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Hunted man nabbed
By MICHELLE DUFF – Manawatu Standard Wednesday, 19 November 2008
Manawatu Standard
CALL OUT: A man handed himself after police received calls about a man wielding a gun in Palmerston North.
A slug gun-wielding young man sparked an armed police callout in Palmerston North last night before handing himself in at a cordon less than half an hour later.
Police set up a road block stretching between Malden and McGregor streets in Milson Line about 6.
Senior Sergeant Brett Amas, of Palmerston North police, said a call had been received from an address on Milson Line, where the man was involved in a domestic incident.30pm, after it was reported a young man could be on the loose with a slug gun.
But the man then ran out the back entrance of the property, and his family feared he had taken another slug gun with him out onto the street, Mr Amas said.
It appeared the man had produced a slug gun during the argument, which was then wrestled off him by a family member.
"It was removed by a family member, but it was believed he may be in possession of another one. Charges had not yet been laid last night. .
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Festival-goer faces bus theft charge
Wednesday, 19 November 2008
A ToastMartinboroughreveller was left with more than just a hangover after allegedly stealing a bus, only to crash it moments later and fall flat on his face in front of security guards.
Sunday's festivities, which drew 10,000 wine and food lovers, were drawing to a close when the man commandeered a Transit bus at Martinborough Square after its driver got off to talk to a supervisor, police said.
With six people still on the bus, the man jumped into the driver's seat and took off, Sergeant Caroline Watson said.
The bus hit a traffic bollard, ripping it from its foundations.
The bus was driven around Martinborough Square, but the man at the wheel – who was said to have drunk his fair share of the 12,666 bottles of wine swilled that day – failed to take a corner.
The driver then allegedly tried to run but tripped and fell, directly in front of a passing car of security guards. The man continued driving along Kitchener St before ramming a bus-stop sign, Ms Watson said. .
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Man charged with abandoning baby on Rotorua street
Saturday, 06 September 2008
A man will appear in court next week after allegedly abandoning a baby in Rotorua.
The Rotorua Daily Post reported the six-month-old boy was left in his pram on a city street about 1.
Acting Sergeant Steve Allpress said a member of the public found him, safe and well, with a bottle of milk and nappies in the pram.30pm on Thursday.
Mr Allpress said witnesses described the man's behaviour as distressed.
Mr Allpress said a man in his 30s was seen pushing the pram up Clayton Road before turning into Brookland Rd, then sitting on a fence before getting up and walking away, leaving the pram on a footpath.
A man charged with abandoning a child under six will appear in the Rotorua District Court next Thursday.
The baby and two other children, aged seven and eight, had been put into the care of Child, Youth and Family.