Welwyn Garden City: Two charged after car damage & 'assault'

Yesterday (Sunday, April 23), Michael Forbes was charged with 12 counts of theft from a motor vehicle, going equipped to steal, common assault and a section 4a Public Order offence.

A car broken into on Knella Road. (Image: Lia Tafa)

Stacey Richardson has been charged with handling stolen goods and possession of class B drugs.

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Both 36-year-old Forbes - of no fixed address - and 35-year-old Richardson - of Knella Road - are due to appear at Hatfield Magistrates' Court today (Monday, April 24).

A car broken into on Rooks Close. (Image: Brittany Johnson)

The charges follow a series of break ins and thefts from motor vehicles on Friday morning (April 21), in the Hollybush, Howlands and Peartree areas.

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Following the events, a video surfaced showing an individual breaking into a car in Salisbury Gardens.

During an investigation to discover who was behind the offences, officers from Hertfordshire police have searched a number of addresses.

Stolen items have since been recovered, with police in the process of returning these items to their rightful owners.

Hertfordshire police have appealed for anyone with further information to come forward.

A car broken into in Great Break. (Image: Scot Cornes)

A spokesperson for Hertfordshire Constabulary said: "We have been conducting extensive enquiries over the last few days in our efforts to identify possible offenders, which includes searching a number of addresses, and have successfully recovered several items of stolen property.

"Officers are in the process of contacting their owners in order to return these to them.

A car broken into near the fire station. (Image: Supplied)

"We would still request that anyone with any information about any offences, or anyone with any CCTV footage, to please get in contact with us and report it as soon as possible."

Information can be reported online at herts.police.uk/report or by calling the police's non-emergency number 101.

Anonymous information can be given by contacting the Crimestoppers charity on 0800 555 111, or online at crimestoppers-uk.org.