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Man to be charged for multiple burglaries
Publish date: 06:47AM - 17 April 2015An 18-year-old Macgregor man will face court today (Friday, April 17) where he will be charged for multiple burglaries, includi
MORE Police seek witnesses to mass vehicle damage and theft
Publish date: 08:30AM - 16 April 2015ACT Policing is seeking witnesses to multiple incidents of vehicle damage and theft that occurred in Mawson, Farrer and Isaacs
MORE Crime continues to fall across ACT
Publish date: 07:18AM - 16 April 2015ACT Policing’s newest quarterly crime statistics reveal a 4.3 per cent drop in crime reports across Canberra over the previous
MORE Teenage girl driving unlicensed, stolen car
Publish date: 12:35PM - 14 April 2015ACT Policing has arrested a 16-year-old Northside girl after a stolen motor vehicle failed to stop when directed by police this
MORE Assistance sought in identifying three ‘good Samaritans’
Publish date: 11:50AM - 14 April 2015ACT Policing is seeking to identify three men who came to the assistance of a victim of an assault on Thursday, March 5, in Bra
MORE Man charged with robbery
Publish date: 09:00AM - 14 April 2015ACT Policing has arrested a 23-year-old man from Wanniassa after he allegedly stole a car and wallet in Kambah last night (Mond
MORE Woman to face court after drink-drive and assault incident
Publish date: 09:30AM - 12 April 2015A 45-year-old Downer woman was taken into custody by ACT Policing last night (Saturday 11 April) after police will allege she r
MORE Witnesses sought to construction site burglary in Chisholm
Publish date: 09:00AM - 11 April 2015ACT Policing is seeking witnesses to any suspicious behaviour seen around a construction site in Chisholm after a recent overni
MORE Gungahlin ram raid; man charged
Publish date: 08:31AM - 10 April 2015ACT Policing charged a 20-year-old man of no fixed abode following investigations into the aggravated burglary of a Gungahlin j
MORE 36 seatbelt offenders caught in March
Publish date: 12:20PM - 09 April 2015ACT Policing issued 36 infringement notices for seatbelt offences during March after a targeted operation as part of its ongoin
MORE Fatal collision in Bruce
Publish date: 09:30PM - 08 April 2015ACT Policing is investigating a fatal collision on Haydon Drive, in Bruce this evening (Wednesday, April 8) in which a motorcyc
MORE Police pleased by fatality free Easter
Publish date: 09:00AM - 08 April 2015ACT Policing are pleased the Australian Capital Territory remained fatality-free over the holiday period, with only three colli
MORE Witnesses sought; Ainslie home invasion
Publish date: 10:35AM - 06 April 2015ACT Policing is seeking witnesses after an elderly man was assaulted in his Ainslie home yesterday (Sunday, April 5).
MORE Police seek witnesses after cars damaged by rocks
Publish date: 09:20AM - 04 April 2015ACT Policing is searching for witnesses after three cars were damaged by rocks in Calwell on Friday morning (April 3).
MORE Four drink-drivers caught overnight in Gungahlin
Publish date: 03:22PM - 02 April 2015ACT Policing General Duties officers from Gungahlin apprehended four drink-drivers – two females and two males – during patrol
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