Belconnen, ACT, Oct. 28 -- ACT Policing issued the following media release:
A 24-year-old man from Ngunnawal has been charged with attempting to take intimate images without consent, failing to stop for police and possessing stolen property after police executed a search warrant earlier at his residence today.
About 2:30pm on Friday, 3 October (2025), police conducting routine patrols in Gungahlin sighted a man riding an electric scooter without a helmet, while subsequently carrying a second electric scooter.
The man failed to stop when directed to do so and whilst attempting to avoid police he dropped thescooter he was carrying.
A search of Gungahlin and the surrounding suburbs failed to locate the man, but police found the scooter hewas riding in Throsby.Subsequent enquiries identified this scooter had been reported stolen from a home in Gungahlin.
In a separate incident, police obtained CCTV footage from Thursday, 21 October (2025), of the man following two school students into a Gungahlin shopping centre and appearing to take images up their skirts without consent.
About 7:30am this morning (Tuesday, 28 October 2025), police conducted a search warrant at the man's residence in Ngunnawal where the phone allegedly used to take the intimate images, and an alleged stolen safe with its door broken off, were recovered by police.
Police also recovered distinctive jewellery from the man's home and ACT Policing is seeking to reunite the item with its owner. If you believe it is yours and you can provide proof of ownership or you can provide any information in relation to the safe, please contact Crime Stoppers via the Crime Stoppers website, quoting reference 8195316.
The man was subsequently arrested by police and has been charged with failing to stop a motor vehicle for police, attempt intimate observations/visual data and two counts of unlawful possession of stolen property. He is expected to face court today.
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