Nottinghamshire Police highlight importance of neighbourhood teams
Over the course of 5 days a handful of alleged shoplifters across Newark were caught
Last updated 6th Apr 2025
Nottinghamshire Police have highlighted to importance of their neighbourhood teams with alleged shoplifters across Newark caught.
Over the course of 5 days last month - a total of 4 people were arrested and charged in connection with offences relating to theft - with another person charged with dangerous driving.
Inspector Charlotte Ellam, District Commander for Newark and Sherwood, said:
“Each of these arrests and the charges that followed came as a result of our officers taking action while they were out in the community.
“These types of patrols, whether uniformed or plain clothed, are an invaluable tool our neighbourhood team uses each day to identify potential criminal activity and make Newark and Sherwood safer."
While out conducting patrols across Newark town centre last week on Wednesday (26 March), neighbourhood teams sighted and stopped three suspects: Darryl Coulter, Aleasha Hyland and Matthew Meakin having linkined them to a range of alleged offences.
Thirty-six-year-old Coulter, of no fixed address pleaded guilty to three charges of shop theft and a separate count of common assault when he appeared at Nottingham Magistrates’ Court last week on Thursday (27 March). He was ordered to pay nearly £450 worth of fines, compensation and court costs.
Forty-one- year-old Hyland, of Ladybrook Place, in Mansfield, was charged with two counts of theft, and has been bailed with conditions to appear at the same court on 15 April.
Meakin, 34, of Pelham Street in Newark, was quickly identified as being a suspect in a driving offence in the Saxondale area in June 2023. He's been charged with dangerous driving and remanded in custody, ahead of an appearance at Nottingham Crown Court on 24 April.
Just days before these stops, two shoplifters involved in a series of thefts across the town centre were caught by officers.
Guided by CCTV from the stores, police were able to identify Nathan Webb and Daimien Temple, both of no fixed address, who were responsible for carrying out 15 thefts and four thefts respectively, between February and March.
Webb, 33, was detected and detained by plain clothed officers on 22 March, while Temple, 44, was spotted and stopped during another patrol two days later (24 March).
Webb was sentenced to 20 weeks in prison on 24 March at Nottingham Magistrates’ Court, while Temple was issued with a 16-week sentence, suspended for 12 months, at the same court on 25 March.