The man who died while rescuing a teenager caught in a riptide on the state’s south coast has been identified as a serving NSW Police officer. Sergeant Peter Stone, aged 44, drowned after rescuing his 14-year-old son at a beach near Narooma on Sunday (1...
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Fire crews are battling a fire at Weston this afternoon that is not contained at this stage. Additional fire crews are responding to incident being dubbed Chinamans fire. At this stage the fire remains at advice and is not directly threatening homes. 2:23pm Helicopter support...
An off-duty police officer has been issued an infringement notice for low-range PCA after being stopped on the Central Coast last week. About 9pm on Friday (30 December 2022), officers attached to Brisbane Water Highway Patrol stopped a vehicle on Ocean View Drive at Wamberal...
Emergency services were called to a home at Wallsend after a two vehicle crash sent one vehicle crashing into a house about 5:38pm on Friday 30th December 2022, In attendance were Newcastle City Police District, NSW Ambulance and Fire and Rescue crews. Both drivers were...
Three teenagers have been charged after another teen suffered serious injuries in an alleged assault in Lake Macquarie overnight. About 12.10am (Sunday 1 January 2023), emergency services were called to Ocean Street, Dudley, following reports of an assault. Officers attached to Lake Macquarie Police District...
Investigators would like to speak with the driver of a vehicle who may be able to assist detectives with their inquiries after the fatal shooting of a man in Heddon Greta on Tuesday night. The vehicle is described as a white SUV, seen driving along...
A young boy was airlifted to the John Hunter Hospital yesterday afternoon after a motorcycle accident left the young boy with serious head injuries just north of Muswellbrook. The Westpac Helicopter critical care treated the boy at the scene for head injuries once stabilized he...
Detectives from the Marine Area Command are appealing for information following a fail-to-stop boating crash on Lake Macquarie earlier this year. About 4am on Wednesday 16 October 2022, a vessel collided at speed with another vessel – that had two fishermen on board – just...
Police are continuing to hunt multiple offenders who broke into a home and shot a 25-year-old man multiple times before fleeing the scene near Cessnock overnight. It’s believed the attackers broke into the home at Heddon Great around 11pm and singled out the victim and...
An investigation is underway following the fatal shooting of a man in the state’s Hunter Region overnight. Shortly before 11pm (Tuesday 27 December 2022), emergency services responded to reports of a man being shot at a home on Traders Way, Heddon Greta, approximately 20km east...
Emergency services responded to one of their own this morning who was struck at high speed on Narara Valley Drive, Narara on the Central Coast. The incident is believed to be connected to a high speed police chase, in which the police officer was setting...
Emergency services are on the scene of horrific accident this morning on Narara Valley Drive, Narara on the Central Coast. A pedestrian has been struck by a motor vehicle, Carflight Helicopter has landed nearby. Traffic closed both directions on Narara Valley Drive More to come....
A suspended driver has been found passed out in the driver’s seat in the middle of High Street, East Maitland. Emergency services were called by a concerned citizen that a driver may of suffered a medical emergency behind the wheel. Upon arrival officers were able...
A multi vehicle crash is causing headaches for motorists at Tarro this morning heading east bound on the New England Highway just past the interchange. Advice from the Transport Management Center is to delay your trip if possible. More to come.
A 43-year-old woman has been disqualified from driving after returning a high range reading on a roadside breath test. About 8:40pm on Sunday the 18th of December our general duties officers stopped a vehicle on Brunker Road Broadmeadow. A roadside breath test was conducted on...
A Central Coast man Nathan Strudwick tonight has been identified as the victim of a brutal machete attack over the weekend. Emergency Services were called to Macarthur Street at Woy Woy about 6.15pm on (Saturday 17 December 2022), where they found a man unconscious in...
SERIOUS CAR CRASH NEWCASTLE LINK ROAD There has been a serious accident on Newcastle Link Rd near the roundabout connecting Minmi Rd Eastbound. Traffic is at a standstill and emergency services have attended. If you are able to avoid the area, please find another way.
Newcastle City Police stopped what they believed to a be suspicious looking vehicle in Hamilton South on Saturday 17th of December. Police excuted a search of the vehicle and seized over 50 grams of methylamphetamine, cannabis and cocaine from the vehicle. The estimated value of...
Australia’s gun laws are being put under the microscope in the wake Wieambilla shootings which saw two police officers shot and killed. Two top cops in the NSW the Police Commissioner Karren Web and Deputy Commissioner Dave Hudson are calling for national gun law reforms....
NSW Police believe the brutal stabbing attack on an unidentified man was targeted and there’s no ongoing threat to the public, in spite of no arrests have been made. A strike force has been set up consisting of officers from Brisbane Water Police District and...