Dedicated officers in the north of the county have made further arrests and charged a man in connection with residential burglaries in Chesterfield and the Derbyshire Dales.

John Dwyer was arrested on 13 April in connection with a burglary at a house in Rose Wood Close, Newbold and a burglary from a shed at another property in the same street, on 22 March.

The 51-year-old was later charged with two counts of burglary, fraud, criminal damage and remanded into police custody to appear at court.

Mr Dwyer, of Rose Wood Close, Newbold appeared before magistrates on 15 April, at Southern Derbyshire Magistrates Court and was further remanded into prison custody. He is next due to appear at Derby Crown Court on 7 May.

Four men from Sheffield, aged 20, 23, 26 and 47 have been arrested on suspicion of burglary after reports of break-ins at five addresses in Baslow and Monyash on 18 April.

A vehicle and recovered property were seized by officers from our road crime team, following a pursuit in Dronfield Woodhouse, on the same date.

The 20-year-old and 47-year-old men were also arrested for failing to stop for officers.

All the men have been released on police bail pending further enquiries.

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