A critical incident investigation has been launched following the death of a man during a confrontation with police. Police were called to a post office on Postmans Lane at Warners Bay about 3.15pm today (Wednesday 9 September 2015), responding to reports a man was armed with a knife. Officers from Lake Macquarie

Police have released images of two men who may have witnessed a robbery at Taree last month. About 10pm on Tuesday 28 July 2015, a 49-year-old man was found at the intersection of Albert and Manning Streets, Taree, with swelling and bruising to his face. Police believe sometime before 10pm that date,

Police are attempting to identify a man whose body was discovered in water at Newcastle. Emergency services were called to Susan Gilmore Beach about 8am today (Friday 10 July 2015) after a member of the public found the body. Officers from Newcastle City Local Area Command attended and retrieved the man’s body. While

Police are re-appealing for witnesses following a fatal plane crash near Cessnock yesterday. About 4.30pm (Wednesday 8 July 2015), emergency services were called to Sawyers Gully after reports a light plane had crashed into dense bushland. Officers from Central Hunter Local Area Command attended and located the plane well-alight. The fire was extinguished

Police dismayed by driver behaviour after 12 killed in 11 days Road users are continuing to take risks and disobey road rules to the detriment of themselves, their passengers and others, with 12 people killed on NSW roads in the past 11 days. Traffic and Highway Patrol Commander, Assistant Commissioner John Hartley,

Police have released a COMFIT image following a girl, 14, was approached in Nelson Bay last week. About 8pm (Wednesday 17 June 2015), a 14-year-old girl was out running at Little Beach near Nelson Bay, when she was approached by a man on the jetty who had been fishing. The man spoke to

Police have charged a man with reckless wounding after an incident in the Hunter region overnight. Emergency services were called to a home in Kookaburra Parade, Woodbury, about 11.15pm yesterday (Saturday 20 June 2015). Police have been told a 27-year-old man who lives at the residence went outside to investigate a disturbance. He

A massage therapist has been charged over alleged indecent assaults against two women in Taree earlier this year. Officers attached to Manning Great Lakes Local Area Command received reports from two women who allege they were indecently assaulted by a 59-year-old man while being massaged at a business in Taree. The alleged