5 April 2012

Scullin shops rolled

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ACT Policing is seeking witnesses to an aggravated robbery that occurred at the 5-Star Supermarket, Scullin Place, Scullin yesterday (Wednesday, April 4) evening.

About 7.55pm, a man armed with a knife entered the supermarket and demanded cash while threatening the cashier.

The cashier complied with the demand and gave the man a sum of cash which was placed into a small cooler bag. The man fled the store and was last seen running towards Keith Street.

The man is described as Caucasian, 5’6” (168cm) in height and believed to be between 30 and 40 years of age. At the time he was wearing a dark coloured jumper and tracksuit pants and had a stocking covering his face.

Anyone who may have seen a man matching the description around the Scullin Shops at the time, or may have information which could assist police with the investigation is urged to contact Crime Stoppers on 1800 333 000, or via the Crime Stoppers website on www.act.crimestoppers.com.au. Information can be provided anonymously.

[Courtesy ACT Policing]

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Tetranitrate11:07 pm 05 Apr 12

Jethro said :

stirred408 said :

What’s wrong with Southern Cross Primary School?

Was going to say the same thing.

I’m not sure what Southern Cross being changed into an early childhood school has to do with crime rates in the suburb.

errr I meant in regard to foot traffic and business for the shops. Kids buying hot chips after school was pretty common, at least when I was 11-12. The early childhood school would IMO have less of that, that’s all.
I wasn’t in any way shape or form trying to suggest that it caused crime.

stirred408 said :

What’s wrong with the houses close to Florey?

There’s a specific street in that direction that’s pretty much 100% ACT housing, and I was talking about that street in particular.

Captain RAAF said :

Brindabella said :

They should nuke the entire site from orbit….it’s the only way to be sure.

Close, but I think you need to nuke everything around Belco and Gungers to be really sure!

Northside, flying the flag for crime again I see!

You truely are an idiot mate

Captain RAAF8:26 pm 05 Apr 12

Brindabella said :

They should nuke the entire site from orbit….it’s the only way to be sure.

Close, but I think you need to nuke everything around Belco and Gungers to be really sure!

Northside, flying the flag for crime again I see!

stirred408 said :

What’s wrong with Southern Cross Primary School?

Was going to say the same thing.

I’m not sure what Southern Cross being changed into an early childhood school has to do with crime rates in the suburb.

What’s wrong with Southern Cross Primary School?
What’s wrong with the houses close to Florey?

Tetranitrate4:34 pm 05 Apr 12

shirty_bear said :

Brindabella said :

They should nuke the entire site from orbit….it’s the only way to be sure.

Would agree if they could keep the blast/fallout radius down to 150m or so :-\

The “cashier” would have had more $$ in their pocket than in the till … this “supermarket” reportedly abandoned any pretence to being a retail outlet some time ago. Our household has a blanket ban on ever darkening their doorway, as do our neighbours. The sooner the plod tire of visiting the flats in the area and instead attack the heart of the problem, the better.

Perhaps you know something I don’t, but I’d have thought that the flats ARE the heart of the problem.
The whole shopping center suffers an absurd amount of shoplifting and other crime given the location, and the proximity of the scum flats helps reduce what little foot traffic they might otherwise get.
Doesn’t help that Scullin/Southern-Cross is no longer a normal primary school either of course.

In general Scullin is a pretty nice, quiet suburb, but the pockets of public housing near the shops (in the past year or so we’ve had stabbings, the cat ‘incident’ and now this, plus god knows what that didn’t make it into media releases) and to a lesser extent the street full of it further down the hill toward Florey introduce a terrible, disruptive, violent, criminal element into what would otherwise be a very nice suburb.

Brindabella said :

They should nuke the entire site from orbit….it’s the only way to be sure.

Would agree if they could keep the blast/fallout radius down to 150m or so :-\

The “cashier” would have had more $$ in their pocket than in the till … this “supermarket” reportedly abandoned any pretence to being a retail outlet some time ago. Our household has a blanket ban on ever darkening their doorway, as do our neighbours. The sooner the plod tire of visiting the flats in the area and instead attack the heart of the problem, the better.

They should nuke the entire site from orbit….it’s the only way to be sure.

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