Category: MIL-OSI

ACT Policing has released CCTV footage to assist in identifying a man who allegedly committed an aggravated robbery at Coles, Manuka during the Minute of Silence on Remembrance Day.

About 11am on Monday (11 November 2024), the man allegedly entered the service counter and used a large kitchen knife to force two cash registers open.

The man then fled the area on foot with a sum of cash. No one was physically injured during the robbery.

He is described as being approximately 30 – 40 years of age, Caucasian in appearance, with a medium build and short blonde hair. He was wearing a navy blue cap, a blue jumper, dark pants, and black runners at the time of the incident. He also had a pair of glasses tucked into the neck of his jumper.

Anyone who can assist in identifying the man from the CCTV footage is urged to contact Crime Stoppers on 1800 333 000, or via the Crime Stoppers ACT website. Please quote reference number 7897685. Information can be provided anonymously.

A 65-year-old man has been charged after police uncovered child abuse videos and images on his phones and computers.

In September (2024), ACT Policing’s Joint Anti Child Exploitation Team (JACET) received a referral from the US based National Center for Missing and Exploited Children regarding a social media user in the ACT who was transmitting child abuse material.

The ACT JACET began an investigation and yesterday (Tuesday, 12 November 2024) executed a search warrant at the man’s home.

After examining the 65-year-old man’s electronic devices, he was arrested and charged with possessing child abuse material.

He will appear before the ACT Magistrates Court on 19 December 2024.

Anyone with information regarding the accessing or creation of child abuse material is urged to contact crime stoppers on 1800 333 000, or via the Crime Stoppers ACT website. Information can be provided anonymously.

Note to media: Use of term ‘child abuse material’, not ‘child pornography’

Use of the phrase “child pornography” benefits child sex abusers because it:

• Indicates legitimacy and compliance on the part of the victim and therefore legality on the part of the abuser; and conjures images of children posing in ‘provocative’ positions, rather than suffering horrific abuse.
• Each photograph captures an actual situation where a child has been abused. This is not ‘pornography”.

A 26-year-old man has died following a single vehicle collision in Curtin this morning.

About 1.35am (Sunday, 10 November 2024), police located a Toyota Hilux that had left the roadway at the Yarra Glen roundabout and collided with a tree.

Emergency services treated the 26-year-old at the scene before he was transported to the Canberra Hospital, where he was sadly declared deceased soon after.

ACT Road Policing’s Major Collision Team is investigating the circumstances of the collision and a report will be prepared for the Coroner.

Anyone who witnessed the incident or who may have dash cam footage relating to the incident is urged to contact Crime Stoppers on 1800 333 000 or via the Crime Stoppers ACT website. Please quote reference P2299238.

A 40-year-old man will face court today after allegedly assaulting his former partner’s family members during an altercation in Fisher earlier this week.

About 1.30pm on Monday (25 November 2024), police allege the man arrived at his former partner’s home and began threatening her.

The woman contacted family members who arrived a short time later and a verbal argument ensued.

The 40-year-old man punched a female family member in the head and when a male family member intervened, he pushed him to the ground and began to stomp on his chest.

Bystanders contacted police and the man left the scene on a bicycle.

Two people were treated at hospital for injuries sustained during the incident.

About 6pm last night (Tuesday, 26 November 2024), police located the man at a residence in Watson and placed him under arrest.

He is due to appear before the ACT Magistrates Court today, charged with affray and aggravated assault occasioning actual bodily harm.

A 28-year-old man who was subject to a good behaviour order will face court today after a police pursuit in Tuggeranong this morning.

About 12.40am (Tuesday, 26 November 2024), police conducting patrols in Kambah observed a white Mazda BT-50 with stolen registration plates.

Officers watched the 28-year-old man enter the vehicle before doing a burnout in front of an unmarked police car on a residential street.

The man was directed to stop but he drove away, running over tyre deflation devices during the pursuit. He stopped the vehicle a short time later on the Tuggeranong Parkway and was arrested.

The man was taken to the ACT Watch House where he was subject to a blood alcohol screening test, which returned a result of 0.103 grams of alcohol per 210 litres of breath.

He has been charged with failing to stop for police, aggravated/furious/reckless driving, driving a motor vehicle with alcohol in blood, and breach of good behaviour obligations.

He is due to appear before the ACT Magistrates Court today (Tuesday, 26 November 2024).

The ACT has recorded its tenth road fatality for 2024 following a single-cyclist collision in Kambah yesterday.

About 5.10pm (Sunday, 24 November 2024), police received a report that a cyclist on an e-bike was riding on a bike path adjacent to Athllon Drive and had collided with a wall at an underpass.

Emergency services treated the 66-year-old rider at the scene, but he was sadly declared deceased a short time later.

ACT Road Policing’s Major Collision Team is investigating the circumstances of the collision and a report will be prepared for the Coroner.

Anyone who witnessed the incident who has not already spoken to police is urged to contact Crime Stoppers on 1800 333 000 or via the Crime Stoppers ACT website. Please quote reference number 7908932.

A 46-year-old man will face court after attempting to run over another man during an altercation in Greenway yesterday.

About 5.20pm (Sunday, 24 November 2024), a man and woman were sitting in a car at the Pine Island Reserve when the 46-year-old man, who was known to the woman, approached the vehicle.

Police allege the man began banging on the window before pulling the man out of the vehicle, punching and kicking him several times.

Bystanders intervened and separated the pair before the man got into his vehicle and drove at the other man.

The victim took shelter behind a boulder which the man hit with his vehicle before he fled the scene.

About 10pm, police located the man in Calwell and placed him under arrest. He has been charged with assault occasioning actual bodily harm, recklessly threatening to kill a person, and attempting to use an offensive weapon.

He is due to appear before the ACT Magistrates Court today (Monday, 25 November 2024).

ACT Policing is seeking witnesses and dash-cam footage of an alleged road rage incident that occurred on Gundaroo Drive on Wednesday afternoon.

About 2.30pm (Wednesday, 20 November 2024), a white Toyota Hilux was involved in a collision with a white Mazda B2600 utility on Gundaroo Drive near the roundabout with the Barton Highway.

Both vehicles stopped and a short time later, the Toyota was seen travelling north along Gundaroo Drive with the driver of the Mazda in the tray of the Hilux.

The driver of the Toyota pulled over and the man in the tray exited the vehicle and began walking back towards the Barton Highway.

Anyone with information that can assist police, or who may have witnessed the incident, is urged to contact Crime Stoppers on 1800 333 000 or via the Crime Stoppers ACT website. Please quote reference number 7905480. Information can be provided anonymously.

A 30-year-old Garran man has been charged with attempted murder following an alleged machete attack in a Wanniassa home in September.

About 5pm on Wednesday, 4 September 2024, police and emergency services attended a residence on Ashley Drive, Wanniassa following reports of a man suffering severe injuries.

Upon arrival, the man was located suffering life threatening injuries including multiple deep incisions and fractures. He was treated at the scene by ACT Ambulance Service paramedics before being taken to hospital where he underwent lifesaving surgery and was placed in an induced coma for four days.

The offender fled the scene prior to police arrival, and officers from the Major Crime Squad commenced efforts to identify and locate the alleged offender.

Yesterday (Thursday, 21 November 2024) a 30-year-old Garran man was stopped by police as he entered a bus that was travelling interstate.

He was arrested and has been charged with one count of attempted murder. He is scheduled to appear in the ACT Magistrates Court today.

Police continue to urge any witnesses to this incident to come forward. Investigators are confident that there are further witnesses who can provide important information about the attack and the movements of the alleged offender afterwards.

Police are also seeking information about the weapon believed to have been used during the assault. Anyone who has seen it, or know its location, is urged to come forward.

Anyone with information that can assist police, or who may have witnessed the incident, is urged to contact Crime Stoppers on 1800 333 000 or via the Crime Stoppers ACT website. Please quote reference number 7842338. Information can be provided anonymously.