18 November 2012 – Update – Arrest – Aremd robbery – Chicken Store – Weston
Published November 22, 2012 | 
ACT Policing arrested a 19-year-old man yesterday (Saturday, November 17) for a robbery which occurred in Weston in late October.
Police will allege the man was in company with another man when he entered the Kingsley’s Chicken store in Weston around 9.20pm on Wednesday, October 31.
One was armed with a machete and both had their faces covered. It will be alleged that the offenders stole a sum of cash and fled in a green Subaru Liberty sedan which had been reported stolen from Greenway earlier that day.
Police located some suspects around 30 minutes after the robbery and took them into custody, but released them pending further investigations. The stolen car was located in Chapman and police located several items, including the stolen cash drawer from the chicken shop, nearby. These items were seized as evidence.
A warrant was later executed on a Rivett home and a search of the premises found a machete hidden in a dog kennel.
Yesterday (November 17, 2012), the 19-year-old man attended Tuggeranong Police Station, was subsequently interviewed, arrested and conveyed to the ACT Watch House. He will face the ACT Magistrates Court tomorrow (Monday, November 19).
Investigations into the robbery remain ongoing.
18 November 2012 – Offences – Petrol Station – Hughes
Published November 22, 2012 | ACT Policing has charged a woman with several offences after a series of incidents in Hughes yesterday afternoon (Saturday, November 17).
Police will allege that around 2pm the 25-year-old Hughes woman damaged property in Kitchener Street before walking to the nearby Caltex Service Station.
At the service station, she made threats to several people, grabbed one of the fuel bowsers, damaged a vehicle and attempted to use a cigarette lighter to set fire to some spilled petrol on the forecourt.
Two officers from Woden Patrol, who had been called to the location after the earlier property damage, quickly took the woman into custody and conveyed her to the ACT Watch House.
She has been charged with two counts of property damage, plus another for the arson threat, with further charges likely. She will face the ACT Magistrates Court tomorrow (Monday, November 19).
14 November 2012 – Update – Appeal – Armed Robbery – Food Works – Higgins
Published November 16, 2012 | ACT Policing has renewed its appeal for witnesses to the aggravated robbery in Higgins earlier this week after receiving new information about the car driven by the offender.
Around 10:30am on Monday (November 12), a man, armed with a knife, entered Food Works at Higgins and threatened a staff member, demanding cash.
The man left the store with a sum of cash, and was seen driving away in a white late 70s or early 80s model hatchback, believed to be a Mitsubishi Colt.
The man is described as Caucasian in appearance, approximately 6’3” (190cm) tall, short light brown hair and a moustache. His haircut was unusually cut in a semi-mullet style, with shaven sides.
The man was wearing a light green high visibility shirt which had a black logo above the left breast pocket.
Police are keen to speak with anyone who recognises the logo on the man’s shirt, or anyone with information on the car used by the man.
12 November 2012 – Armed Robbery – Food Works – Higgins
Published November 16, 2012 | ACT Policing is seeking witnesses to an aggravated robbery in Higgins this morning (Monday, November 12). Around 10:30am a man armed with a knife entered Food Works at Higgins and threatened a staff member inside the store, demanding cash. The offender left the store with a small sum of cash. He was seen driving away in a white Toyota Corolla. There were no injuries to staff members during the incident. The man is described as Caucasian in appearance, approximately 6’3” (190cm) tall, short light brown hair and a moustache. He was wearing a light green high visibility shirt with dark-coloured pants. His haircut was unusually cut in a semi-mullet style, with shaven sides.
7 November 2012 – Armed Robbery – Liquor Store – Griffith
Published November 12, 2012 | ACT Policing has arrested two teenagers after an aggravated robbery occurred in Griffith yesterday afternoon (November 6).
Around 4.20pm the two teenagers entered Liquor Land on Franklin Street, Griffith and threatened staff with a knife while demanding cash.
Staff members complied with their demands and the two teenagers left the store with a small amount of cash.
The officers who attended the store in response to the aggravated robbery reviewed the CCTV footage and identified the two teenagers.
ACT Policing Criminal Investigations detectives attended a unit on Light Street, Griffith where the teenagers were located. Detectives conducted a search of the unit, locating and seizing a number of evidentiary items.
Detective Superintendent Brett McCann from Criminal Investigations said the quick apprehension of the teenagers was due to attending officers having early access to the CCTV footage.
“The officers who first responded to the incident quickly review the CCTV footage with the assistance of a staff member. The officers identified the two teenagers after they had earlier spoken to them about another matter.
“The good quality CCTV footage along with someone at the store knowing how the CCTV system operates assisting us in identifying the teenagers and taking them into custody.” Detective Superintendent McCann said.
The two teenagers, both from Narrabundah and aged 17 were conveyed to the ACT Watch House and charged with aggravated robbery. They are expected to face the ACT Children’s Court later today.
4 November 2012 – Appeal – Armed Robbery – Monaro Highway – Hume
Published November 5, 2012 | ACT Policing is asking anyone who saw a suspicious man in the Hume area early this morning (Sunday, November 4) to contact Crime Stoppers.
Around 12.25am a man was driving his car Southbound on the Monaro Highway, he had just passed the intersection of the Monaro Highway and Lanyon Drive when a man stepped out from the tree line and flagged him down.
After he pulled his car over to the side of the road the offender allegedly approached the victim’s car and produced a handgun, demanding the man’s wallet.
The offender removed a small sum of cash from the wallet before striking the man in the side of the head twice. At this point the offender stepped away from the car and the victim drove away from the area and contacted police.
The offender is described as African in appearance, 183cm (6’) tall, in his mid-twenties with a skinny build. He was wearing a short sleeved dark shirt with a wave motif and blue jeans.
4 November 2012 – Appeal – Assault – Tavern – Chisholm
Published November 5, 2012 | ACT Policing is calling for witnesses to an alleged assault outside the Chisholm Tavern last Saturday morning to contact police.
Around 12.55am on Saturday, October 28, police were called to Benham St Chisholm after a male was found unconscious at the location.
It is believed the man was involved in an altercation out the front of the Chisholm Tavern earlier that night between the hours of 12am and 1am.
The man is still being treated for serious head injuries at The Canberra Hospital.
29 October 2012 – Armed Robbery – Carpark – Woolies – Mawson
Published November 2, 2012 | ACT Policing is seeking witnesses to an aggravated robbery in Mawson yesterday afternoon (Sunday, October 28).
Around 5pm, a 76-year-old woman was in the car park outside Woolworths Supermarket in Mawson, when two men in a red hatchback have pulled up next to her. A man opened the front passenger door, and attempted to pull the woman’s handbag into the car. A scuffle ensued between the passenger and the woman, before the car sped away, resulting in the woman falling to the ground.
The men stole the woman’s handbag, which contained her wallet and keys, and were last seen driving along Heard Street in Mawson. The woman was taken to The Canberra Hospital for treatment of grazing to her hands and knees.
The male driver of the car is described as having an olive complexion with short dark curly hair and a goatee. The male passenger is described having an olive complexion, aged in his late 20s to early 30s and had an eyebrow piercing.
The car is described as an older model red hatchback, with yellow and black NSW registration plates
25 October 2012 – Armed Robbery – Newsagency – Kaleen
Published October 26, 2012 | ACT Policing is seeking witnesses to an aggravated robbery in Kaleen last night (Wednesday, October 24).
Around 5pm a man entered the Kaleen Newsagency and threatened staff with a firearm, demanding cash.
Staff members complied with his demands and the man left the store running across Georgina Crescent and then onto Staaten Street.
The man is described as Caucasian in appearance and aged between 20-25 years of age. He was wearing tracksuit pants, a grey hooded jumper and large sunglasses.
Detective Acting Superintendent Bob Wynn said staff acted appropriately by complying with the offender’s demands.
“No amount of money or stock is worth the threat to human life,” Acting Superintendent Wynn said.
24 October 2012 – Armed Robbery – BWS Liquor – Callwell
Published October 26, 2012 | ACT Policing has released CCTV images of the man believed responsible for striking a security guard with a bottle while robbing a liquor store in Calwell on Sunday (October 7).
The man entered the BWS Liquor in Calwell around 9pm, took two bottles of liquor from the shelves and left the store.
When the security guard approached the man and asked him to return to pay for the items, the offender attacked the guard, striking him on the head with a full bottle of liquor.
The manager of a nearby store came to the guard’s aid and wrestled with the offender, who managed to escape and flee on foot.
Police attended a short time later and searched the area but were unable to locate the offender.
The man is described as Caucasian, about 180cm (5’11”) tall, with medium to solid build, with brown hair. He was wearing a dark jacket, dark-coloured Canterbury track pants with a thick white stripe down the side, and dark-coloured shoes.
The security guard received a cut to his forehead and was conveyed to The Canberra Hospital for treatment.
