Police are appealing for public assistance following an attempted home invasion in Weston at the weekend. About 3.35am on Sunday (16 August 2020), five people – four men and one woman – were inside a home on Eighth Street, Weston, when two unknown men attended....
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In May 2020, officers attached to the Port Stephens-Hunter PD Proactive Crime Team established Strike Force Daman Five people have been arrested and charged following a three-month investigation into the supply of methylamphetamine 2 people we bailed refused Five people have been arrested following a...
Citizen’s of Rutherford perform two citizens arrests A third person remains on the run The car was stolen from the owner’s garage. The stolen vehicle collided with a parked trailer in Rutherford Residents of a Rutherford street performed two citizen’s arrest on Tuesday after a...
A man will face court after weapons and drugs were seized when a search warrant was executed at Lake Macquarie yesterday. About 3.40pm (Saturday 25 July 2020), detectives attached to Lake Macquarie Police District attended a property on Cessnock Parade, Sunshine. After a short struggle,...
Police are appealing for public assistance after a young girl was approached by a man at Raymond Terrace. About 11am today (Saturday 25 July 2020), a 10-year-old girl was standing outside a home on Gwen Avenue when a man approached and asked her to come...
Police are appealing for public assistance after a ride-share driver was stabbed in Merewether this morning. About 2.35am this morning (Thursday 23 July 2020), a 22-year-old driver picked up a group of people at Windale before travelling to William Street, Merewether. Police have been told...
A man has been charged following the alleged online grooming of a child in the Newcastle region. On Thursday (16 July 2020), police attached to Newcastle City Police District commenced an investigation following reports a 15-year-old girl had been sent messages of a sexual nature...
A man will face court today after allegedly sexually touching a child at a Newcastle shopping centre earlier this week. About 2.20pm on Monday (13 July 2020), an 11-year-old girl was with a family member at a Newcastle West supermarket, when it is alleged a...
Police are appealing for assistance after the armed robbery of a service station at Lake Macquarie early this morning. About 5am (Sunday 12 July 2020), three people – two men and a woman – entered a service station on Wyee Road, Wyee, before the woman...
A man will appear in court charged following a domestic-related assault in the upper Hunter yesterday. About 5.30pm (Thursday 9 July 2020), emergency services were called to a home on Macqueen Street, Aberdeen, after reports of a domestic-related assault. It’s alleged a man attended the...
A man has been charged over an alleged sexual act on a bus in the Hunter region last month. About 1.45pm on Wednesday 24 June 2020, a 16-year-old schoolgirl boarded a bus at Rotary Park, Kurri Kurri, travelling towards Heddon Greta. A man also boarded...
PROACTIVE CRIME UNIT WEST ARREST 23 YEAR OLD MALE FOLLOWING POLICE PURSUIT WYEE. About 10:00pm on Thursday 2 July, 2020 Police attached to the Lake Macquarie Proactive Crime Unit (West) were patrolling in the vicinity of Wyee Road, Morisset. Police saw a green Subaru Forrester...
A man has been charged after prohibited drugs and explosive devices were located at a home in the Hunter region yesterday. Officers attached to the Hunter Valley Police District Proactive Crime Team conducted a Firearms Prohibition Order (FPO) search at a home on Fifth Street,...
Strike Force Trawler detectives have charged a man from the Hunter Valley following an investigation into the alleged online grooming of a child.
A Lake Macquarie man will appear in court today charged by Strike Force Trawler detectives following an investigation into the alleged online grooming and procuring of a child. Last month, detectives from the Child Abuse and Sex Crime Squad’s Child Exploitation Internet Unit (CEIU) began...
A teenage boy has been charged following several alleged aggravated break and enter offences in the Hunter. In June 2020, officers from Port Stephens-Hunter Police Proactive Crime Team commenced Operation Golding to investigate and respond to an increase in property-related crime in Maitland, Rutherford and...
Police are appealing for information after two men were stabbed during a home invasion at Hawks Nest overnight. About 10.30pm (Monday 30 June 2020), a 78-year-old man opened the door of his home on Booner Street and was confronted by three unknown men. The group...
Key Points The man left the venue, then returned and refused to leave a licensed venue, police were called to remove the man. When police arrived the man begun swearing and throwing rocks at police The man attempted to encourage bystanders to assault police before...
A man has been charged with damaging a police vehicle after he allegedly kicked the door during an incident where officers were threatened with a knife earlier this week. Two men, aged 28 and 35, where charged after allegedly threatening officers with a knife during...
A man has been charged after allegedly threatening a police officer with a knife in Newcastle yesterday. Police will allege in court that about 2.10pm yesterday (Tuesday 23 June 2020), officers attached to Newcastle City Police District were patrolling Hamilton South when they were approached...