Innocent mum’s brutal murder linked to organised crime
Police have landed on a likely motive for a woman's brutal kidnapping and murder that also left her young son with life changing head injuries.
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A 39-year-old woman has lost her licence for 90 days after blowing seven times over the legal alcohol limit at the weekend.
A 20-year-old Isaacs man has been charged with drug driving after allegedly colliding with a motorcyclist on Thursday night and fleeing the scene.
A group of men are on the run after a woman and her eight-year-old son were assaulted in their home before she was kidnapped and found dead in a burnt-out car.
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Man charged with four years of family violence
A 26-year-old man has been charged with committing acts of family violence against his partner over four years, including one incident where he allegedly strangled her while she was holding an infant.
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Savage kidnapping leaves mother dead and child in coma
Police are investigating a kidnapping in Sydney's southwest that has left a woman dead and an eight-year-old boy in hospital with head injuries.
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ACT swimmer dies at south coast beach
A man believed to be from the ACT has died after being pulled unresponsive from the surf at Gannet Beach at Bawley Point on the south coast.
Two drivers have been caught in separate morning RBT operations this week.
A 19-year-old woman has been charged with speeding on the Hume Highway three times on the same day.
"Misguided" is how police describe a teacher turning up to school last week with a copied handgun to demonstrate the capabilities of 3D printing technology.
Four teens aged between 14 and 15 have been charged overnight in relation to stolen vehicles in Weetangera and Nicholls. Three of them were on bail for previous similar offences.
An 85-year-old Sydney man has become the ACT's third road fatality for 2025 following a collision in Watson last month.
A teenage boy has been accused of having an unauthorised weapon after a nine-year-old was killed when he was accidentally shot in the neck.
Explosives, drugs and ammunition were found by police during a vehicle search in Wanniassa on Sunday.
On Friday, a 42-year-old Charnwood man on a good-behaviour order, was granted bail for alleged driving offences committed in 2024. He was arrested again that night.
A 44-year-old man was taken to hospital with facial injuries following an assault in Watson on Monday afternoon.
Police want to identify this man, who allegedly committed an indecent act in a changeroom of a retail store at the Fyshwick Outlet Centre last week.
A 28-year-old man is facing the ACT Magistrates Court after allegedly strangling his wife multiple times on Wednesday morning.
Three vehicles were stolen in separate incidents from north Canberra suburbs last week.
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