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Police disappointed with driver behaviour over Summernats weekend
Publish date: 11:53AM - 08 January 2020ACT Policing is disappointed with the overall behaviour of drivers across this year’s Summernats weekend (2-5 January 2020).
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Man to face court over December shooting
Publish date: 08:32AM - 08 January 2020A 21-year-old Bateman’s Bay man will face court today (Wednesday, 8 January 2020) following a shooting incident in December 2019.
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Police renew calls for public assistance to locate missing teens UPDATE BOTH FOUND
Publish date: 03:54PM - 07 January 2020ACT Policing thanks the Canberra community for its assistance in locating the two missing teens, they have now both been found safe and well.
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Police investigate child sexual assaults from 1980s and 1990s
Publish date: 11:09AM - 07 January 2020ACT Policing’s Sexual Assault and Child Abuse Team is seeking information about a series of sexual assaults committed against children under the age of 16 during the 1980s and 1990s.
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Man to face court for multiple offences
Publish date: 08:51AM - 07 January 2020A 29-year-old man will face the ACT Magistrates Court today (Tuesday, 7 January, 2020) following his arrest yesterday in relation to several recent incidents.
MORE Police release images to identify offender in supermarket robbery
Publish date: 10:08AM - 06 January 2020ACT Policing has released images in order to identify a man police believe committed an aggravated robbery of a Deakin supermarket yesterday (Sunday, 5 January 2020).
MORE Have you seen Harmony Austin and Brandon DAlessandro UPDATE BOTH FOUND
Publish date: 10:51AM - 04 January 2020ACT Policing thanks the Canberra community for its assistance in locating the two missing teens, they have now both been found safe and well.
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Man charged following deliberately lit grass fires
Publish date: 09:43AM - 04 January 2020ACT Policing has charged a 20-year-old Mawson man following a number of small grass fires in Curtin earlier this morning.
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Man charged with 23 offences
Publish date: 09:22AM - 04 January 2020ACT Policing has charged a 24-year-old man with multiple offences following repeated crime activity in the ACT since December 2019.
MORE Summernats 2020
Publish date: 02:51PM - 03 January 2020Police are reminding drivers that while Summernats is a great place to show off their automotive pride and joy to obey road rules outside the event.
MORE Man to face court on assault charges
Publish date: 01:37PM - 03 January 2020A 25 year-old man will face the ACT Magistrates Court on January 30 2020 following a serious assault yesterday (2 January 2020) in Macgregor.
MORE Two to face court on driving charges
Publish date: 09:44AM - 02 January 2020A 36 year-old man and a 25 year-old woman will face the ACT Magistrates Court today on driving charges.
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Police investigate suspicious fire in Gilmore
Publish date: 11:44AM - 01 January 2020ACT Policing is investigating a suspicious fire in Gilmore yesterday (Tuesday, 31 December 2019).
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Police happy with New Year’s Eve behaviour
Publish date: 10:40AM - 01 January 2020ACT Policing was generally pleased with the behavior of the New Year’s Eve crowd in Canberra overnight, with 16 people taken into custody.
MORE Police investigate suspicious fire in Banks
Publish date: 12:02PM - 31 December 2019ACT Policing is investigating a suspicious fire in Banks this morning (Tuesday 31 December).
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