Man charged after Preston burglaries
Cash, a car and a bank card was stolen and used
Police have charged a man with a string of offences, after two burglaries in Preston in which cash, a car and a bank card was stolen and used.
The first happened overnight between Thursday 8th and Friday 9th January 2026, when a Volswagen Tiguan was taken from the driveway of a property on Waverley Gardens, in Ribbleton.
On the morning of the 9th, officers were called to reports of a burglary at a shop 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.
After enquiries by the South Residential Burglary Team, a 33 year old man was arrested.
After consultation with the Crown Prosecution Service, 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.
He appeared at Preston Magistrates Court on Wednesday (14th January 2026) 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.