Jacob Blake sentenced for Christchurch van thefts and drug‑fuelled crime spree
The man leapt into the passenger seat and tried to stop him from driving off. But Blake drove…
Serial fraudster, thief and boat burglar Bradley Croft clocks up $466k in offending
As for his spate of boat damages and thefts around Porirua and Lower Hutt between September and November…
Nelson meat thief Daniel Perring hid bacon down pants and two legs of lamb in a backpack
The 29-year-old suffered a “significant workplace injury” when he was 16, from where many of his troubles had…
Car swiped from Auckland’s K’Rd while driver collects food order, 41-year-old woman charged
Two people inside the car were taken into custody. Turner said a 41-year-old woman was due to appear…
Judge jails serial thief Tessa Heta after nine-month crime spree across Nelson-Tasman
The 36-year-old was sentenced in the Nelson District Court this week to just over a year in prison…
Chinese man jailed for breaking into woman’s home, drawing her blood for ‘stress relief’
A Chinese man who broke into a woman’s home, sedated her and drew her blood has claimed he…
Hawke’s Bay: Police say car thief undone by his ‘horrendous driving’, crashing into ‘numerous’ other vehicles
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