Newcastle Police

newy.com.au – A truck driver has died following a collision involving two trucks on the M1 near Morisset this afternoon, 22 July 2025. Emergency services were called to the southbound lanes of the motorway at approximately 2.45pm after reports of the crash. One male driver was pronounced dead at the scene before paramedics arrived. His identity has not yet been confirmed. The driver of the second truck, a 57-year-old man, […]

newy.com.au – A 28-year-old woman has been charged over a series of alleged property offences committed across the Hunter Region between late May and mid-July. Police launched an investigation on 30 May 2025 following reports that a bank card had been stolen from a vehicle parked on Lake Road in Argenton. It is alleged the stolen card was subsequently used to make unauthorised purchases at electronics and sporting goods retailers. […]

newy.com.au – A 44-year-old man is due to appear in court today after allegedly leading police on a pursuit through Newcastle's western suburbs in the early hours of 22 July 2025. Around 1.45am, officers on patrol along Minmi Road in Edgeworth attempted to stop a vehicle. Police allege the driver failed to comply, prompting a pursuit through the Hunter Expressway and John Renshaw Drive, before returning to the Minmi and […]

    newy.com.au – Police are investigating the discovery of a body found in a drain near Waratah train station in Newcastle on 22 July 2025. Emergency services focused their efforts on the stormwater system close to the station. Details surrounding the discovery have not yet been confirmed however it is believed a 55-year-old male passed away. Despite the police presence, a newy.com.au listener reported that Waratah train station remains […]

newy.com.au – A man is set to appear in court today charged over the alleged fatal beating of a puppy near Newcastle on Sunday afternoon, 20 July 2025. Police allege the 21-year-old man stopped his vehicle in a carpark on Maitland Road, Sandgate, around 4.20pm and removed a puppy from the car before violently assaulting it. Witnesses told officers the man allegedly slammed the dog against the side of the […]

 First Published: 1:40am (20/7/2025) Updated: 7:20pm (20/7/2025) newy.com.au – A critical incident investigation has been launched after 20-year-old Bradley Wilder died when his motorcycle crashed during a police pursuit through Newcastle on the evening of 19 July 2025. About 7.30 pm, officers on King Street signalled a motorbike to pull over because its number plate was obscured, when Wilder did not comply, they pursued him south along the Pacific […]

newy.com.au – A second man has been charged with murder in connection to the fatal shooting of an 18-year-old at Bar Beach carpark in Newcastle earlier this year. Emergency services were called to Memorial Drive around 11.40pm on 23 April 2025, where they found the young man with a gunshot wound. NSW Ambulance paramedics attempted to treat him, but he died at the scene. Police established a crime scene and […]

newy.com.au – Hunter Valley Police have seized over $40,000 worth of cannabis and other illicit substances growing from a shed roof in the state’s Hunter region. In June 2025, officers from Hunter Valley Police District launched an inquiry into the cultivation and supply of cannabis across the Hunter Valley. At about 8.30 am on Tuesday, 8 July 2025, detectives executed a search warrant at a property on Aberdare Road in […]

newy.com.au - Three males, including a 16-year-old, have been charged following the discovery of weapons and drugs during a vehicle stop in Newcastle early this morning, as part of the ongoing Operation Foil. Police from Newcastle City Police District stopped a car at the intersection of King Street and Steel Street around 3.15am on 4 July 2025. Officers allege they found a baton, multiple knives and methylamphetamine inside the vehicle. […]