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Subscriber only It s every parent s nightmare, but police have praised the quick thinking and brave actions of a young girl after it is alleged she was approached by a man at a Northern Rivers shopping centre on Thursday. Richmond Police District Crime Manager Bernadette Ingram said officers were impressed by the girl s intelligent response when she was allegedly approached by the man. At 8.15am the 14-year-old girl was at Lismore Square inside the shopping centre, on her own, when she was approached by a man who followed her, she said. The girl called her mother who came and picked her up from the square and took her daughter straight to the police station.
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Subscriber only It s every parent s nightmare, but police have praised the quick thinking and brave actions of a young girl after it is alleged she was approached by a man at a Northern Rivers shopping centre on Thursday. Richmond Police District Crime Manager Bernadette Ingram said officers were impressed by the girl s intelligent response when she was allegedly approached by the man. At 8.15am the 14-year-old girl was at Lismore Square inside the shopping centre, on her own, when she was approached by a man who followed her, she said. The girl called her mother who came and picked her up from the square and took her daughter straight to the police station.
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Subscriber only OFFICERS had a busy time over New Year s Eve in the Richmond Police District with 17 arrests for crimes ranging from serious drug offences through to intoxicated youths and the theft of a McDonalds delivery vehicle. In the early hours of January 1, police were also investigating the matter of a stolen McDonalds delivery vehicle, said Acting Inspector Bernadette Ingram. The driver was delivering food to an address in Union St, South Lismore, around 4.20am today and the driver exited the vehicle to deliver the food when the incident occurred, she said. A caucasian man in his late 20s wearing blue and white striped shirt and baggy pants allegedly jumped in and stole the vehicle.