Burglar jailed for stealing goods and using stolen bank cards
Steven Salt, 48, from Cobridge admitted breaking into two homes and a car in Trentham
A burglar who stole over one thousand pounds worth of goods and used stolen bank cards in Stoke-on-Trent has been jailed for four and a half years.
Forty-eight year old Steven Salt from Cobridge admitted breaking into two homes and a car in Trentham, taking items like a bike and bank cards.
He pleaded guilty to two counts of burglary, one count of theft, one count of handling stolen goods and seven counts of fraud by false representation.
Police say how on 27 May 2025, he broke into two homes and one car in Trentham.
He loaded carrier bags full of work tools and fishing equipment from one of the homes, valued at an estimated £1,100.
He also took a Carrera mountain bike from the other home and a coat from inside the car.
During the burglaries, he took bank cards belonging to the victims. He used them at different shops on seven occasions.
Following an investigation into the burglaries, Salt was arrested on 2 June 2025, and they found some of the stolen items in his room and returned them to the victims.
'Brazen'
PC Jack Edwards, from our City Intervention Team, said: “Salt was brazen in his offending on this day and has rightfully been brought to justice for his crimes.
“We’re working hard to stop burglary, theft and robbery across Staffordshire, and this is another example of that.
“By working proactively, we’ve reduced the number of burglaries, thefts and robberies in 2024, when compared to 2023. Burglary offences also reduced by 27 per cent in August this year, when compared to the year before.”