14 March 2009

Police Wrap - 14 March

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1. Loser on the loose:

    ACT Policing is investigating two related aggravated robberies that occurred in Griffith and Narrabundah yesterday afternoon (March 13).

    About 2.20pm a man walked into the Manuka Veterinary Hospital on Flinders Way, Griffith, removed two employee’s handbags from a nearby hook, and ran from the premises.

    One female gave chase and followed the offender into a nearby vehicle, a white Holden Commodore, where a struggle ensued. The female was pushed from the vehicle, which then drove away at speed.

    About 3.05pm a second robbery occurred at the Garden City Motel on Jerrabomberra Avenue, Narrabundah, during which a man entered the grounds of the motel and snatched a handbag from an elderly female.

    The man ran to a nearby white Holden Commodore, and started to drive away before colliding with a nearby pillar. The elderly female managed to retrieve her handbag from the passenger seat whilst the offender attempted to re-start the vehicle, and her elderly male partner took hold of the door in an effort to prevent the vehicle leaving the scene.

    The offender proceeded to drive away, causing the elderly male to suffer minor injuries to his leg. He was treated by ACT Ambulance Service at the scene.

    The Commodore was recovered at nearby Narrabundah High School a short time later after students and a teacher observed a man get out of the vehicle, place some items in a large green bag and run in the direction of Gowrie Court. A number of students attempted to give chase, but were unsuccessful.

    Police have confirmed that the white 1992 Holden Commodore used during the two robberies, bearing NSW plates, was stolen from Acton some time between February 4 and February 25.

    AFP Forensic Services attended all three locations, whilst the Collision Investigation and Reconstruction Team attended the Garden City Motel and assessed the scene of the collision.

    The offender has been described as approximately 5’7” (170cm) tall, between 30 and 40 years of age, with pale skin, a skinny build and a gaunt face with defined cheek bones. He has long brown hair which was pulled back in a pony-tail, and was wearing a baseball cap and a dark blue and burgundy bomber jacket.

2. 130 kmph in a 60 zone is just silly:

    A 19-year-old provisional licence holder has become the latest motorist to be caught as a result of ACT Policing’s aggressive targeting campaign aimed at ensuring the nations capital records a single digit road toll this year.

    Despite police warnings that motorists choosing to drive outside the road rules will be caught, police identified the driver travelling in excess of 70 kilometres over the posted speed limit about 7.50pm last night (March 13) while conducting traffic targeting duties in Griffith.

    The man was caught driving at over 130km/h in a 60km/h zone on Canberra Avenue and will be summonsed to appear in the ACT Magistrates Court on May 7, where he will face fines of up to $2000.

3. Amaroo weed bust:

    ACT Policing has seized seven mature cannabis plants during a search warrant in Amaroo March 12.

    Detectives from the Territory Investigations Group executed the search warrant about 3.15pm, locating the six-foot (approximately 183cm) high plants in the rear yard of the premises.

    A 33-year-old man and a 27-year-old woman, both from Amaroo, will be summonsed to appear in court at a later date, charged with cultivate a controlled plant and supply of prohibited substance.

    Police urge all Canberrans to be on the lookout for any suspicious activity at homes in their neighbourhood that could be related to illegal drug manufacturing.

    Seven mature cannabis plants seized during the search warrant.

    Things to look for include strange odours, blacked-out windows, unusual traffic flow, chemical containers and waste, hoses and pipes for ventilation or water supply and extremely bright indoor lighting visible through drawn blinds or sealed windows.

4. 42″ plasma going cheap:

    ACT Policing has released a forensic facefit of a male offender who was allegedly involved in a burglary at a residence in Bamford Street, Hughes last Thursday (March 5).

    Between midday and 5pm, offenders have forced entry to the premises, stealing a large amount of jewellery, a pair of Chapard designer sunglasses, a Ricoh digital camera and a 42″ Pioneer plasma television.

    The suspected offenders were seen to leave the area in a dark-green coloured Holden VS Commodore sedan.

    The male offender depicted in the facefit is described as Caucasian, aged in his late teens to early 20’s, approximately 5’9” (175cm) tall, with fair complexion, of slim build, wearing a white T-shirt, grey-coloured shorts and white sneakers.

    The second offender is described as Caucasian, aged in his late teens to early 20’s with dark-brown hair.

5. Bad business in Wanniassa:

    ACT Policing is seeking witnesses to an attempted assault on a 19-year-old woman in Wanniassa last night (Thursday, March 12).

    About 10pm, the victim was walking along Wheeler Crescent, Wanniassa when the offender attempted to pull her into some bushes near Spiers Place, Wanniassa.

    About the same time that the incident occurred, an unknown vehicle slowed down and sounded its horn several times before driving past, causing the offender to flee the area.

    The offender is described as approximately 6’4” (193cm) tall, aged in his mid 30’s, with olive complexion, short dark-coloured hair, of slim build, wearing a plain grey T-shirt and grey and black pants.

    Police are looking to identify the driver of the vehicle which sounded its horn.

If you can help police contact Crime Stoppers on 1800 333 000 or www.act.crimestoppers.com.

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No. ALL governement tenants are the same f’wits with an egotistical welfare mentality, whether they are white or black trash, or Deb Foskey.

It seems the Holden Commodore is the vehicle of choice for these offenders. Much like the Ford Transit used to be used for getaways in the UK many years ago. Hectic getaway vehicle.

By all means, let’s get rid of these outdated social experiments, and spread community housing right through Canberra by buying/building flats and houses in every suburb, so that public housing tenants can be absorbed better into the wider community. That way, instead of concentrating all those people with histories of offending/mental health/disability etc in ghettoes where they can all be known by the name of the estate, we can start to call them by the names of their suburbs, e.g pieces of sh_t from Narrabundah/Red Hill/Watson/Forrest/Kingston. In our new world order, millionaires would enjoy the same right as everyone else to have a few AMC graudates as neighbours. You can see it, can’t you?

Is Gowrie Court the one that backs on to the cricket ovals along Captain Cook crescent?

FC said :

123qwe said :

So sick of those pieces of __it at Gowrie Court.

Before one of you do-gooders out there jump on and start to bang on about how the poor down trodden are hard done by stop and think about it. Do you know much, have you seen these folk in action.

After working with the recipients of Government housing for years, I can honestly say there is absolutely zero drive amongst this section of society to gain employment and provide for themself. Yet they will do their upmost to relieve someone else of their hard earned without caring about the effects on the victim.

Time for an uprising.

I think you need to be more specific. Maybe you should say the drug affected/criminal/voilent recipients of Government housing, and it is simply wrong to tarnish all housing tenants with the same brush.

That said, I feel you frustration about enough being enough! But the issue runs a lot deeper than them being housing tenants. the issues are more around abuse, voilence, drug and alcohol addiction, mental health etc etc

It certainly is only a section of Government housing tenants. However I don’t think it is helped that these people are grouped together. It seems to create an insular world where drug addiction and violence are the norm. The Stuart flats are my personal example as relatives of mine have lived near them for over a decade. The WA Court Govt got rid of these types of estates because of just this problem. As you all are probably aware, I’m usually very keen on cheap cheap cheap when it comes to the Government, however I don’t think this is an area where that principle works very well. I am by no means an expert on Government housing though.

Most of the police couldn’t give a sh1t about weed – the problem is at a higher level: the ‘war on drugs’.

Die Lefty Scum10:13 am 16 Mar 09

Breaks my heart to see such lovely hydroponic wasted by police with warped priorities.

123qwe said :

So sick of those pieces of __it at Gowrie Court.

Before one of you do-gooders out there jump on and start to bang on about how the poor down trodden are hard done by stop and think about it. Do you know much, have you seen these folk in action.

After working with the recipients of Government housing for years, I can honestly say there is absolutely zero drive amongst this section of society to gain employment and provide for themself. Yet they will do their upmost to relieve someone else of their hard earned without caring about the effects on the victim.

Time for an uprising.

I think you need to be more specific. Maybe you should say the drug affected/criminal/voilent recipients of Government housing, and it is simply wrong to tarnish all housing tenants with the same brush.

That said, I feel you frustration about enough being enough! But the issue runs a lot deeper than them being housing tenants. the issues are more around abuse, voilence, drug and alcohol addiction, mental health etc etc

Oh noes, illegal marijuana’s.

“The offender has been described as approximately 5’7” (170cm) tall, between 30 and 40 years of age, with pale skin, a skinny build and a gaunt face with defined cheek bones. He has long brown hair which was pulled back in a pony-tail, and was wearing a baseball cap and a dark blue and burgundy bomber jacket”.

If the AFP want to stop my regular bus (route 6) any weekday morning they can take their pick

So sick of those pieces of __it at Gowrie Court.

Before one of you do-gooders out there jump on and start to bang on about how the poor down trodden are hard done by stop and think about it. Do you know much, have you seen these folk in action.

After working with the recipients of Government housing for years, I can honestly say there is absolutely zero drive amongst this section of society to gain employment and provide for themself. Yet they will do their upmost to relieve someone else of their hard earned without caring about the effects on the victim.

Time for an uprising.

Oh, yes! I remember doing 100mph on the motorways in England …. Completely and totally supercalifragilisticexpialidocious!!

PB I prefer a well maintained 3 series BMW repmobile tailing me at 80mph on a uk motorway rather than some 19 yr old cap-wearing cretin in a worn out VP Commodore (insert EB falcon if a Ford fan) with brakepads down to the bare metal because they no longer put cars over the pits every year.

grunge_hippy said :

i didnt know narrabundah had a high school….

i am more concerned about gits stealing tellys cos the firepower deal tanked.

grunge_hippy7:11 pm 14 Mar 09

i didnt know narrabundah had a high school….

R. Slicker said :

When I learned to drive in 1985 we didn’t have P plates in the ACT at all – you went straight from your L’s to your full licence. As far as I’m aware P plates weren’t introduced in the ACT until after self-government.

IIRC, P-plates were introduced around 2000 when the ACT introduced the national road rules, quite a while after we got stuck with self-government.

ant said :

As for the P plater, he was probably looking for someone to tailgate.

When I learned to drive in 1985 we didn’t have P plates in the ACT at all – you went straight from your L’s to your full licence. As far as I’m aware P plates weren’t introduced in the ACT until after self-government.

Suck rocks to teh bag snatcher… both lots of women fought back and tried to get their bags back off him. What a pathetic loser, and good on those ladies!

As for the P plater, he was probably looking for someone to tailgate.

Mustn’t have learned to drive properly, read, use cutlery, etc.

I thought the bagsnatcher driving into the pillar was a nice touch! Very impressed with the heroics of all the women, senior citizens and youth …. Truly deserving of a YouTube re-enactment!!

*guffaw*

Pommy bastard4:01 pm 14 Mar 09

While in no way condoning the actions of this idiot, I have to say 130 isn’t actually all that fast. (Though in a 60 zone it is outrageous.)

I was out on the bike the other day, and (somewhat crapping myself) took it up to 130 in a 110 zone, for a very short period.

I was feeling all brave, bold and smug, until I got home and found out I’d actually been doing, in real money, 80 mph.

Jeebuz! On the motorways back in Blighty I regularly travel between 90 and 100 mph! (144 kmph and 160 kmph)

130 in a 60 zone by a P plater. Gee surprise, surprise. Is there some sort of optical fault whereby P platers see a number on speed limit signs 20 or 30 above the actual number on the sign???

Perhaps they’re all dyslexic and read P as being F1.

$2000 and (hopefully) a suspended licence might drum some form of sense into this moron’s brain.

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