Hartlepool man charged with stealing money from woman at cashpoint and host of other offences

Cleveland Police said in a statement on Friday: “A man has been charged with theft of a motor vehicle, burglary, driving whilst disqualified, no insurance, failure to provide and theft after police received a report that a van was allegedly stolen whilst briefly unattended on Whitburn Street, Hartlepool, around 7.30am on Wednesday, 7th December.

“Shortly after, the man is then alleged to have stolen cash from a woman at a cashpoint in Billingham.

“Officers later spotted the van and stopped it.”

A 50-year-old Hartlepool man was due to appear at Teesside Magistrates’ Court on Friday.