Crimes in fancy dress

Tuesday, 20 November 2018 10:17

By Daniel Clark & Deborah Aru

Police figures show what Barbie, Clowns and Batman have been doing

A Freedom of Information request reveals that 60 different incidents in the last three years have involved fancy dress, which also include a racial abuse from someone dressed as a clown, superheroes being involved in a large fight, and a man dressed as Charles Dickens seen in Exeter with a sword.

But the only incident in which an arrest took place was in October 2015 when one person was arrested for driving without due care and attention in Torquay after a pedestrian was hit by a car.

The FOI also showed that Devon and Cornwall Police force received four reports mentioning the phrase ‘trick or treat’ on October 31st and November 1st last year.

In Newton Abbot there was an assault and someone with a dog dangerously out of control that caused injury to an assistance dog. There was also a robbery in St Ives, and an assault in Saltash.

FULL DETAILS OF THE POLICE LOGS INVOLVING FANCY DRESS ARE BELOW

Date	Costume Type	Log Entry Text	Location	Disposal
Apr-15	Golfers	Male seen with baton	Barnstaple	No further action
May-15	Pirates	Male seen with sword	Plymouth	No further action
Jun-15		Concern for welfare of drunk individual	Penzance	No further action
Jul-15	Policeman	Suspicious individual	Plymouth	No further action
Jul-15		Approx 20 men on motorbikes all in fancy dress	Hayle	No further action
Jul-15	School uniform	Possible trespass	Exeter	No further action
Jul-15	Batman & Robin	Seen loitering outside hotel	Exeter	No further action
Sep-15		Anti social behaviour	Hayle	Words of advice given
Sep-15		Group of youths climbing fence and entering garden	Redruth	No further action
Oct-15	Cat, Dead schoolgirl	Group of youths throwing eggs and being unsociable	Camborne	No further action
Oct-15		Glass being thrown in road	Plymouth	Was party poppers, not glass
Oct-15		Wing mirror damaged	Exeter	No further action
Oct-15	Inflatable	Pedestrian hit ny car	Torquay	One arrest for driving without due care and attention
Nov-15		Concern for welfare of drunk individual	Plymouth	No further action
Nov-15	Joker	Fight	Totnes	Crime investigated as far as reasonably possible. No suspect identified
Nov-15	FBI Agent	Missing Person	Saltash	Missing person located
Nov-15		Students in fancy dress letting off fireworks	Exeter	No further action
Dec-15	Policewoman	Female in drink impersonating a police officer	Dawlish	Named suspect identified: Victim supports action, evidential difficulties
Dec-15		Male seen with gun	Plymouth	No further action
Jan-16	Dragon Ball Z	Missing Person	Helston	Missing person located
Jan-16		Missing Person	Plymouth	Missing person located
Apr-16	Alice in Wonderland	Missing Person	Plymouth	Missing person located
May-16		Male seen with gun and sword	Barnstaple	Words of advice that items to be carried in bag as not to alarm
May-16		Report of individual walking on motorway		Search was negative
May-16		Damage to vehicle whilst parking	Dartmouth	No further action
May-16	Jockey	Assault	Truro	No further action
Jun-16	Knight, Charles Dickens	Male seen with sword	Exeter	No further action
Jun-16	Policeman	Suspicious male	Falmouth	No further action
Jun-16	Orange jumpsuit	Suspicious male	Teignmouth	No further action
Aug-16	Clown	Racial abuse	Exeter	Crime investigated as far as reasonably possible. No suspect identified
Sep-16		Suspicious female	Ivybridge	No further action
Oct-16		Individual seen carrying knife	Plymouth	Pretend knife confiscated
Oct-16	Charlie Chaplin	Anti social street drinking	Penzance	Group dispersed
Oct-16	Pirate	Assault	Plymouth	No further action
Oct-16	Barbie	Missing Person	Torquay	Missing person located
Oct-16		Youths kicking door	Barnstaple	No further action
Nov-16		Assault	Plymouth	Victim declines/unable to support police action. No suspect
Dec-16	Policeman	Assault	Plymouth	Crime investigated as far as reasonably possible. No suspect identified
Feb-17		Cones and crash barriers thrown in road	Bodmin	No further action
Mar-17		Young child in busy road	Parkway	Search was negative
Apr-17	Fat costume	Suspicious individuals seen	Ottery St Mary	No further action
Jun-17	Deadpool	Suspicious individual seen	Truro	No further action
Jul-17		Group causing disturbance	Looe	No further action
Jul-17	Pulp Fiction	Assault	Paignton	Crime investigated as far as reasonably possible. No suspect identified
Jul-17	Superheroes	Large fight	St Ives	No further action
Jul-17	Clown	Suspicious individual seen	Ilfracombe	Words of advice given
Aug-17	Golfers	Group of males in drink and being aggressive	Plymouth	No further action
Aug-17	Hunter	Male seen with spear	Perranporth	No further action
Aug-17		Male seen with sword	Newquay	Wooden sword confiscated
Sep-17	Harry Potter	Missing Person	Plymouth	Missing person located
Oct-17		Assault	Tavistock	Caution issued
Oct-17		Individual with a chainsaw	Torrington	Search was negative
Oct-17		Domestic incident	Fowey, Loswithiel & St Blazey	No further action
Oct-17		Window smashed	Plymouth	No further action
Nov-17		Fight	Exeter	No further action
Dec-17	Clown	Seen carrying foam knife	Ivybridge	No further action
Dec-17		Damaging statue	Saltash	No further action
Dec-17		3 or 4 drunk males	Tavistock	No further action
Dec-17		Aggressive drunk male	Torquay	No further action
Feb-18		Man seen with rifle	Exeter	No further action

Crimes in fancy dress

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