http://securitychristchurch.co.nz Thu, 13 Aug 2009 16:28:38 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Kapiti and Masterton Police have arrested a man in connection to a number of burglaries committed in Kapiti, Pukerua Bay and Masterton areas over the last two months. Handbags and wallets were mainly targeted, giving the offender access to cash and bank cards, which were used at ATM machines to withdraw ... http://securitychristchurch.co.nz/police-make-arrest-of-handbag-burglar/ At present, our justice system does not distinguish between the two types of offenders: victims of ongoing abuse who use responsive violence; and perpetrators of sustained and intentional abuse. Imagine being arrested for trying to protect yourself or a child from assault. Would you ever risk calling for help in the ... http://securitychristchurch.co.nz/gender-matters-in-domestic-violence-crime/ A young woman staying at a city backpackers was attacked last night as she returned to her lodgings. About 10pm the twenty year old was walking down Gloucester Street between Stanmore Road and Fitzgerald Ave when she noticed a male outside an address close to where she was heading. As she ... http://securitychristchurch.co.nz/young-woman-attacked/ Cambridge Police are seeking a man following the attempted robbery of a bank in the town this morning. Sergeant Gordon Grantham said the incident happened about 9.30am when a man walked into the Westpac Bank on Victoria St. "He's walked up to a teller and presented a note demanding money. When the ... http://securitychristchurch.co.nz/attempted-robbery-of-a-cambridge-bank/ North Shore CIB have arrested two men aged 19 and 27 after recent robberies at two banks in suburban Birkenhead and Glenfield. The men are appearing separately in the Whangarei and North Shore District Courts today for the robbery of the ANZ Bank in Glenfield on 3 June 2009, and the ... http://securitychristchurch.co.nz/two-bank-robbers-arrested/ At 3.00am on Saturday 20 June 2009, 3 masked males armed with a pistol, knife and tyre iron, robbed staff and patrons at the Bedrock Bar situated at 291 Lincoln Road, Addington. Just as the bar had closed the robbers confronted a patron and a two staff members outside the rear ... http://securitychristchurch.co.nz/robbery-in-canterbury-district-420pm/ Hamilton Police investigating the discovery of a man's body in a car found abandoned in the city arrested two people for murder overnight. The dead man has been identified as Piki KINGI, a 38-year-old Hamilton man Police had been searching for since receiving reports last Friday of an alleged serious assault ... http://securitychristchurch.co.nz/arrests-made-in-hamilton-murder/ Hamilton Police are seeking the public's help in identifying a man who tried to rob a City late yesterday afternoon. And they are warning people to play it safe if confronted by a robber, not take steps that may aggravate the situation. Detective Mark Watt of the Hamilton CIB said a man ... http://securitychristchurch.co.nz/hamilton-police-search-for-armed-robber/ Waikato Police are investigating links between an assault that took place at a Hamilton home earlier in the week and the disappearance of a City man. Inquiry head, Detective Senior Sergeant Chris Page, of the Hamilton CIB said Police went to a Cobham Dr address on Friday after receiving information something ... http://securitychristchurch.co.nz/missing-hamilton-man-named/ A visiting South African rugby team must have felt they were on a hiding to nothing after first losing their match against the Chiefs and then having their hotel rooms burgled but some fast work by Hamilton Police saw the final whistle blown on the thief. Several rooms occupied by ... http://securitychristchurch.co.nz/final-whistle-blown-on-rugby-teams-burglar/