Drugged, disqualified and armed on Christmas Day
A 35-year-old disqualified and drugged motorcyclist has been charged with driving and weapons offences after taking off from an RBT and failing to stop for police on Christmas Day.
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A 28-year-old man is accused of attacking his partner, strangling her and forcing her to the ground as well as kicking and hitting her several times at a home in Denman Prospect last week.
A 75-year-old woman is the eleventh person to die on ACT roads this year following a single-vehicle collision in Kambah.
The sister of a woman allegedly chased down and shot at by two men has issued a heartfelt plea, leading tributes for the 23-year-old victim.
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Smashed and crashed: driver six times over the limit
A 39-year-old man from Ngunnawal, more than six times over the legal alcohol limit, had his licence suspended immediately on Saturday night.
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Man extradited from Spain faces sex and incest charges
A 50-year-old man has been extradited from Spain to face charges relating to 16 sexual offences allegedly committed against his stepchild.
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Three cling to boat hull in Bawley Point rescue
Three people, clinging to the hull of an upturned boat, were rescued in waters near Bawley Point on the south coast late on Saturday afternoon.
An 18-year-old P-plater with two passengers on board his VW Jetta admitted to being stupid and showing off when police booked him for travelling at 146km/h in an 80km/h zone on Horse Park Drive in Kenny on Wednesday night.
A driver, who tested positive at a roadside breath test in Bonner, put the accelerator down and fled the RBT station on Wednesday evening.
The Christmas/New Year double demerits driving period on ACT and NSW roads will start at 12.01am on Friday and end at 11.59pm on Wednesday, January 1.
Bystanders separated a brawling group of men on Eastlake Parade, Kingston Foreshore, after an end-of-year party became physical in which one man suffered serious injuries, including a losing a tooth.
Police believe the driver of a Honda CRV was swerving across the road, narrowly missing oncoming traffic, before colliding with a Hyundai i30 near the roundabout with Tambreet Street on Majura Road on Tuesday morning.
A 17-year-old boy, already subject to a good behaviour order and bail conditions, is facing the ACT Children’s Court charged with multiple offences after allegedly robbing a home in Forde on Tuesday.
Police put in a busy weekend serving more than 200 court orders and documents to ensure people subject to court ordered restrictions are aware of and abide by those restrictions.
A police officer narrowly missed being shot by a hunting arrow in a serious incident earlier this year.
A 36-year-old woman has been charged with assaulting police following a dispute with her neighbour in Taylor on Friday night.
Police subdued a 23-year-old man with tasers after he entered the Tuggeranong Police Station armed with a sledgehammer and began using the handle to strike the barrier on the front desk on Friday afternoon.
A man is dead after two trucks collided on the Hume Highway, Cullerin, about five kilometres east of Gunning, late on Friday night.
Despite not identifying any specific threat to the community, police say they have stepped up patrols at synagogues and Jewish community facilities around Canberra this week in response to incidents in other Australian cities.
