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It's been very quiet here this morning - not many up and about just yet - and a police cordon and vehicle remain outside the house.

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But aside from those two the list of suspects stretched long enough to cordon off a soccer field.

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"This defendant didn't move," the prosecutor said, adding an officer then "pushed him away from the officers' cordon, causing him to fall to the ground".

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Police said officers "enforced cordons in the area to prevent a breach of the peace and three arrests were made".

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Police said officers were maintaining a police cordon on Friday evening when a white car reportedly drove towards the officers, on the wrong side of the road.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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