Mixed week for police

How the last week panned out for Te Awamutu Police

Ryan Fleming

Monday

A male was arrested at a family harm incident, police recovered a stolen motor vehicle, attended four family harm incidents, a sudden death and attended a motor vehicle collision. Police investigated a threating behaviour incident and trespassed a female from a residential address

Tuesday

Two males were trespassed from Tokanui Hospital grounds, police attended two family harm incidents, received a driving complaint, forbid a male from driving until he obtains a drivers licence and attended a burglary. Police located cannabis during a search, attended a road rage incident and a learner driver crashed his vehicle on Fairview Road.

Wednesday

Police attended two family harm incidents, received cannabis located at a home by a caregiver and arrested a male for breaching bail. A child was taken during a family harm and reported missing.

Thursday

Police attended a suspicious incident on a farm, received a fraud complaint, attended three family harm incidents and received a report of trespass. A vehicle was stolen from an address in Te Awamutu.

Friday

A vehicle was stolen from a residential address, police attended three family harm incidents, a male stole a box of alcohol from a licenced premises. The same male then went to a second bottle store and stole again. Police stopped a vehicle due to a driving complaint and located methamphetamine, cannabis and utensils for consumption and a male was arrested for breaching bail.

Saturday

Police attended a burglary, a youth was found to be driving over the limit for alcohol, a vehicle was broken into at Pukeatua, a vehicle was tampered with at a residential address in Te Awamutu and police attended a family harm incident.

Sunday

Police attended a violent family harm incident, a female was found to be driving with excess breath alcohol for the seventh time, a male assaulted his partner and breached his bail at a family harm incident, police attended four family harm incidents and received reports of boy racer activity.

Ryan Fleming outside Te Awamutu Police Station.

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