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- Woman assaults demonstrator at Vilnius rally: victim transported to hospital
- Drink-driving and violence in Marijampolė district: four incidents
- Domestic violence in Kelmė district: one man detained, two cases under investigation
- Prosecutors withdraw demand: LRT journalist's source need not be disclosed
- Investment fraudsters defrauded resident of Anykščiai and Klaipėda resident of 74.7 thousand euros
- "Telia" and police offer seniors a guide to guard against phone scams
- Series of crimes within a day: break-in, man injured with knife and suspected murder in Panevėžys
- Tauragė woman had 15 firearms confiscated – one is missing, investigation launched
- Tauragė woman loses 15 firearms following domestic violence incident – one weapon missing
- Sinkevičius: politicians should not decide on Church investigation into sexual crimes
- 40-year-old woman shot at farmstead in Zarasai district – suspect remanded in custody for three months
- Kupiskis police warn: "WhatsApp" and "Messenger" fraudsters targeting bank accounts
- "Receipts" case: seven municipal politicians charged with fraud
- Nationalist march attacked at Vilnius Cathedral Square: two detained
- Kaunas police recorded violence, thefts and drugs over the weekend
- Constitutional Court allowed paedophiles to seek early release: politicians demand stronger child protection
- Nationalist march participants attacked at Vilnius Cathedral Square: two detained
- Woman attacked with knife and attempted rape in Alytus park – suspect detained
- Panevėžys police open two assault investigations within an hour on Marionų Street
- Telephone fraudsters force Lithuanians to sell property and extort money: 17 investigations
- Telephone fraudsters force elderly people to sell property and hand over money
- Kaunas police search for missing Vida Ladienė from Kaiščiadoriai
- Fatal crash in Šiauliai, skull found in Vilnius and €23m "Foxpay" case
- Širvintai police shut down four illegal tobacco and alcohol sales outlets in one week
- Vilnius theft: man disguised as woman deceived his way into flat and stole €3,000
- Vilnius police seek help identifying suspect dressed as woman in €3,000 theft from pensioner's flat
- Civil claims against eight Alytaus and Lazdijai politicians for more than 50,000 euros
- Drug operation in Alytus: three men detained, approximately 4 kg of substances seized
- Širvintai police shut down four illegal trading points in a week: over 1,550 cigarette packets confiscated
- Violence in Vilnius: police seek participant in Geležinkelio Street incident
- Car burns in Elektrėnai municipality, suspected arson
- Two men detained in Jonava over shooting in Šiauliai
- Former Klaipėda police officer charged with possession of large drug supplies
- Jurbarko district police detain drug dealer with hundreds of grammes of prohibited substances found in possession
- Video of attack on minor circulates on social media in Marijampolė
- Marijampolė Mayor P. Isoda to Lose Mandate Over Falsified Expense Documents
- Brutal assault on young man recorded in Klaipėda old town in early morning
- Man arrested in Panevėžys on suspicion of unlawful drugs trafficking
- Man arrested in Anykščiai after synthetic substances found in his possession
- Woman in Vilnius defrauded of €10,000 – police seek identification of young man in photograph
- Man arrested for assault in Krakiai seniūnija – medical assistance required
- Scepticism expressed over Skvernelis's parliamentary aspirations as he is ordered to wear electronic ankle monitor
- Skvernelis's electronic ankle monitor began signalling in parliament – police explained technical reasons
- Court orders Lithuania to pay damages for secret detention
- Over 40,000 euros defrauded in single day: three fraud cases in Lithuania
- Man who drove truck mysteriously disappears in Kretingalė, police seek witnesses
- Man assaults two women in public place in Kaunas
- Police seek convicted criminal Žilvinas Vaitkus in Šiauliai
- Court keeps Šarūnas Stepukonis in custody for a further two and a half months
- Violence against minor recorded in Vilnius – investigation launched
- Violence against child in Vilnius district – investigation launched
- Well-known Lithuanian doctor detained in emergency medical technician murder case
- Intoxicated man assaulted woman in Kėdainiai district, police attended
- Drunk man commits assault against woman in Jonava
- Fraudsters deceive two women and steal over €16,000: one lured by investment scheme, other by parcel message
- Saulius Skvernelis's Property Frozen in Palanga During Corruption Investigation
- General Prosecutor's Office seizes S. Skvernelis's flat in Palanga
- Police: fraudsters are growing more sophisticated – mimicking familiar voices and creating fake websites
- Valuable art photograph stolen from museum in Vilnius, police seek suspect
- Kaunas police seek man suspected of shop theft