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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Friday, April 19, 2019    5:01pm (Ottawa) - The Ottawa Police Robbery unit is seeking the public’s assistance with identifying a male involved in a robbery of a financial institution in the 1200 block of Wellington Street West.
On April 4, 2019, at approximately 17:40, the lone male entered a financial institution, approached the counter and demand money. The male said he had a gun but none was seen. 
The suspect is described...
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: April 19, 2019 3:17 p.m.
(Ottawa)— Frontline officers arrested a man and seized a gun near the zero to 100 block of Daly Ave. early this morning. Officers were called to the scene at about 1:30 a.m. after reports that two men with a "large" gun were seen in the area. Several officers attended the area and were able to locate one man who was arrested without incident. A search of a vehicle resulted in the discovery of a rifle, three magazines...
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Friday, April 19, 2019       2:42pm (Ottawa) –The Ottawa Police Service Human Trafficking Unit has charged Juteah Preston DOWNEY, with various human trafficking charges stemming from a lengthy investigation. Survivors in this matter came forward in May 2018 to the Ottawa Police Human Trafficking Unit. Information was acquired and corroborated by investigators and a subsequent investigation was commenced. Further survivors were...
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Thursday, April 18th, 2019     10:37 p.m. (Ottawa) – An Ottawa man is wanted by the Ottawa Police Service Central Criminal Investigations Unit in relation to several incidents from recent days. Kevin NIERENHAUSEN, 53 years old, of Ottawa is wanted in relation to the following charges:
Uttering Threats x2
He is also has outstanding arrest warrants in two other jurisdictions for:
Uttering Threats x7
Assault...
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Thursday, April 18, 2019    2:55pm (Ottawa) – The Ottawa Police Service Break and Enters section charged a Gatineau man in relation to several break-ins incidents over the past few months. 
Between late 2018 and April 2019, numerous break and enters and a robbery occurred in the suburban areas in Barrhaven, Orleans and Kanata. Investigative leads in this case were generated through numerous home security videos that investigators...
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