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UPDATE: A 28-year-old woman will face the ACT Magistrates Court this morning following an alleged assault that occurred at the Dickson shopping precinct last week.

She has been charged with assault occasioning actual bodily harm and breaching a good behaviour order.

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ACT Policing is seeking witnesses to an alleged assault that occurred in Dickson last week.

Between 9.15am and 10am on Wednesday, 22 January 2025, an elderly woman attended the Dickson shopping precinct where she was allegedly assaulted by another woman.

Police allege the woman charged at the victim and knocked her to the ground, with the victim sustaining injuries to her arm.

The alleged incident took place between Woolworths and the Dickson Library.

The woman is described as being approximately 173cm (5’8”), with dark hair, a solid build, and was wearing black clothing at the time of the incident.

Police would like to speak to anyone who witnessed the incident.

Anyone with information that could assist police is urged to contact Crime Stoppers on 1800 333 000 or via the Crime Stoppers ACT website. Please quote reference 7959176. Information can be provided anonymously.

A 28-year-old man and 22-year-old man have had their licence’s suspended after they were caught travelling more than 100km/h over the speed limit on their motorcycles yesterday.

About 12.10pm (Saturday 25 January 2025) officers from ACT Road Policing were conducting speed enforcement activity on Cotter Road, Stromlo when they detected two motorcylists travelling at 173km/h in a 70km/h zone.

A traffic stop was conducted and a 28-year-old provisional licence holder and a 22-year-old full licence holder were identified as the riders.

Officers issued the men with immediate suspension notices, suspending their ACT drivers licence’s for 180 days.

They also received traffic infringement notices for exceeding the speed limit by more than 45km/h and, due to the double demerit period, lost twelve demerit points each.

ACT Policing is seeking witnesses and dash-cam footage of a two vehicle collision that occurred on Barton Highway on Friday night.

About 11.10pm (Friday, 24 January 2025), police and emergency services were called to a collision between a silver Hyundai Accord and a white Ford Ranger that were travelling southbound on Barton Highway, Lyneham.

Police believe the Ford Ranger may have been driving erratically on Barton Highway in the lead up to the incident.

Police would like to speak to anyone who witnessed the incident or who may have dash-cam footage from the area around the time of the incident.

Anyone with information that could assist police is urged to contact Crime Stoppers on 1800 333 000, or via the Crime Stoppers ACT website. Please quote reference number 7960716.

A 17-year-old boy will face the ACT Childrens Court after allegedly stealing cigarettes and brandishing a knife at a member of the public last week.

About 5pm on Friday (31 January 2025), a masked male jumped the counter of a Kippax supermarket and stole a large quantity of cigarettes and tobacco before fleeing.

Police allege when a member of the public attempted to intervene, the boy pulled a large knife from his bag and threatened them.

Following an investigation, officers from the Proactive Intervention and Diversion Team executed a search warrant at the boy’s home this morning (Friday, 7 February 2025) where they discovered a knife, clothes matching the clothing worn by the offender and packets of cigarettes.

The teenager, who is currently subject to a good behaviour order for other matters, was arrested a short time later in Coombs and has been charged with theft and possessing an offensive weapon with intent.

Police are asking the member of the public who confronted the boy as he fled the supermarket to come forward.

Anyone with information that could assist police in relation to this incident is urged to contact Crime Stoppers on 1800 333 000, or via the Crime Stoppers ACT website. Please quote reference number 7966486. Information can be provided anonymously.

ACT Policing is calling for witnesses or anyone with information after four males were observed riding trail bikes dangerously and illegally in Hawker last month.

About 7.50pm on Wednesday, 8 January 2025, members of the public observed the males riding the bikes in the Pinnacle Nature Reserve – on the Springvale and Dowling track.

Witnesses reported seeing the males riding illegally, forcing people from walking paths and conducting burnouts, resulting in holes in the track.

Officer in Charge of Belconnen Police Station, Acting Inspector Mark Richardson, reminded the community that riding trail bikes, dirt bikes, and other motorised vehicles in suburban off-road areas is not permitted anywhere in the ACT.

“This kind of behaviour is incredibly dangerous and poses a significant risk to the community who are using these tracks for their intended purpose,” Acting Inspector Richardson said.

“In this particular incident, a member of the public who was walking their dog at the time was required to take evasive action to avoid being hit by one of these riders.

“Pedestrians using parks and footpaths shouldn’t have to keep an eye out for dirt bikes, and a collision in these circumstances could have fatal consequences.

“We need information on these incidents from the public – the more reports we receive, the better an intelligence picture we can create of these offenders.”

Police would like to speak to anyone with information in relation to this incident, or who can identify the males depicted in the footage and images released today.

Anyone with information that could assist police is urged to contact Crime Stoppers on 1800 333 000, or via the Crime Stoppers ACT website. Please quote reference number 7970520. Information can be provided anonymously.

A 36-year-old Scullin woman has been charged with drug driving and obstructing police after attempting to run away from them following a collision she was involved in.

About 5.30pm yesterday (Monday, 3 February 2025), police attended a two vehicle collision at the intersection of Kingsford Smith Drive and Southern Cross Drive, Higgins.

On arrival, police were notified that the driver of a silver Toyota station wagon – the 36-year-old woman – had allegedly failed to give way to a blue Ford hatchback.

The woman was subjected to a roadside alcohol and drug screening test, where she returned a positive result for the presence of drugs.

Police informed the woman she was in police custody for returning a positive result to the drug screening test, at which time she allegedly told officers she wasn’t staying and fled on foot.

Despite police directing the woman to stop, she ran between vehicles on Kingsford Smith Drive.

Shortly after, police and other emergency services were able to stop the woman in the middle of the road.

She was subsequently arrested and conveyed to City Police Station where she undertook further drug testing, which showed a positive indication to methylamphetamine and cocaine.

The 36-year-old woman – who was subject to bail conditions at the time of the incident – has been charged with breach of bail, drug driving, and obstructing police. She will face the ACT Magistrates Court this morning.