Two Sandwell men convicted over crime spree

The two men will now be sentenced early next year
Joe Forte
By Joe Forte
Published 31st Dec 2021, 15:29 BST

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Pictured L-R: Morgan and Lambert Pictured L-R: Morgan and Lambert
Pictured L-R: Morgan and Lambert

Two men from Sandwell have been convicted of a crime spree netting two high value cars and over £70,000 in less than two weeks in August 2018.

Dante Morgan and Chakiah Lambert were charged with conspiracy to rob and convicted in Wolverhampton Crown Court on 23 December, after a 10 day trial.

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On 4 August 2018, a house was broken into on Maybridge Drive, Solihull in the early hours of the morning. Several items were stolen along with the keys to a white Alpha Romeo, which was driven off from outside.

Ten days later a car-jacking in Castlecroft, Wolverhampton, left a woman traumatised as offenders demanded her keys at gun-point and attempted to drive off with her son in the back. She managed to pull him free just in time and they sped away in her white VW Golf R. The next day (15 August) four offenders burst into Tesco Express in Rowley Regis as cash delivery drivers were replenishing the store’s cash machine. The gang made off with £71,000.

The following day a vehicle associated with the offences activated an Automatic Number Plate recognition (ANPR) camera and police armed response officers tracked the car to Handsworth, where it was abandoned in Holyhead Road.

Two of the occupants were arrested after officers chased them down close by.

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Morgan, aged 21 of Arundel Road, Oldbury, and Lambert, aged 23 of Cottersmore Close, West Bromwich, will be sentenced on 25 March.

What have West Midlands police said?

DCI Nicki Addison from Force CID, said: “These were targeted crimes for high value gains and we are pleased to have taken two dangerous offenders off the streets. “They clearly weren’t acting alone and we will continue to pursue their associates. “Anyone who can assist with information should contact us.”

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