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4 days ago
- BBC News
Teen arrested after Hart Foodbank burglary in Fleet
A teenage boy has been arrested after a food bank was broken into and vandalised. Police received reports that Hart Foodbank in Fleet, Hampshire, had been broken into between 20:15 BST and 20:45 on 25 Thursday officers arrested a 14-year-old boy from the nearby village of Church Crookham on suspicion of burglary in relation to this incident and another break-in at the same site on the afternoon of Wednesday 5 has now been released on bail until 5 September. The force reported that two windows had been smashed and the building had been added that food had been emptied across the premises and placed in sinks with the taps running, causing water to Geoff Hill, from the Hart neighbourhood policing team, described it as "a disgusting attack on a charity that is just trying to help people in the community". After the most recent incident the team at the food bank said it had been "completely overwhelmed with the love and support" from the have renewed an appeal for anyone with information to get in contact. You can follow BBC Hampshire & Isle of Wight on Facebook, X (Twitter), or Instagram.
BBC News
5 days ago
- BBC News
Hampshire foodbank 'overwhelmed' by support after break-in
A foodbank team have said it has been "completely overwhelmed with the love and support" from the community after a second break-in into its Hart Foodbank in Fleet serves communities across Hampshire and Berkshire and was broken into on the evening of 25 supplies, including large quantities of pasta, were destroyed and taps were left police appealed to anyone who has information about the incident to get in touch. The team said the intruders had smashed windows to gain entry, using bricks from a wall behind the manager Kate Wakley said they had opened all pasta packets and thrown them all over the floor, stuffed pasta down the toilets and in the sinks leaving taps running "with the view of trying to flood the premises", and used a fire extinguisher on a broken jar of said the team was "particularly devastated to find the mess" for a second time."You're going in to do something positive... and your heart sinks," she said."My heart aches for the people who did it because I [wonder] what's going on in their lives that they feel this is something they need to do." About 40 volunteers helped the clean-up on Saturday and Ms Wakley said they had noticed an increase in foodbank is now preparing for the launch of its mobile community pantry, which is an extension of the a Facebook post, Hart South Police said the foodbank had been "mindlessly vandalised.""There have been an increase in the number of Burglary and Criminal damage reports in the local area of late," the post reads."A lot of these have been youngsters exploring 'abandoned' buildings in what appears to be part of an 'Urban Exploring' craze that is doing the rounds at the moment."It urged parents to talk to their children about the "severity of committing offences such as Criminal Damage and Burglary". You can follow BBC Hampshire & Isle of Wight on Facebook, X (Twitter), or Instagram.
