thestrayferret.co.uk | Nick Towle
A prolific drug dealer who peddled heroin and crack cocaine in Harrogate has been jailed for over five years. Asad Daud, 40, was caught after CCTV operators alerted police to a man in a red Ford Fiesta talking to known drug users in Harrogate town centre, York Crown Court heard. Officers swooped on the Fiesta and searched Daud who became “increasingly fidgety”, said prosecutor Rhianydd Clement.
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3 weeks ago | 
yorkmix.com | Nick Towle
Two former employees have been spared jail after thousands of pounds’ worth of stock was stolen from a York warehouse. Jason Archer, 53, who was a senior manager at the Gear4Music’s distribution warehouse in Clifton Moor Gate. He and his colleague and protege Peter Greenwood, 32, appeared for sentence at York Crown Court yesterday (16 May) after being rumbled by an internal investigation which showed glaring discrepancies in stock levels.
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3 weeks ago | 
thestrayferret.co.uk | Nick Towle
In a time of both misinformation and too much information, quality journalism is more crucial than ever. By subscribing, you can help us get the story right. Subscription costs less than £1 a week with an annual plan. Already a subscriber? Log in here. A notorious Harrogate man has been jailed for five years after police swooped on his home and found a stash of weapons and ammunition.
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1 month ago | 
thestrayferret.co.uk | Nick Towle
In a time of both misinformation and too much information, quality journalism is more crucial than ever. By subscribing, you can help us get the story right. Subscription costs less than £1 a week with an annual plan. Already a subscriber? Log in here. A Harrogate man who downloaded hundreds of indecent images of children over a four-year period has received a suspended prison sentence. Melquisedec McCann, 36, downloaded 767 indecent images between 2017 and 2021.
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1 month ago | 
thestrayferret.co.uk | Nick Towle
In a time of both misinformation and too much information, quality journalism is more crucial than ever. By subscribing, you can help us get the story right. Subscription costs less than £1 a week with an annual plan. Already a subscriber? Log in here. A 47-year-old Tockwith man is facing trial accused of sexually assaulting a young girl.
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1 month ago | 
yorkmix.com | Nick Towle
Two men have been jailed for a total of 26 years for setting a York man on fire. Joshua Anthony Strickland, 29, of no fixed address, and Robinson Peter Fitch Binks, 27, of Clarence Street, York, were both found guilty last November of causing grievous bodily harm. Police were called in the early hours of 19 April last year from a man in considerable pain and screaming that he had been set on fire.
