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Hunter Valley · Courts & crime
34 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 2 of 2
About 10 pm Thursday 30 July 2015, police were called to a local licenced premise in relation to a male who was refusing to leave after being asked to do so by staff. Upon police arrival they spoke with the 40 year old male from Summerland Point and gave him the benefit of the doubt and asked him to leave. He decided to argue…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →There is a current telephone scam hitting the local area. People are contacted by phone where the callers identify as being from the Australian Taxation Office and that money is owed for previous tax years. The caller threatens that if monies are not paid immediately then local police will attend and arrest the home owner…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →About 5pm on 25 August 2015 a 54 year old man at a Wootton address suffered serious head and neck injuries when the motorcycle he was riding collided heavily with a gate post. The man was not wearing any protection or helmet. He remained conscious at all times despite suffering a large laceration…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →About 11.30am on Saturday 27 June 2015, Police stopped a south bound on Tarean Rd Karuah for a breath test. The 41 year old male from Karuah returned a negative result to the test. He was asked to produce his driver's licence and told police he was unlicenced…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Sometime before 6pm on Sunday 7th September 2015 unknown persons entered 4 storage buildings at a Bungwahl address before entering a boat shed on the water's edge of the property. This building contained several aluminium boats and several 4 hp motors used by university students studying in the area. One boat and motor…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Between 15:30 on Monday 17 August 2015 and 08:00 on Tuesday 18 August 2015, solar equipment worth $5000 which was attached to toilets blocks in The Broadwater and Boomeri Camp Ground toilet blocks in the Myall Lakes…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →At 6.30pm Saturday 10 October 2015 police responded to a high speed vehicle roll over 7km south of the Mungo Camp site. The 55 year old male driver from Karuah suffered only minor injuries despite leaving the roadway at 170kmh and coming to rest on its roof some 30m from the roadway in thick bushland. The…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →About 5.15pm on Sunday 18 October 2015, a 42 year old Wootton man was stopped south of the Wootton Way intersection of the Pacific Highway driving a Ford sedan. He submitted to a random roadside breath test. This test returned a positive reading and he was arrested and conveyed to Bulahdelah police station where he submitted…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →On the afternoon of Saturday 31 October 2015, police conducted two maritime breath tests on vessels on the Myall River at Tea Gardens. A 67 year old male was attempting to skipper his Riviera Motor Cruiser from…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →On Wednesday 27 November the proceeds from the recent Police Golf Day were presented at the Hawks Nest Golf Club. Senior Constable Dave Coyle of Tea Gardens Police explained that the annual event was in its 10th year and had attracted around 130…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →About 4am on Tuesday 1st of December 2015 a domestic violence matter occurred at a Bulahdelah Way, Bulahdelah address. Police attended and observed a 27 year old local man to be seated on a chair on the front veranda. At the time he was holding a shifting spanner which police demanded he put down. He refused to do so…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →At 9pm Saturday 28 November 2015, police responded to a domestic dispute at a Hawks Nest camp ground. It was reported that a 38 year old male was brandishing a large carving knife threatening to stab and kill his 16 vear old son. Both were from the Newcastle area. Upon…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →In the early hours of the 9 December 2015 police were called to a domestic dispute at Burdekins Rd, Bulahdelah. On arrival police were informed that no such event had taken place. Following inquiries into the matter a fifty five year old male was arrested and charged with driving with the high range prescribed…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →About 11pm Thursday 17 December 2015, a 50 year old male was fishing on Bennetts Beach Hawks Nest just north of the sewer treatment works when he noticed a large orange glow in the sky behind. He left the beach to find his Toyota Van fully engulfed in fire. Tea Gardens RFS attended but…
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