• AN Ifor Williams trailer has been stolen from a farm in Princetown.

Like all Ifor Williams trailers, it is completely identifiable and officers have all the relevant ID numbers and if police find a trailer with identification removed, it is always seized as suspected stolen. The trailer is grey and quite large, being a model GH 105.

Officers are looking at local CCTV in case the offending vehicle and people (tracks were found) has been captured on film. If you know of a trailer like this that has appeared since Sunday, March 26, please contact police at Tavistock on 101, quoting crime reference number CR/14879/17.

• Police took the unusual step of arresting a 13-year-old boy recently. The youth had been to a local primary school a number of times and was taunting staff and causing damage to the premises. Cars were damaged as well as parts of the school. Officers attended and arrested the boy at the scene. He is on bail while police enquiries continue into the criminal acts committed and social services look into his circumstances. Police try to avoid arresting children if possible, but sometimes there is no option. CR/15200/17.

• Police are asking people to think before they text or email people they have fallen out with.

Sgt Dave Anning, from Tavistock Police Station, said: ‘A significant proportion of the crimes that we are recording are linked to people sending messages on social media, or via text or email. Sending any electronic message that is offensive, or that contains offensive images, is a crime. A lot of people who would otherwise not come to police attention are getting criminal records because they have vented their spleen online. Don’t do it. You may feel better for a few moments, but what you have done is always retrievable and the consequences can be significant.

Quite aside from the problems of having to declare a criminal record, when you apply for a job these days most employers have you checked out online. If there are abusive and offensive communications linked to your name, you won’t be making the shortlist.’