Gosport police arrest five people across Gosport, Fareham, and Bournemouth over string of Gosport burglaries

Police have made several arrests over a string of burglaries in Gosport. Stock picture: Habibur Rahman

POLICE have arrested five people across Gosport, Fareham, and Bournemouth over burglaries in Gosport.

Officers have charged two people.

Joshua Stedman, 31 and of no fixed abode, was arrested this weekend and charged with burglary at Hardway Sailing Club on August 18, burglary in Beauchamp Avenue on August 31, and four counts of fraud by false representation.

Stedman has been charged over a burglary in Northway, Gosport, on September 3, when items including credit cards, car keys, and an iPad were stolen.

He also faces a charge of shoplifting, relating to £174 worth of alcohol stolen from Asda in Speedfields Park, Fareham, on August 30.

He was remanded in custody to appear at Portsmouth Magistrates’ Court.

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Also charged was Craig James, 28, of Pine Road in Bournemouth, who faces charges over a burglary in Beauchamp Avenue on August 31 and two counts of fraud by false representation.

A spokesman from Hampshire Constabulary said three others had been arrested.

He said: ‘A 48-year-old woman from Gosport was arrested on suspicion of handling stolen goods and was released but remains under investigation.

‘A 48-year-old man from Fareham was arrested on suspicion of handling stolen goods and a burglary at Curlew Walk in Gosport on 1 September. He has been bailed with conditions until 2 October.

‘Finally, a 37-year-old man was arrested and recalled to prison. He was also arrested on suspicion of a burglary on James Close in Gosport on 3 September, and remains under investigation in relation to this.’

Officers continue to investigate burglaries on Harris Road and The Curve in Gosport, and Spencer Drive in Lee-on-the-Solent, which took place between August 30 and September 3.