Crime

Robert Haggart

Rapist is jailed for five years

A total of 287 deliberate fires took place in the Kirkcaldy area last year.

Almost 300 deliberate fires recorded across Kirkcaldy last year

Chief Inspector Chris Mill

Five shoplifters linked to 331 crimes as Kirkcaldy sees rise in retail theft

The cold callers are claiming to be working with Falkirk Council. Pic: John Devlin

Fife couple lose £4000 in roof repair scam as new warning issued

Steven Muir appeared for sentence at Falkirk Sheriff Court | Pic Central Scotland News Agency

Kirkcaldy police officer jailed after helping to forge a will for a friend

Police addressed shoplifting and drug use

Arrests after reports of man with firearm in Fife town

Police have appealed for information | Pic TSPL

Police hunt for man after indecent exposure in St Andrews

Michael Mackinnon appeared at Kirkcaldy Sheriff Court | Pic Fife Free Press

Jail for motorist who fled head-on crash and left woman badly injured

Satwant Singh and his wife Jatinder Kaur | Pic Family photo

Drink drive college lecturer who killed husband and wife is jailed

Steven Muir, from Kirkcaldy, who was a solicitor before joining Police Scotland appeared at Falkirk Sheriff Court | Pic Michael Gillen

Kirkcaldy police officer quits over will fraud, and could face jail sentence

James Marshall appeared for sentencing at Dunfermline Sheriff Court

Altercation led to violent street assault in Methil

Police break down a door during 'Operation Kendrew' (Picture: Michael Gillen)

Fife addresses raided in human trafficking operation

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Help tackle off-road bike menace across Fife

The smashed window at Templehall Community Hub

Vandals strike at new Templehall hub

John Wils

Body found in search for missing elderly Fife man

Houston was sentenced to 10 years in prison at the High Court in Edinburgh on Tuesday.

Man jailed for sexual offences against women in East Fife
A man has been sentenced to 10 years in prison for offences including rape, sexual assault and violence against women in the East Fife area.
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Faulks appeared for sentencing at Dunfermline Sheriff Court

‘Tag’ for teenage thug who punched shop worker

Bowes appeared at Dunfermline Sheriff Court

Serial offender is jailed

Bradford was sentenced at Dunfermline Sheriff Court (Pic: Contributed)

Community Payback for man who choked partner

Satwant Singh and his wife Jatinder Kaur | Pic Family photo

Family’s poignant tribute to parents killed by drink-drive college lecturer

The roadworks are the latest on the busy stretch of the A92 (Pic: Google Maps)

Police appeal after graffiti vandals target A92

Devyn Hall appeared for sentencing at Dunfermline Sheriff Court (Pic: Contributed)

Woman attacked partner and spat on police officer at charity event

Laura Docherty was sentenced at the High Court in Edinburgh (Pic: TSPL)

Fife mother jailed for ‘prolonged, abhorrent abuse’ of child

The officers could smell cannabis in the vehicle and saw two bags containing cannabis.

Asylum seeker jailed for transporting £20,000 of cannabis in Kirkcaldy

A typical flytipping scene (Pic: Charlotte Hall / LDRS)

Arrests after police probe fly tipping by bogus workers across Fife

Police have made two arrests (Pic: TSPL)

Two charged after ‘sneak-in’ thefts in Fife town

Officers used drones to target off-road bikes and e-scooters causing problems in several Fife parks (Pic: Police Scotland Fife)

Police drones target off roadbikes and e-scooters at three Fife parks
Police have used drones to the menace of off-road motorbikes and e-scooters.
Allan Crow

Police have urged people to be aware of the phone scammers (Pic: TSPL)

94-year old woman among victims as phone scammers target Fife

Stacy Mair (Pic: Police Scotland)

Police probe Fife mum’s murder as husband found dead at their family home

Fife Coastal Path (Pic: Fife Free Press)

Arrest after sex attack on Fife Coastal Path

Crime in Fife rose by eight per cent last year, figures have revealed (Pic: TSPL)

Fife crime rises with big increases in sex assaults and rape attacks

Fife Coastal Path - the scene of a sexual assault this week (Pic: Fife Free Press)

Extra police patrols after woman sexually assaulted on Fife Coastal Path

Police have issued a description of the man they want to trace (Pic: TSPL)

Police hunt masked man who exposed himself on St Andrews footpath

The attack happened close to the entrance to Victoria Hospital, Kirkcaldy. (Pic: Fife Free Press)

Two charged after bus attack outside Victoria Hospital

A number of ground floor windows at the Nairn campus have been smashed (Pic: Fife Free Press)

Police and emergency services at disused Kirkcaldy college campus

Police arrested the duo last week (Pic: TSPL)

Fife crime: two arrested in connection with incidents in Kirkcaldy

Kenny Ralph Dalgleish was jailed at the High Court in Dundee (Pic: Google Maps)

RAF serviceman jailed after repeatedly strangled two women in campaign of abuse

Fire crews were called to the former White Heather pub in Kirkcaldy on Tuesday evening. Police are investigating as they believe the fire was "wilful".

Fire at former Kirkcaldy pub being treated as "wilful"

Police are appealing for information after a car was set on fire in Methil. (Picture: Submitted)

Appeal after car deliberately set on fire in Methil

Police are appealing for witnesses after a crash in St Andrews. (Picture: Submitted)

Three men taken to hospital after single vehicle crash in St Andrews

Police have said a car fire near St Andrews' West Sands is being treated as 'wilful'. (Picture: Police Scotland)

Weekend car fire near Fife beach being treated as 'wilful'

Nathan de Soyza appeared for sentencing at Dunfermline Sheriff Court. (Pic: Submitted)

Fife voyeur sentenced for filming couple through window

Police confirmed a male has been charged in relation to off-road bikes being used in the Guardbridge area. (Picture: Police Scotland)

Police tackle use of off-road bikes in North East Fife village

Oliver Yeaman appeared at Dunfermline Sheriff Court. (Pic: TSPL)

Crash driver tells court he was being chased by 'bad people’

John Michie appeared for sentencing at Dunfermline Sheriff Court. (Pic: Submitted)

Glenrothes man who downloaded child sex abuse images ‘had an obsession

A motorcyclist has died following a crash on the A911 in Fife. (Picture: Submitted)

Appeal after motorcyclist dies in crash on Fife road

Police are appealing for information following a collision between a car and an e-scooter in Kirkcaldy. (Picture: Submitted)

E-scooter rider seriously injured in Fife crash

Cameron Hospital, (Pic: Google Maps)

Youth charged after police probe report of vandalism at Fife hospital

Police are appealing for information after a large number of vehicles were set on fire in Kirkcaldy. (Picture: Submitted)

Police probe after vehicles set on fire at Fife industrial estate

Three youths have been charged following the fires in Levenmouth. (Picture: Police Scotland)

Youths charged in connection with wilful fire-raisings in Fife

Two alleged loan sharks have been arrested in a Fife town. (Pic: terimakasih0 /Pixabay)

Three arrests after investigation into loan sharks in Fife town

Police uncovered the haul in a vehicle search on the A92 (Pic: TSPL)

Four arrests after police uncover £2000 of drugs in A92 vehicle search

Anstruther Fish Bar hit out at the group which left without paying (Pic: Submitted)

Police probe ‘dash and dine’ as group flees Anstruther Fish Bar without paying

Steven Dear was sentenced at Dunfermline Sheriff Court (Pic: Submitted)

Man punched shop worker, chased & attacked former boss and attacked ex-partner

Police raided several properties in Kirkcaldy (Pic: TSPL)

Arrests after police uncover £9000 haul of cocaine and cannabis in Kirkcaldy

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