Man, 33, charged with string of offences including burglary at Antalya Barbers on New Hall Lane
A 33-year-old man has been charged with a string of offences following two burglaries in Preston in which cash, a car and a bank card was stolen and used.
Simon Allonby, 33, of no fixed address has been charged with burglary in a dwelling, theft of motor vehicle, making off without payment, vehicle interference, theft from a motor vehicle, fraud by false representation and aggravated vehicle taking.
The first happened overnight between Thursday, January 8, and Friday 9, when a Volswagen Tiguan was taken from the driveway of a property on Waverley Gardens in Ribbleton.
On the morning of Friday, January 9, police were called to reports of a burglary at Antalya Barbers on New Hall Lane where a rock had been used to smash a window before items of stock and the till, containing around £1,500, was stolen.
Later that day, another car was broken into and a bank card stolen and used to withdraw money from a cash machine.
Following multiple enquiries by the South Residential Burglary Team, Allonby was arrested.
He appeared before Preston Magistrates Court on Wednesday and was remanded into custody to appear again at a later date.
Operation Defender is a force-wide campaign that aims to combat residential burglary with support from Lancashire's Police and Crime Commissioner Clive Grunshaw.