Taranaki Crime

New Plymouth — New Plymouth police are investigating a suspicious fire that destroyed St Philomena's Catholic Church, on Brooklands Rd, which began at around 2.50pm yesterday.

By NP Linked Taranaki
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New Plymouth — A man who has a like for sugary items is trying to be found by New Plymouth police, Izzy's Foodbar and Takeaway on Devon Street West was smashed open at 1.30am on January 3.

By NP Linked Taranaki
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New Plymouth — Investigations have been heavy in New Plymouth after a shooting where police killed offender Adam Morehu in New Plymouth early on Saturday.

By Dribble NZ News Now
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New Plymouth — The man shot by Police following a burglary at the New Plymouth Golf Club this morning can now be named as Adam Te Rata Charles Morehu, aged 33, from the New Plymouth area.

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New Plymouth — One person has been shot dead during an Armed Offenders Squad this morning.

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New Plymouth — At approximately 1.15am this morning there was an armed robbery involving a firearm at the Treehouse, a licensed bar in Devon Street West New Plymouth.

By New Zealand Police
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New Plymouth — At 2:30 pm on Saturday 20 October a 45 year old woman was found in the back seat of a purple Holden Commodore near a place known as Meeting of the Waters, south of New Plymouth.

By New Zealand Police
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New Plymouth — Police have launched a homicide enquiry after a body was found in the back seat of a vehicle at 2.30pm today.

By New Zealand Police
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Taranaki — A 13-year-old boy has been arrested and charged with the murder of his caregiver near rural Okoki in northern Taranaki.

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New Plymouth — New Plymouth Police say a man is now in their custody following an armed callout to an Okato, Taranaki, address, early this afternoon.

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Taranaki — Police are releasing images of two men suspected of being involved in an attempted kidnapping on Saturday in Uruti.

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Taranaki — A man on the run following a series of offending with firearms in the King Country over the past three nights has been captured by Police without incident.

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New Plymouth — Vandals have caused more damage on the extension of New Plymouth’s Coastal Walkway.

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New Plymouth — Business owners in Taranaki are advised to be on the look-out for scammers selling grossly over-priced fire extinguishers.

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Taranaki —   An elderly woman is in hospital this morning following a home invasion during which she was physically and sexually assaulted.

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Hawera — Detectives investigating the rape of a 22-year-old woman on Christmas Day in Hawera have charged two men.

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New Plymouth — A man found dead early yesterday (Sunday, 16 November) in a house in Squire Place, New Plymouth has been identified as Peri Niwa, a 31-year-old local man.

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New Plymouth — Police in New Plymouth were called just after midnight this morning (Sunday, 16 November) to a house in the Blagdon area of New Plymouth.

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New Plymouth — New Plymouth police are currently looking for a red ute with three stolen motor bikes in the rear after a burglary to the Yamaha dealership was broken into in leach Street New Plymouth this morning.

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New Plymouth — New Plymouth Police are investigating a sexual violation complaint which occurred in the early hours of 1 January 2007 in the Fitzroy Golf Club area.

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New Plymouth — At 6.05 pm Sunday 2nd September a male wearing dark glasses and a beanie and carrying a weapon robbed a pharmacy in Egmont St New Plymouth.

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