Newcastle Police

newy.com.au - Two men have been charged in connection with a violent home invasion in Mayfield during which a shotgun was fired into a residence in the early hours of 30 May 2025. Police were called to a home on Bull Street about 3.50am after reports of a gunshot. Officers from Newcastle City Police District attended the scene and established a crime scene, where they found damage to the front […]

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 – 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 87.8 listener reported that Waratah train station […]

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 - Two men have been charged after an alleged police pursuit through Lake Macquarie on the afternoon of 2 July 2025. Police were patrolling the Windale area about 2.55pm when they attempted to stop an SUV on Lachlan Street. The driver allegedly failed to comply, prompting officers to initiate a pursuit. Attempts to deploy road spikes were unsuccessful, with the SUV reportedly evading them and continuing toward Redhead. The […]