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Police confirm identity of human remains found in Murrumbidgee River
Publish date: 12:39PM - 23 December 2019Forensic tests have confirmed the human remains found in the Murrumbidgee River on Sunday, 1 December 2019, are that of missing Canberra man Nathan Booth, aged 40.
MORE Police seek witnesses to Kippax bag snatch
Publish date: 11:13AM - 23 December 2019ACT Policing is seeking witnesses or video of a robbery outside a Kippax shopping centre yesterday afternoon (Sunday 22 December).
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Children left in hot car at Mawson
Publish date: 10:52AM - 23 December 2019ACT Policing is warning people they face serious consequences if they leave children unattended inside a vehicle, after reports that a baby and a child were left unattended in a car on Saturday (21 December, 2019).
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Gordon man to face court for act of indecency
Publish date: 08:57AM - 23 December 2019A 49-year-old Gordon man will face the ACT Magistrates Court today (Monday, 23 December 2019) charged with committing an Act of Indecency on a person under 16 years.
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Man to face court for sex offences
Publish date: 07:56AM - 21 December 2019A 60-year-old man will face the ACT Magistrates Court today (Saturday, 21 December 2019) charged with historical sex offences.
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10 Days of Christmas brings 200 traffic infringements
Publish date: 12:03PM - 20 December 2019Days away from Christmas, ACT Policing is warning drivers who continue to take unnecessary risks on our roads.
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UPDATE Help police find missing teen Jeffrey Friday FOUND
Publish date: 11:32PM - 19 December 2019Thank you Canberra, Jeffrey has been located safe and well.
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Police seek witnesses and dash cam footage of dangerous driving incident
Publish date: 11:01AM - 19 December 2019ACT Policing is seeking dash-cam footage or witnesses to a dangerous driving incident on Parkes Way and Caswell Drive near Black Mountain yesterday (Wednesday, 18 December 2019).
MORE UPDATE Have you seen Chloe Browne FOUND
Publish date: 09:59AM - 19 December 2019UPDATE: Thank you Canberra, Chloe has been found safe and well.
MORE Witnesses sought to Curtin bag snatch
Publish date: 10:03AM - 18 December 2019ACT Policing is seeking witnesses and video of a robbery in Curtin yesterday morning (Tuesday, 17 December, 2019).
MORE UPDATE Help police locate missing man Jesse Elson FOUND
Publish date: 02:33PM - 17 December 2019Thank you Canberra, Jesse has been located safe and well.
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Witnesses sought to burnout activity in Gilmore and Chisholm
Publish date: 02:05PM - 17 December 2019ACT Policing is seeking witnesses and footage of a vehicle used to conduct multiple burnouts in and around Gilmore and Chisholm
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Take extra care on the Kings Highway this summer
Publish date: 12:08PM - 17 December 2019Since 2008, ACT Policing and the Kings Highway Road Safety Partnership (KHRSP), have run an annual summer road safety campaign focusing on the Kings Highway. Since that first year of the campaign, the number of crashes on the busy route between the ACT and the South Coast has almost halved.
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Man charged after being evicted from Civic night club
Publish date: 12:30PM - 16 December 2019A 21-year-old Turner man will face court in January following an incident at a Canberra City night club early on Friday morning (13 December 2019).
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Taskforce Nemesis investigating shooting and arson attacks in south Canberra
Publish date: 03:57PM - 12 December 2019ACT Policing’s Taskforce Nemesis is investigating a number of shootings and arson attacks committed in South Canberra over the last three months – all believed linked to OMCGs.
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