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Man charged with stealing a child on the Sunshine Coast
ABC NEWS (Australia)
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12/20/2024
A man has been charged with the abduction of a child in Queensland.
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A court has heard how a man accused of stealing a child on the Sunshine Coast is also accused
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of threatening police.
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Authorities released an AMBER alert after an 8-year-old girl was taken from a facility
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in Maroochydore, not far from where we're standing, earlier yesterday.
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She was found safe more than 7 hours later and 40km away at Iwavale.
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A 44-year-old Koolum man has been charged with child stealing and trespass offences.
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Police say the man and child are known to each other.
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Magistrate Rodney Madsen refused the man's bail request, saying he was allegedly caught
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on CCTV taking the child and later making threats towards police.
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He also told the court police had to negotiate with the man before the child was released.
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The 44-year-old is due to return to Maroochydore Magistrate's Court in March next year.
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For more information visit www.fema.gov
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