Latest news: Recidivist offender

Attorney-General Shane Rattenbury says the ACT is on track to reduce recidivism by 25 per cent by 2025 - but Inspector Richardson disagrees.

A 17-year-old boy from the Tuggeranong region who was subject to a good behaviour order and also on bail will face the ACT Children’s Court today (Saturday, 7 October 2023) in relation to an aggravated robbery in Isabella Plains.  

Three teenagers have been arrested after a series of burglaries, payWave offences and dangerous driving behaviours throughout Canberra.  

A 40-year-old man on parole for previous offences will face the ACT Magistrates Court today, 31 July, following his arrest during search warrant activity in Moncrieff over the weekend.  

A 43-year-old Duffy man will face the ACT Magistrates Court this morning charged with multiple offences, after burglaries in the Woden Town Centre and Weston Creek. 

Officers from ACT Policing’s Operation TORIC have arrested eight teenage boys – the youngest aged 13 – for a range of motor vehicle offences in the past 24 hours.

ACT Policing officers working within Operation TORIC arrested five recidivist offenders yesterday, Wednesday 21 September, bringing the total apprehensions so far from the 7-week operation to 49. 

A man was arrested for unlicenced drug driving, the same day he signed a bail undertaking with the conditions to not drive a motor vehicle.

ACT Policing's Operation Toric will target recidivist offenders to stop Canberra's high rate of motor vehicle thefts.