Four more arrests made related to hare coursing incidents, bringing the total to fifteen in Cambridgeshire.
The police described bad behavior. Acts occurred in several towns and villages including Fordham and Ely, Prickwillow, Littleport, and Welney. Places like Chatteris and Manea too experienced problems. Wimblington and Doddington saw problems also. Fields suffered damage from vehicles. Gates got broken and cars drove recklessly on nearby roads.
One new arrest involved a Reading man, thirty-five years old. Police arrested him in Peterborough on Tuesday. Three more men got arrested too; they are twenty, twenty-six, and forty-nine, all from Spalding, Lincolnshire. Police arrested them in Peterborough on Thursday.
The youngest person arrested is just eighteen, while the oldest is fifty-one. Hare coursers came from many places. Some are from Essex and Lincolnshire.
An 18-year-old went to jail January thirty-first. He is from Spalding, Lincolnshire. A 26-year-old from Grantham had his arrest on the same day. A 22-year-old from Chelmsford got arrested February fourth, as did a 51-year-old, also from Chelmsford. A 46-year-old from Solihull also got arrested that day. A 30-year-old from Basildon got arrested February fifth.
More folks got arrests on the twelfth. One 44-year-old came from Horton, Slough, and another 19-year-old was from Datchet, Slough. There was yet another 44-year-old there too; This one was from Winkfield, Berkshire. Also, a 40-year-old from Hungerford had his arrest on February thirteenth. Then came the latest three arrests discussed earlier.
All arrested people have been released, but their release comes with strict rules. The police investigation is ongoing at this time.