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Northern Advocate
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Paihia
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Public service blogging
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Theft
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Youth crime
Do you know who this woman is?
The Northern Advocate explains:
Police want to hear from anyone who knows the young woman who stole a St John donation box from Opua's general store.
She was captured clearly on CCTV as she entered the shop, snatched the donations box and fled about 5.30pm on Saturday.
Sergeant Peter Masters, of Paihia police, said the offender was one of three young females and one male who had been seen around Opua from about 11am that morning.
''This crime will be solved by someone who recognises the girl. It's quite blatant, the way she reaches in and takes the box,'' he said.
No one in Opua had recognised her so it was thought she was from outside the Bay of Islands, possibly from the Whangarei District.
Mr Masters urged anyone who knew who she was to contact the Paihia station on (09) 402 7130.
Stealing from charities such as St John is a particularly low sort of crime. We reproduce the images of this young woman in the hope that someone will recognise her and let the Paihia police know who she is.
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