Crime

Jody Bruce is already serving a prison sentence for domestic abuse.

A man has been arrested and charged in relation to a theft and break-in which occurred at Greens of Inverurie.

New UK laws will beef up the control of new synthetic drugs linked to at least 54 national deaths last year.

A 23-year-old man has been sentenced for his involvement in scamming an Aberdeen man out of thousands of pounds.

A 13-year-old and two 14-year-old boys have been charged in connection with two theft of motor vehicles and numerous road traffic offences in Buckie.

MSP Gillian Martin has written to Police Scotland after complaints from residents in Ellon about anti-social behaviour.

Officers have been carrying out high visibility patrols following several reports of anti-social behaviour recently.

Crimestoppers has established the scheme to give the public an anonymous and confidential route to report concerns.

POLICE in Buckie are appealing for information following a break-in to a premises in the town.

Officers believe that a video is circulating of people at the school at the relevant times that the incident occurred.

New stirring up of hatred offences for protected characteristics will include age, disability, religion, sexual orientation, and trans-identity.

A new report recommends the process trailed in Aberdeenshire and Moray's A division should be rolled out across the rest of the service.

Two men aged 39 and 36 have been arrested and charged following a break-in to a premises Ellon.

THE shop owner says that she is still "shaken up" more than two months after the incident.

THE 38-year-old has been jailed for three years.

TRADESPEOPLE are being urged to step up cyber security measures.

Granite Noir, Aberdeen’s crime writing Festival, returns to the city with a packed programme of events including two shows with David Suchet.

Police are appealing for witnesses following the theft of approximately 1000 litres of heating fuel from a house near Keith.

Police are appealing for information in relation to a theft of machinery and diesel from an estate near Portsoy.

THE family of Moray bus driver Keith Rollinson said their "world has been shattered" by the husband and father's death.