Police will prepare a report for the Coroner after a man’s body was found floating in Lake Macquarie a few hours ago. Around 11am (Friday 13 February 2015), police were called to a section of Lake Macquarie near Marmong Point, where a man was found floating face down in the water. A small

A man has been charged with fraud offences and perverting the course of justice as police investigations continue into a suspicious fire at a business complex at Newcastle. The Property Crime Squad and Newcastle City Local Area Command are investigating the fire which destroyed a complex containing five business suites in

A man has been forced to drive three people around the Lake Macquarie area for three hours after they got into his car. Police from Lake Macquarie Local Area Command have been told two men got into a Toyota Starlet while it was stopped at the intersection of Quigley Road and

Four people have been charged over a public order incident that followed a man being hit by a train at Taree last month. About 4.30am (Sunday 21 December 2014), police from Manning/Great Lakes Local Area Command were called to Bushland Drive railway crossing in Taree, after reports a man had been struck by a train. On

A man is due to face court after allegedly being detected in possession of the drugs ‘ice’ and cannabis aboard a train in Newcastle. About 2pm yesterday (Thursday 8 January, 2015), Police Transport Command officers, assisted by the Dog Unit, were conducting an operation at Broadmeadow Railway Station Officers boarded a train,

A fatal motor vehicle collision near Taree occurred overnight overnight at about 10.20pm (Thursday 8 January, 2015) where a four-wheel drive was travelling south on the Pacific Highway at Possum Brush. The vehicle has left the roadway on a right-hand curve, travelled through a fence and collided heavily with a tree. Emergency Services were called

A man remains in custody charged with intimidation and multiple firearm offences after being arrested on a property south of Taree. Police from Manning-Great Lakes Local Area Command were called to a property on Lambourne Road at Wang Wauk, 50km south of Taree, about 9.40pm (Wednesday 31 December 2014), responding to reports of

Police from Manning/Great Lakes Local Area Command are continuing to investigate an armed robbery at a licensed premises this week. Around 10.10pm on Sunday 14 December, three men with their faces covered entered the club, which is located on the Lakes Way at Pacific Palms. Police have been told the men were