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Armed robbery charges, Dutton Park
Police have charged a man after the alleged armed robbery and theft of a motor vehicle in Dutton Park yesterday.
It will be alleged just after 4am a man armed with a firearm tapped on a window of a red Holden Commodore station wagon parked on TJ Doyle Memorial Drive where a 54-year-old man was sleeping in the backseat.
The man made demands for the car and keys. The 54-year-old complied and was not injured.
The man drove off in the vehicle south towards Fairfield Park.
Around 2pm police observed a man driving the stolen vehicle in Villa Street at Yeronga. The man exited the vehicle and fled on foot.
Officers engaged in a short foot pursuit which resulted in the man being arrested without incident at nearby railway tracks.
A 31-year-old…
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