Tag: Port Stephens
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CHARGES LAID AFTER MORE THAN 40 HOAX CALLS MADE TO 000
A probationary firefighter will face court after allegedly making over forty calls to emergency services reporting fake bush fires and motor vehicle accidents. Police arrested the 20-year-old at a home in Port Stephens yesterday, he’s set to face 14 charges relating to the fictitious 000 calls. He’s set to appear at the Raymond Terrace Local…
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SEARCH ALLEGEDLY YIELDS METH AND CANNABIS
Police have allegedly uncovered methylampethamine and cannabis during a search at Port Stephens. Police say they observed a man throw a package into a garden on Government Road in Shoal Bay, just after 5pm yesterday. Police stopped the man and during a subsequent search, they allegedly located a large amount of methylampethamine and a quantity…
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ANIMAL CRUELTY CHARGES LAID AT PORT STEPHENS
A man will face court on animal cruelty charges after he allegedly killed a kookaburra in Port Stephens earlier this year. Police say the 32 year-old man allegedly used an aluminium chair to hit the bird, before kicking it when it was on the ground at a licensed premise in Soldiers Point in July. He…
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MAN CHARGED AFTER CAR DRIVEN INTO BOAT RAMP
A man has been charged after a car was driven off a boat ramp at Port Stephens overnight. Around 7:30pm, police were called to the Henderson Park boat ramp at Lemon Tree Passage, after a silver sedan was driven about 15m into the water. Police were told by a man the driver was trapped in…
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CHARGES EXPECTED TO BE LAID AFTER PORT STEPHENS PURSUIT
A driver is expected to be charged following a police pursuit through Port Stephens this morning. According to police, officers attempted to stop a Holden sedan in Medowie in relation to outstanding arrest warrants. As the officers left their vehicle, it’s alleged the Holden reversed towards them – striking one officers – before driving off.…
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SINGLE VEHICLE CRASH CLAIMS A LIFE AT PORT STEPHENS
Police are investigating a fatal crash in Port Stephens this morning. Emergency services were called to the Pacific Highway just after 11am following reports a Toyota Echo left the road and hit a tree. The driver of the vehicle, a man believed to be aged in his 20s, died at the scene. His passenger, a…
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WITNESSES SOUGHT FOLLOWING PORT STEPHENS DEATH
Police are hoping to hear from drivers who may have witnessed an incident which involved the death of a man on Gan Gan Road at Port Stephens earlier this week. Around 2:30pm on Wednesday, a motorist saw a man walking along Gan Gan Road in Anna Bay, before he collapsed. Despite the efforts of emergency…
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KASPER THE HORSE RESCUED FROM PORT STEPHENS SEPTIC TANK
A crane has been used to rescue a horse that became trapped in a septic tank at Port Stephens yesterday. At around 5.30pm, the Port Stephens SES Large Animal Rescue Team was called to a property in Woodberry, where the horse had become stuck. The horse, named Kasper, was sedated before it was lifted onto…
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MAN ARRESTED IN NELSON BAY OVER 2014 WARRANT
One of the most wanted men in New South Wales has been arrested at Port Stephens. He was granted bail in 2014 after being charged with alleged drug and criminal group offences. A warrant was then issued for his arrest when he failed to comply with the conditions. Investigations led police to arrest the 42-year-old…
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22-YEAR-OLD ALLEGEDLY FOUND WITH UNREGISTERED PISTOL
A man stands accused of firearm offences after police allegedly located an unregistered pistol during a vehicle search in Port Stephens. Police were patrolling Shoal Bay Road in Shoal Bay, when they stopped the driver of a Mazda station wagon for a random breath test around 2:30am this morning. The driver returned a negative result…