Belconnen, ACT, Oct. 7 -- ACT Policing issued the following media release:
A 28-year-old man who resides in Ngunnawal will face court today charged with multiple property offences following four separate incidents of theft.
About 8:30am on Wednesday, 6 August (2025), a handbag containing a wallet had allegedly been stolen from a vehicle that was parked near a residence in Ngunnawal.
The owner's bank card was allegedly used by the man at a petrol station in Casey. The man also allegedly attempted to pay for a taxi which failed.
In a separate incident on Wednesday 27 August (2025), the man allegedly met up with a person who was selling an iPhone Pro Max. The seller was allegedly shown a fake screenshot of the bank transfer before he left with the mobile phone.
In a third incident on Sunday 31 August (2025), the man allegedly attended an address in NSW to purchase a yellow Suzuki motorbike. The man provided the seller a wallet in security to test drive the motor bike.
A short time later, the seller looked at the ACT driver's licence in the wallet and realised that the pictured man did not match the buyer and determined his bike had been stolen.
In a fourth incident on Saturday 20 September (2025), the man organised to meet a person was selling an electric scooter. The offender took the scooter for a test ride but never returned to pay for the item. The seller contacted the man who provided a fake screenshot of the bank transfer and never received any money.
Following enquiries into the theft incidents, police executed a search warrant at the man's residence in Ngunnawal on Tuesday, 23 September 2025. The man was not present at this time.
During the search warrant police located stolen identification cards and the missing Suzuki motor bike and electric scooter.
Yesterday (Monday, 6 October 2025), police located the man at his residence in Ngunnawal and subsequently arrested him for the alleged offences.
The man has been charged with obtaining property by deception, two counts of theft, ride/drive motor vehicle without consent and unlawfully possess stolen property. He is expected to face the ACT Magistrates Court today (Tuesday, 7 October 2025).
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