Eshays replaced by redhot armed gangs as crime rates surge
Once identifiable by a bumbag and sports hoodie, the eshay menace is being replaced by armed youth gangs – who experts say are behind the surge in retail crime.
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Hola amigos! New Mexican restaurant ready to launch
Gather your favourite amigos because there’s something to taco ‘bout in Adelaide, with a Mexican restaurant in a city laneway finally announcing its official opening date.
Outlawed Nazi symbol sprayed on heritage-listed SA wall condemned
A Nazi swastika, outlawed under federal laws, has been removed from a heritage-listed wall behind a popular eastern suburbs supermarket.
Stabbed dad ‘glad to be alive’ after chasing down thieves
A northern suburbs father stabbed in the neck and back after running down would-be car thieves says he would do it again as he is fed up with offenders ‘running wild these days’.
Third teen charged as moment that sparked mayhem emerges
Three teenagers have been arrested and charged as footage of the moment a fight between two groups of teens that sparked mayhem at Westfield Marion emerges.
‘Hexable’: New Age retailer hits back at shoplifters
A retailer in one of the hardest hit SA suburbs for shoplifting has hit out at people with “negative intentions”, issuing a New Age warning.
Desperate shoplifters stealing ‘trolleys full of food’ despite major crackdown
Shoplifting rates amid the state’s cost of living crisis are still sky high with reports brazen thieves are stealing trolleys full of food and threatening the safety of retail staff.
SA’s new drug trend and the impact on our health system
A new free and readily available medicine is helping reduce the deadly consequences of drug overdoses as the financial impact of illicit substance use on public hospitals is revealed.
New hope for family after losing everything
They lost everything except some clothes and a beloved turtle but the community is helping this family get back on their feet.
Police seek two people seen near fatal house fire
Detectives investigating a house fire in which a man died and a woman suffered life-threatening injuries have appealed for two people seen in the area to come forward.
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