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Witnesses sought to aggravated robbery in Wanniassa
Publish date: 01:20PM - 28 November 2016ACT Policing is seeking witnesses to an aggravated robbery of two male juveniles that occurred in Wanniassa yesterday (Sunday, 27 November).
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Man facing Court charged with strangulation
Publish date: 08:40AM - 28 November 2016A Canberra man will face the ACT Magistrates Court this morning (28 November) charged with choke, suffocate or strangle another person. The man has also been charged with forcible confinement, three counts of common assault and two counts of destroy/damage property.
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Man caught 70km/h over the speed limit
Publish date: 10:01AM - 26 November 2016ACT Policing continues to urge motorists to drive safely or face harsh consequences after a 23-year-old Forde man was caught at 70km/h over the speed limit yesterday (Friday, November 25).
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Police investigate serious collision near Commonwealth Bridge
Publish date: 02:13PM - 24 November 2016ACT Policing are seeking witnesses to a single-vehicle collision this morning (Thursday, 24 November) between Vernon Circle and Commonwealth Avenue Bridge, City in which a man has been seriously injured.
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Police investigate death of 29-year-old man
Publish date: 11:26AM - 23 November 2016ACT Policing is investigating the death of a 29-year-old man following an incident in the City on Sunday, 13 November.
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Note to journalists – Media stand up
Publish date: 09:04AM - 23 November 2016ACT Policing is investigating the death of a 29-year-old man following an incident in the City on Sunday, 13 November.
The man later succumbed to injuries in hospital and ACT Policing is investigating the death.
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Uniforms Unite raise more than $33,000 for White Ribbon Australia
Publish date: 12:05PM - 22 November 2016As part of ACT Policing’s Uniforms Unite Against Family Violence campaign, the Canberra community dug deep and raised more than $32,700 within four hours for White Ribbon Australia.
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Do you know these men?
Publish date: 12:32PM - 21 November 2016ACT Policing is seeking the public’s assistance in identifying two men involved in a burglary at the John James Village, Leukemia Foundation in Garran on Friday August 26.
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Witnesses sought to Acton collision
Publish date: 01:30PM - 18 November 2016ACT Policing is seeking witnesses to a two vehicle collision in Acton yesterday (Thursday, 17 November).
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Uniforms Unite Against Family Violence
Publish date: 12:00PM - 18 November 2016In the past year, ACT Policing has laid more than 1000 family violence related charges including one charge for murder, one charge for attempted murder, 46 threats to kill and more than 50 charges in relation to choking, suffocating or strangling a person.
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Third man now assisting police after Civic assault and ‘coward punch’
Publish date: 12:45PM - 17 November 2016Last week ACT Policing sought to identify three males involved in an assault of three other males, including a ‘coward punch’ attack in Civic in the early hours of Sunday 30 October 2016.
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Note to journalists – Media stand up
Publish date: 12:30PM - 17 November 2016In the past year, ACT Policing has laid more than 1000 family violence related charges. On Saturday 19 November, ACT Policing will be running Uniforms Unite Against Family Violence stalls across Canberra, raising money and awareness for family violence.
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Publish date: 08:59AM - 17 November 2016A Canberra man will face the ACT Magistrates Court this morning charged with two counts of assault occasioning actual bodily harm and five counts of common assault.
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Witnesses sought to Crace home invasion
Publish date: 02:00PM - 16 November 2016ACT Policing is seeking witnesses to an aggravated burglary at a Crace home on Monday (14 November).
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Publish date: 12:30PM - 16 November 2016ACT Policing are seeking witnesses following a disturbance in Calwell on Monday (14 November), during which a man was stabbed.
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