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Ireland Crime

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Case No. 14969Theft · Co. Longford · 3 Jan 2025

Investigation launched into theft of mobile phones at Tesco, Longford Town

A number of mobile phones were reported stolen from Tesco in the Townspark area of Longford Town at about 5:20pm on Friday 3 January 2025. Longford Gardaí opened an investigation, and the Longford Leader reported it on 7 January 2025. No suspect is named in the reports, and the Garda Press Office said no arrests had been made. A report published on 13 January 2025 repeated that investigations were ongoing and no arrests had been made.

  1. Reported7 Jan
    2 reports
  2. Arrested
  3. Charged
  4. In court
  5. Verdict
  6. Sentenced
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Key facts

consolidated from all reports
What happened
A number of mobile phones were reported stolen from the Tesco store.
Where
  • The theft took place at Tesco in the Townspark area of Longford Town.
  • One headline calls the location Longford Shopping Centre, and another describes a shopping centre in the Midlands, but both reports place the theft at Tesco in Townspark.
When
The theft occurred at about 5:20pm on Friday 3 January 2025.
Investigation
  • Longford Gardaí are conducting investigations into the incident.
  • A Garda Press Office statement said the investigations are ongoing.
  • No arrests had been made at the time of the statement.
Other details
The Longford Leader first reported the incident on 7 January 2025, and a version was published on 13 January 2025.
10 statements extracted from the articles
  • whatA number of phones were reported stolen. (longfordleader.ie)
  • whatA number of phones were reported stolen from the Tesco store. (offalyexpress.ie)
  • whereThe theft happened at Tesco in the Townspark area of Longford Town. (longfordleader.ie)
  • whereThe theft took place at Tesco in the Townspark area of Longford Town. (offalyexpress.ie)
  • whenThe theft occurred at about 5:20pm on Friday, 3 January 2025. (longfordleader.ie)
  • whenThe theft occurred at about 5:20pm on Friday 3 January. (offalyexpress.ie)
  • investigationLongford Gardaí are conducting investigations into the incident. (longfordleader.ie)
  • investigationNo arrests have been made at this time, and investigations are ongoing. (longfordleader.ie)
  • investigationGardaí are conducting investigations into the incident. (offalyexpress.ie)
  • investigationA Garda Press Office statement said the investigations into the theft are ongoing. (offalyexpress.ie)

The reporting

newest first
  1. 13 Jan2025
    Reportedoffalyexpress.ie, first report
    Investigation launched into theft of mobile phones from major supermarket in the Midlands

    First report of the theft. Gardaí say investigations are ongoing.

  2. 7 Jan2025
    Reportedlongfordleader.ie, follow-up
    Investigation into phone thefts from Longford Shopping Centre

    Longford Leader article dated 7 January 2025, earlier than the 13 January report in the existing record. Adds the Garda Press Office statement that no arrests have been made and investigations are ongoing.