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UPDATE Have you seen Jessica FOUND
Publish date: 11:44AM - 25 July 2020Great news, Canberra. Jessica has been located safe and well.
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Woman to face court on high range drink driving charge
Publish date: 10:57AM - 25 July 2020A 33-year-old woman has been charged with drink driving offences following a single vehicle collision.
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Man to face court charged with online child sex offences
Publish date: 08:26AM - 25 July 2020A 27-year-old Chisholm man is expected to face the ACT Magistrates Court today (Saturday, 25 July 2020) charged with a number of online child sex offences.
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Police seeking witnesses to stabbing in Harrison
Publish date: 08:07AM - 23 July 2020ACT Policing is seeking witnesses to a stabbing in Harrison on Monday (20 July 2020).
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Senior Comanchero identified as man who died following Civic disturbance
Publish date: 03:49PM - 22 July 2020ACT Policing can confirm the identity of the man who died at Kokomo’s over the weekend as 48-year-old Pitasoni Ulavalu from Kaleen.
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Canberra restaurant fined after breaching COVID 19 restrictions
Publish date: 01:54PM - 22 July 2020A restaurant in Canberra will receive a $5000 fine after breaching COVID-19 restrictions. This is the first fine issued by ACT Policing as part of the ACT’s COVID-19 response.
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Man charged with manslaughter after death of 89 year old woman
Publish date: 10:11AM - 22 July 2020A 60-year-old Melba man has been charged with manslaughter and is due to face the ACT Magistrates Court today (Wednesday, 22 July 2020) following an assault of an 89-year-old woman in 2018.
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ACT records third fatality in 2020
Publish date: 07:35PM - 20 July 2020A woman has died following a collision on Commonwealth Avenue Bridge between a wheelchair accessible motorcycle and a car.
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Police call for witnesses to linked vehicle collisions
Publish date: 01:21PM - 20 July 2020ACT Policing is calling for witnesses and dash-cam footage of two vehicle collisions in Lyons and Yarralumla yesterday (Sunday, 19 July 2020).
MORE Man to face court for threatening to kill police
Publish date: 09:42AM - 20 July 2020A 30-year-old Kaleen man will face the ACT Magistrates Court today charged with a number of offences, including threatening to kill police.
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Police investigating death at licensed venue in Civic
Publish date: 10:09AM - 19 July 2020ACT Policing is investigating a death that occurred after a disturbance at a licensed premises in Civic early this morning (19 July 2020).
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Police seek witnesses following Bonner aggravated burglary
Publish date: 09:45AM - 18 July 2020ACT Policing is seeking the public’s assistance following an aggravated burglary in Bonner.
MORE UPDATE Missing woman Reia Hohoi FOUND
Publish date: 06:24PM - 17 July 2020Good news Canberra - missing 35-year-old woman Reia Hohoi has been found safe and well.
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Man charged with failing to comply with COVID 19 health directions
Publish date: 01:20PM - 17 July 2020A 41-year-old man has been arrested and charged for failing to comply with COVID-19 health directions in the ACT.
MORE Man to face court on drug trafficking charge
Publish date: 12:41PM - 17 July 2020A 40-year-old man is expected to face the ACT Magistrates Court today (17 July 2020) on a charge of cultivating a trafficable quantity of cannabis.
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