Daily Archives: 31/01/2015

Man arrested following two hour stand-off with police – Cardiff

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A man will appear in court tomorrow after being arrested following a stand-off with police in Lake Macquarie.

Around 10am today (Saturday 31 January 2014), police were called to a home on Arthur Street in Cardiff after neighbours reported hearing screaming and yelling coming from the property.

Police attended the location and spoke to a man, armed with two knives, who was standing at the end of the driveway, in the property’s backyard.

For approximately two hours the man refused to drop the knives or move from the rear of the property.

Following discussions with police negotiators, who arrived at the location shortly after 11am, the man dropped the knives and surrendered himself to police around 12.30pm.

He was taken to Charlestown Police Station and charged with:

– Use offensive weapon with intent to avoid lawful apprehension; and,

– Armed with intent to commit indictable offence.

The man, aged 38, was refused bail and is expected to appear in Newcastle Court tomorrow (Sunday 1 February 2014).

Man arrested after assaulting 80-year-old man and police – Tamworth

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A man will appear in court over alleged offences including robbery, malicious damage and assault police, after he was arrested in Tamworth today.

About 2.40am (Saturday 31 January 2015), an 80-year-old man was driving along Denison Street, when he stopped his vehicle due to a man lying on the road.

Police have been told the man on the road approached the driver, before allegedly assaulting him and fleeing the scene with a mobile phone.

The injured man drove to Tamworth Police Station and reported the incident. He suffered facial bleeding and minor arm injuries.

Officers attached to Oxley Local Area Command commenced investigations and following inquiries, arrested a 21-year-old man at the back of a house on Denison Street.

Police will allege prior to the arrest, the man threw a chair through a window of the home, was involved in a struggle with police officers, and threw a container of chlorine at police.

Following his arrest, the man was taken to Tamworth Police Station, where he was charged with robbery, malicious damage, assault police and resist arrest.

He was granted conditional bail and is scheduled to appear at Tamworth Local Court on 16 February 2015.

Police appeal to locate driver following car theft and crash – Wagga Wagga

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Police are appealing to locate the driver of a car after a theft and crash in Wagga Wagga yesterday.

About 11pm (Friday 30 January 2015), a blue Holden Commodore station wagon vehicle was stolen from Wodonga, Victoria, and later reported seen in Ashmont, Wagga Wagga.

Police were notified and following inquiries and calls from witnesses, they located the vehicle in front of a home on Adams Street, Ashmont, where it had hit a tree.

Two women, aged 18 and 27, were found injured nearby. They were treated at the scene by Ambulance Paramedics and taken to Wagga Wagga Base Hospital with minor injuries.

Two men, aged 16 and 23, were also taken to hospital suffering minor injuries. They have since been discharged.

All four are believed to have been passengers in the vehicle.

Officers attached to Wagga Wagga Local Area Command are investigating the circumstances leading up to the incident and are appealing for the driver of the vehicle, as well as any witnesses to come forward.

Man arrested after Good Samaritan stabbed – Wagga Wagga

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A man is assisting police with their inquiries after another man was stabbed in the throat in Wagga Wagga this morning.

About 3.15am (Saturday 31 January 2015), officers attached to Wagga Wagga Local Area Command were called to Baylis Street, near Edward Street, following reports of an injured man.

Police have been told a man approached and attempted to break up a verbal argument between a man and a woman, not known to him.

The man involved in the argument then allegedly assaulted the Good Samaritan with a glass bottle, causing the bottle to break and cut the man’s face.

The man armed with the bottle ran towards a taxi rank on Station Place; however was stopped and detained by witnesses.

Emergency services were called and the injured man, aged 28, was taken to Wagga Wagga Base Hospital in a serious, but stable condition. His injures are not life-threatening.

No one else was injured during the incident.

The alleged offender, a 37-year-old man, was arrested and taken to Wagga Wagga Police Station, where he was charged with malicious wounding causing grievous bodily harm.

He has been refused bail, to appear at Wagga Wagga Local Court tomorrow (Sunday 1 February 2015).

 

Man charged with 40 offences – Charlestown

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A man will appear in court over 40 offences after police charged him in Charlestown yesterday.

The 34-year-old man was wanted for three warrants over alleged offences including using a carriage service to menace, larceny, and goods in custody.

Following investigations by officers attached to Lake Macquarie Specialist Operations Group, about 11.15am yesterday (Friday 30 January 2015), police arrested the man at a doctor’s surgery in Charlestown.

The man was taken to Lake Macquarie Police Station, where he was charged with 40 offences, including:

– Five counts of use carriage service to menace

– Five counts of stalk/intimidate

– Six counts of contravene prohibition in AVO

– Destroy or damage property

– Shoplifting

– Police pursuit (Skye’s Law)

– Exceed speed limit over 45km/h

– Drive motor vehicle during disqualification period

– Common assault

– Assault occasioning actual bodily harm.

He was refused bail, to appear at Newcastle Local Court today (Saturday 31 January 2015).