Australian National Press Network
Australian National Press Network
October 17, 2026
Colac Crime investigation Unit detectives are appealing for public assistance after thieves stole $3000 worth of Lego from a Colac toy store early Sunday morning (Dec. 21). Two offenders forced their way through the front doors of the store on Murray St in Colac about 4am.The pair stole $3000 worth of Lego sets. The thieves…
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Police have charged a 48‑year‑old Kings Meadows man with being unlawfully armed in public after an incident at the Carols in the Park event in City Park Launceston at approximately 5.45 pm on Sunday evening (Dec. 20).The man was arrested after he sat among a large crowd near the stage and produced a black‑handled knife…
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Detectives from the Serious and Organised Crime Division have seized a significant quantity of prohibited drugs, a firearm and a large amount of cash, following several investigations conducted in December.Detectives from the Drug and Firearm Squad executed search warrants on december 2 on residences and commercial premises throughout the Perth metropolitan area. It will be…
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Officers from the State Flying Squad have arrested and charged a 37-year-old South Mackay man with 48 sexual offences. Police executed a search warrant, locating and seizing a phone. It will be alleged the man recorded private acts without consent, took intimate images without consent and distributed intimate images without the subject’s consent causing distress….
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A Sydney man has appeared in Manly Local Court on Monday (Dec. 22) charged with using social media to threaten a federal parliamentarian. The Beacon Hill man, 27, was charged after an AFP National Security Investigations team investigation into an alleged online threat. The Australian Federal Police allegedly linked the threat to the man and…
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A man has been charged with murder after the death of another man at Aldinga. Police were called to a caravan park on Tuit Rd about 2.15pm on Monday (Dec. 2q) after a 71-year-old man was found deceased inside a cabin. At the same time, a 49-year-old Aldinga man presented himself at a police station…
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The Northern Territory Police Force is investigating a series of disturbances that occurred in Ramingining over the weekend. From around 4:45pm on Saturday (Dec. 20), police received multiple reports of up to 40 people fighting outside the local clinic. Those involved were allegedly armed with a range of edged and blunt weapons. Police attended and,…
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A Bankstown man has faced Bankstown Local Court charged with allegedly making online threats towards a federal parliamentarian. The AFP’s National Security Investigations team received a referral from the parliamentarian’s office on November 27 regarding two emails they had received. These emails allegedly contained threats to kill the parliamentarian and their family. …
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A Townsville man was expected to appear before Townsville Magistrates Court on Monday (Dec. 15) after he was intercepted at an airport before his planned departure to the Philippines for alleged sexual activity with a child. Investigations into the Toomulla man, 61, began on September 3, when the US agency of Homeland Security Investigations referred…
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Detectives from the Sexual Crimes Squad are appealing for information following a sexual assault at a B&S Ball in Winnindoo. Police have been told a 24-year-old woman went to one of the portable toilets around 50 metres from the stage at the Rices Lane function about 11pm on Saturday, November 15. When she entered the…
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