Archive for March, 2014
Third man admits home invasion charge
A third man has admitted taking part in a violent home invasion in Linwood last year.
Lost cellphone led to child porn charge
When someone found a lost cellphone containing downloaded child pornography images, they caused maximum damage by texting the pictures to people on the contacts list in the phone.
Counterfeit note charges denied
A Sockburn man is denying charges of using counterfeit $20 banknotes.
Jailed teen gets some judicious advice
A 19-year-old has ended up spending four weeks in custody for some relatively minor offending because he failed – as the judge put it – to “take care of business”.
Home detention for home invasion
A man who carried out an armed burglary because he said he felt “ripped off” by the intended victim has been sentenced to home detention for seven months.
Man jailed for ‘exploitive’ attempt at sex
The family of a brain-injured woman has refused an offer of money from the man who has been jailed for trying to have sex with her.
Cannabis growing venture went up in flames
An Oxford man is sorry and embarrassed about the public humiliation that his cannabis growing efforts have brought for himself and his family.
Career burglar back in jail
A biking burglar who isn’t slowing down at age 59 has been given his 19th jail sentence.
Man denies neck stabbing charge
A man accused of stabbing another man in the neck in an incident in Spreydon last month is denying the charge.
Sex-texting charges dropped
All charges have been dropped against a 36-year-old Taihape man who exchanged sex-texts with girls aged 11 to 13 years.
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