A SHOPPER who punched a security guard in the face while being evicted from a Derby supermarket is among the latest batch of images released on Derbyshire police's website.
A guard was assaulted in Sainsbury's Farm Street store while a shopper was being forced out, police say.
Other incidents featuring on the website include a man police want to talk to in connection with a sexual assault on a woman in Amy Street, Derby, a pair who walked into a school in Heanor and stole two bags, and a host of shoplifting from across the county.
Pictures of people being sought in connection with the incidents appear on the police's Caught on Camera section of their website as detectives appeal for information from members of the public.
The section of the site is maintained by charity Crimestoppers, which allows callers to pass on information anonymously and often hands out rewards to those whose information leads to a conviction.
A spokesman for Derbyshire police said: "This section of the website gives the public an opportunity to give the police vital information which helps to detect crime.
"We get information on about 50% of the images we publish, although that doesn't always lead to an arrest and conviction.
"We've even had cases where people have seen images of themselves and come to the police station as a result. The page is popular and we get an average of 7,500 hits each month. Residents can also customise their homepage to their local area and get the latest images from crime in that area."
The CCTV images, in most cases, are supplied to the police from the stores that have been targeted and from council-maintained cameras across Derbyshire.
The page currently shows images of two men who are wanted in connection with an incident when an offender used a concrete block to smash a patio door at a house in Station Road, Mickleover, before getting inside to steal items. Another image shows a man police wish to speak to in connection with an incident in Sitwell Street, Derby, when a flat was broken into and a briefcase was stolen from inside. Both incidents took place in February.
A more recent appeal shows a man in a woolly who police want to speak to in connection with a sexual assault on a woman in Amy Street, Derby, on March 26.
The incident took place at 7.45am. A 46-year-old woman was approached by a man who asked her for directions before walking alongside her, touching her inappropriately and running off towards Franchise Street.
Two other images show black and white stills of two men being sought in connection with the theft of two bags belonging to students on a beauty course at Heanor Gate Science College.
Anyone who recognises the people in the images is urged to call the police on 101.
