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Man Charged Over Alleged Kidnapping Of 16 Year Old Child at Cooranbong, Armed With A Firearm
A man is facing court after a teenage girl was allegedly held against her will at a property in Lake Macquarie.
Lake Macquarie Police officers responded to reports that a 16-year-old girl had been threatened by a man armed with a firearm around 3:45pm on Friday, 23 August 2024, on Martinsville Road, Martinsville.
It is alleged that the girl was forced into the boot of a sedan and transported to a house on Freemans Drive, Cooranbong, where she was detained overnight.
The following morning, around 11am on Saturday, 24 August 2024, the girl was taken to a church in Cooranbong, where she managed to alert authorities.
A 69-year-old man was subsequently arrested and taken to Toronto Police Station. He was charged with multiple offences, including:
- Taking a person with intent to commit a serious indictable offence
- Possessing a loaded firearm in a public place
- Carrying a firearm in a manner likely to cause injury or damage
- Acquiring a pistol while subject to a firearms prohibition order
- Having a firearm at premises subject to a prohibition order
The man appeared at Newcastle Local Court today (Monday, 26 August 2024), where he was refused bail. He is scheduled to reappear in the same court on Wednesday, 23 October 2024.
