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[Link] Man arrested after allegedly throwing keg through restaurant window and punching police

Read: 3/3/2022 www.abc.net.au

Officers turned up to the Original Pancake Kitchen in Gilbert Place about 3am after reports a man had smashed the front window of the restaurant with a keg, causing significant damage. Pieces of glass hit customers inside the restaurant but none of them was injured.

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[Link] Half of $4m Rundle Mall management budget spent on office, salaries

Read: 6/2/2022 indaily.com.au

The review, undertaken by consultant KPMG, found that of the $4.33 million that was spent by Rundle Mall management last financial year, $2.03 million covered administration costs – up from $1.83 million the year before.

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[Link] Five arrested after shots fired while cars 'chased each other' in peak-hour Adelaide traffic

Read: 23/1/2022 www.abc.net.au

Four men and a woman have been arrested over several incidents in Adelaide's north in which shots were fired, including between cars. Firearms including a gel blaster were seized by police, who believe the incidents are linked.

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[Link] 'He has been significantly punished': Prison escape lands man in solitary confinement for a year, court hears

Read: 30/11/2021 www.abc.net.au

Jason Gregory Burdon has pleaded guilty to escaping from the maximum security prison's kitchen area in December last year, using items of clothing as a rope to climb out of a metal louvre window.

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[Link] 'Implausible' that father tripped and fell on daughter while sweeping floor

Read: 23/11/2021 www.abc.net.au

An Adelaide man has been found guilty of recklessly causing harm to his newborn baby by violently shaking her. WARNING: This story contains graphic content that readers may find distressing.

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[Link] The weight of a nation's relief hangs heavily on Cleo and her family

Read: 7/11/2021 www.abc.net.au

The one anxiously peering from the gate as your child freewheels away on their bike, just as they should. You remind yourself of the entire days you spent as a child away from your home, so far from your parents' view.

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[Link] Ex-Labor staffer accused of child sex offences claims to have 'no interest in children'

Read: 4/11/2021 www.abc.net.au

Benjamin John Waters pleaded guilty to accessing and transmitting child abuse material using a carriage service in January 2021, as well as two counts of possessing child exploitation material in March 2021, including images and videos of children under the age of 14.

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[Link] Alleged stalker arrested and charged over sexual assaults

Read: 4/11/2021 www.abc.net.au

SA Police have arrested a 35-year-old man and charged him with seven counts of stalking as well as rape and unlawful sexual intercourse. It is alleged the crimes occurred across the Adelaide metro area and that, on most occasions, he approached and met victims through online platforms.

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[Link] Adelaide paedophile to plead guilty to 142 more offences

Read: 19/10/2021 www.abc.net.au

The lawyer for an HIV-positive paedophile who talked about infecting children with the virus has told an Adelaide court his client will admit to committing almost 180 child exploitation crimes.

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[Link] Elderly driver hit with hammer in 'disgraceful' attack while giving a lift to stranger

Read: 12/10/2021 www.abc.net.au

South Australian police are investigating an assault in which an elderly driver was hit in the head with a hammer while he gave a lift to another man, who then stole his car.

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[Link] Police officer's stalker possessed explosives in 'misguided' belief they were valuable, court told

Read: 6/10/2021 www.abc.net.au

Oswald Bruggemans, 65, has pleaded guilty to stalking a police officer at Victor Harbor in February.

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[Link] Three charged for allegedly trying to shoot drugs into SA prison by bow and arrow

Read: 8/9/2021 www.abc.net.au

Three people have been arrested for allegedly trying to use a bow and arrow to shoot drugs into the Port Augusta Prison. Late yesterday afternoon, police were called when three people were seen in a car acting suspiciously behind the jail.

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[Link] Man who stabbed nurse at Adelaide hospital to spend another 10 months in mental health facility

Read: 27/8/2021 www.abc.net.au

Trent Jason Miller was arrested in June 2019, and charged with causing serious harm to the Lyell McEwin Hospital nurse. He was found not guilty of harm, due to mental incompetence, earlier this year.

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[Link] Adelaide man charged with extra offences after counter-terrorism investigation

Read: 26/8/2021 www.abc.net.au

An Adelaide man has been charged with additional offences as a result of a joint counter-terrorism investigation. The 33-year-old man was arrested in April and charged with three offences over the alleged possession of an explosive device.

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[Link] NSW man who escaped SA hotel quarantine to go to pub sentenced to 14 days in prison

Read: 25/8/2021 www.abc.net.au

Paul McElhinney, 33, pleaded guilty in the Adelaide Magistrates Court to failing to comply with a COVID-19 direction. McElhinney, who lives in Sydney, was quarantining at the Hotel Grand Chancellor in Adelaide's CBD after returning from his father's funeral in Scotland.

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[Link] Sleeping man dragged from car by masked attackers and assaulted in Adelaide's north

Read: 22/8/2021 www.abc.net.au

Police said the man was asleep in his green VY Commodore on Jessie Road at Paralowie in Adelaide's north when he was dragged from his car and assaulted by the masked attackers about 4:30am. The two men then allegedly stole the car and sped off.

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[Link] Woman stands trial accused of deceiving company of millions of dollars to benefit customer — but prosecutors 'can't say' why

Read: 22/8/2021 www.abc.net.au

An Adelaide Court has heard prosecutors don't know why a former Adelaide Brighton Cement manager allegedly deceived her company of millions of dollars to benefit one of its biggest customers.

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[Link] Adelaide man arrested for allegedly stalking woman he met on dating app

Read: 11/8/2021 www.abc.net.au

A man from Adelaide's northern suburbs has been arrested for stalking offences after a victim he met on a dating app contacted police fearing for her safety. Detectives went to the man's Andrews Farm address on Tuesday and found evidence including mail in different women's names.

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[Link] Woman hands herself in over theft of electric wheelchair from Adelaide home

Read: 3/8/2021 www.abc.net.au

The electric wheelchair was returned to its owner over the weekend after being found dumped at Cowandilla, around a kilometre from where it was stolen, about 12:30am on Saturday.

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