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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Thursday, October 17, 2019        3:02pm  (Ottawa) – The Ottawa Police Service is still seeking public’s assistance in locating missing Peter Prachar, 40 years old, from Ottawa.
His vehicle was located the morning of October 15th in the Prescott-Russell Recreational Trail parking lot, near the intersection of Renaud and Anderson Roads. Police canvassed the area to locate Mr. Prachar, to no avail. 
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Thursday, October 17, 2019    2:10pm  (Ottawa) – The Ottawa Police Robbery Unit charged an Ottawa man involved in two retail store robberies. 
On Saturday, September 21, 2019 at 2:07pm, a lone male entered a business located in the 600 block of Somerset Street West. The suspect produced a hand gun and demanded money from the store employee. The suspect was given an undisclosed amount of money before fleeing from the scene. 
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Thursday, October 17, 2019     12:10pm  (Ottawa) – In June of 2019, the Ottawa Police Service Internet Child Exploitation Unit was notified that an Ottawa resident was suspected of being in possession of Child Pornography. Consequently, an investigation was initiated in order to determine the extent of the offences. 
A search warrant was executed on digital devices belonging to the male revealing images of child pornography.  
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Cst. Andrea Cohen was in the middle of her patrol shift and between calls on September 21, 2019 when she spotted a disabled car on the side of Mann Avenue.
“Two women were outside of the car and they looked lost, so I stopped to see if I could help,” said Cst. Cohen, who has been an Ottawa Police Service officer for 17 years.
One of the women was from Amsterdam and the other was from Toronto. They were visiting their two adult sons in Ottawa when they ran out...
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Tuesday, October 15, 2019         12:45pm (Ottawa) – The Ottawa Police Guns and Gangs Unit is investigating a shooting, which occurred on Saturday, October 12 at 00:12 am in the area of Banff Avenue and Ledbury Avenue. 
Frontline officers responded to several 911 calls about possible shots fired.  No one with injuries was located in the area. A discarded firearm was located and seized, no suspects...
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