A boy missing from Wagga Wagga has been located safe and well.
The 11-year-old boy was reported missing about 4.30pm today (Tuesday 5 July 2016).
Officers from Wagga Wagga Local Area Command were contacted and commenced searching for him.
About 7pm, the boy was located in Wagga Wagga safe and well.
Police thank the media and public for their assistance.
Police have charged a man following investigations into two armed robberies in the Central Hunter area last month.
The first robbery occurred at a service station on the Pacific Highway, Heatherbrae, about 9.20pm on Tuesday June 7 2016.
A man allegedly armed with a syringe containing what appeared to be blood, entered the store and threatened the attendant while demanding money.
The man left the store with cash.
The second incident occurred about an hour later, at a service station on the New England Highway.
It’s alleged a man matching the same description entered the service station armed with a syringe and demanded cash from the store attendant.
He left the premises with cash and cigarettes.
Following investigations by police from Newcastle Local Area Command, an 18-year-old man was arrested yesterday afternoon (Monday 4 July 2016) and taken to Newcastle Police Station where he was charged with two counts of robbery armed with offensive weapon.
He was refused bail and will appear at Newcastle Local Court on Wednesday 13 July, 2016.
Investigations regarding a co-offender continue.
Police are seeking community assistance to help locate a boy who went missing from Wagga Wagga today.
Dallas Luck, aged 11, was reported missing about 4.30pm today (Tuesday 5 July 2016).
He was last seen this morning in the Ashmont area.
Officers from Wagga Wagga Local Area Command were contacted and commenced inquiries.
Police and family hold concerns for his welfare.
Dallas is described as being of Caucasian appearance, with brown hair and brown eyes.
He was last seen wearing dark blue jeans and a black and blue hooded jumper.
Anyone with information on the boy’s whereabouts is urged to contact Wagga Wagga Police Station or Crime Stoppers.
Police have charged a man with several drug offences after four kilograms of ice was seized in the State’s Southern Tablelands as part of the CATCH program.
Just before 2am this morning (Monday 4 July 2016), officers attached to Traffic and Highway Patrol detected a white Honda Accord travelling above the sign posted limit along the Hume Highway, Goulburn.
Police spoke to a 21-year-old man and a 22-year-old man before conducting a search of the vehicle and allegedly locating four kilograms of ‘ice’ and $3700 in cash.
Detectives attached to The Hume Local Area Command attended the location and commenced an investigation.
Detective Inspector Chad Gillies from The Hume Local Area Command said this was another example of the close working relationship between the local command and Traffic and Highway Patrol.
“The teamwork between the two units has resulted in a significant amount of drugs to be taken off the street.”
“Our detectives are currently investigating this incident and keen to hear from anyone that may have information relating to our ongoing investigation,” Inspector Gillies said.
Assistant Commissioner John Hartley of the state’s Traffic and Highway Patrol Command said the arrest was proof that CATCH training continues to rid ICE and other drugs off our roads.
“Those that use our highways to commit crime can expect this sort of a response from Traffic and Highway Patrol Command officers by way of intercept, search and arrest, and local detectives in subsequent investigation and prosecution.”
“Since the inception of the CATCH program, over $110 million dollars worth of drugs, guns, cash, stolen goods, and other contraband has been taken off our roads,” Assistant Commissioner Hartley said.
A 22-year-old man was arrested and taken to Goulburn Police Station where he was charged with possess prohibited drug, supply prohibited drug commercial quantity and goods in custody.
He was bail refused to appear at Goulburn Local Court today (Monday 4 July 2016).
The 21-year-old man is currently assisting police with their inquiries.
A report will be prepared for the information of the Coroner into the deaths of two men north of Newcastle overnight.
It was about 9.30pm (Sunday 3 July 2016), that emergency services were called to Masonite Road, near the intersection of Cabbage Tree Road, at Tomago, responding to reports of a crash.
They found a 2015-model Ford Ranger 4WD utility had left the road, rolled onto its side and slid 85m before hitting a power pole; the pole snapped on impact.
Two men travelling in the utility died at the scene.
The men have yet to be formally identified; however, police are waiting to confirm they are aged 28 and 25, and from the local area.
Masonite Road was closed for seven hours while investigations were conducted.
Gundagai Council has been successful in receiving a portion of the $50 million offered under the NSW Government Fixing Country Roads Funding.
Announced recently by Member for Cootamundra Katrina Hodgkinson, the former Cootamundra Shire Council (now Gundagai Council) applied for and was successful in obtaining $720,000 towards the reconstruction of Gundagai Road/Cowcumbla Street.
Gundagai Council interim general manager Ken Trethewey said the Fixing Country Roads funding is vital to allow necessary road upgrades to connect regional roads with state highways and key freight hubs such as silos and saleyards.
Administrator Christine Ferguson said it was pleasing to note Gundagai Council would also receive a portion of the REROC Regional Bridge Assessments Project of $208,175 allowing the assessment of the strength of three bridges in the Gundagai area.
This funding comes under Round Two of the program and is part of a $500 million commitment for Fixing Country Roads from Rebuilding NSW, with funding to be progressively made available by the NSW Government.
This follows Cootamundra and Gundagai communities both being successful in obtaining funding under Round One.
In Cootamundra, Round One funding went towards the reconstruction of Suttons Lane while Gundagai area funding was directed to the Gobarralong Bridge.
Buoyed by the success of recent fundraising activities, the Australian Road Transport Heritage Centre (ARTHC) plans to open a truck museum in a temporary home at Gundagai, New South Wales, this month.
ARTHC Chairperson Kerry Campbell and his team are assembling a collection of historic trucks and exhibits in a shed at the corner of Tor Street and Jack Moses Avenue, North Gundagai.
The ARTHC has over 100 members and the museum will be staffed by volunteers.
Treasurer Jim Morton says the ARTHC will open the doors of the museum’s temporary home when electricity is connected. An announcement will be made on the museum’s website, arthc.com.au
But Jim says the ARTHC remains determined to build a permanent museum at Middle Street, Gundagai. The committee will continue to raise funds and apply for grants for the $1.5million project.
The ARTHC raised $30,000 with events held at Gundagai over the Queen’s Birthday long weekend.
A highlight was Sylvia’s Gap Road Run on June 12 which attracted 76 trucks. They travelled a section of the old Hume Highway which is now on private property. Landowners opened their gates, allowing trucks to travel through Sylvia’s Cutting and over Hannah’s Pinch.
The weekend began with the inaugural Gundagai Truck Show on Saturday, June 11. Scott Menz of Wagga Wagga won People’s Choice with his 1988 Kenworth T650. Paul Eccleston won the Vintage Choice section with a 1953 International AR130.
After the truck show, 217 people attended a Hume Highway Reunion Dinner and auction.
Last week the ARTHC accepted a donation of $2780 which was raised by an auction at the Finemore Livestock Transport drivers’ recent reunion at Wagga Wagga.
To donate to the ARTHC’s proposed truck museum, or to become a member of the ARTHC, phone Jim on 0408 441 495 or Daryl Weston on 0427 756 983.
A man will face court today following an attempted armed robbery in the State’s Southern Tablelands.
About 4pm yesterday (Friday 1 July 2016), a 37-year-old man entered a business on Laidlaw Street, Yass.
Police have been told the man approached a female employee and demanded drugs.
The man produced a modified razor and threatened the store manager.
At this point, two police officers attached to The Hume Local Area Command, entered the business and witnessed the attempted robbery.
The officers secured the weapon and arrested the man.
He was taken to Yass Police Station where he was charged with attempted armed robbery.
The 37-year-old man was refused bail and will appear in Goulburn Local Court today (Saturday 2 July 2016).
Police are investigating after a woman was robbed in the states New England region.
About 6pm yesterday (Friday 1 July 2016), a woman returned to her home on Woodward Avenue, Tamworth.
Police have been told, as she attempted to open her front door, a man approached her from behind and pushed her to the ground before fleeing the scene with the woman’s handbag.
Officers attached to Oxley Local Area Command were contacted and conducted a canvass of the area.
Investigations into the incident are continuing.
Police are appealing for information following an armed robbery outside a registered club in the state’s northern tablelands this morning.
About 12.20am (Friday 1 July 2016), two armed men approached three people in the car park of the club on Golf Links Road and demanded a woman’s purse.
A male in the group suffered lacerations, swelling and a possible fracture to his left elbow.
The two armed men fled the scene with a purse containing credit cards and a sum of cash. They were last seen heading east across the golf course.
The injured man was treated at the scene before being taken to Armidale Hospital by New South Wales Ambulance paramedics.
Police from the New England Local Area Command are now seeking two men who they believe can assist with inquiries.
The first man is described as being between 170-180cm tall, aged in his late teens to early 20’s and with a thin build. He was last seen wearing a dark-coloured bandana over his face.
The second man is described as being between 170-180cm tall, aged in his late teens to early 20’s and with a thin build. He was last seen wearing a light-coloured jumper and a black bandana with a white pattern over his face.
Police are urging anyone with further information to come forward.