Newcastle Police

 newy.com.au - 53-year-old former real estate boss Anthony Di Nardi faced court on Tuesday 9 December 2025 after detectives investigating alleged sexual offences in the Newcastle area arrested him during a morning raid at The Junction. Police say the charges follow a lengthy investigation by Newcastle City Police District detectives into several incidents of a sexual nature alleged to have occurred over a span of almost two decades. According […]

  newy.com.au - A kayak angler has been rescued from the water off Pulbah Island on Lake Macquarie after his craft overturned late on Wednesday 3 December, with Marine Rescue Lake Macquarie volunteers bringing him safely back to shore. Marine Rescue NSW said the incident showed how wearing a lifejacket and staying with a vessel could help save lives, with a coordinated response from water and air assets helping locate […]

newy.com.au - Police who are investigating the suspicious death of toddler Jordan William Thompson in Singleton 20 years ago have welcomed a $500,000 NSW Government reward announced on Thursday 4 December 2025. The new reward is aimed at finally uncovering who was responsible for the 21-month-old’s death in March 2005, after a long-running homicide investigation, an earlier $100,000 reward failed to produce a conviction but left his family and the […]

newy.com.au - Three teenage boys have been charged over alleged break-ins at unit complexes in Tarro after a police investigation into property offences in the Hunter Region late last month. Police said officers began investigating on Sunday 30 November 2025 following reports of break and enters at unit complexes in the Tarro area, leading to the recovery of a stolen car and the arrest of three boys aged 15 and […]

newy.com.au - Liberal councillors from Newcastle, Maitland and Port Stephens are urging Newcastle Council to refuse any future request from protest group Rising Tide to use public land for events in 2026, arguing the latest blockade caused economic damage and stretched police resources. The councillors say a weekend protest linked to Rising Tide, which they described as a “blockade”, resulted in cruise ship cancellations, lost tourism revenue, disruption to major […]

newy.com.au - Police are seeking public assistance after a series of suspicious grass fires were reported across Sawyers Gully, Buchanan and Black Hill in the Hunter Valley on Sunday 30 November 2025. NSW Police say multiple small fires were lit along roadsides over a four-hour period, prompting a response from the NSW Rural Fire Service but causing no reported injuries or damage to vehicles or property. Emergency services were first […]

 [Updated 10:44pm Sunday] newy.com.au – Climate protesters have blocked coal ships leading to the arrest of 141 people by Sunday evening and ignited a political fight over safety, jobs and climate action during the Rising Tide “People’s Blockade” at Newcastle Harbour, which began on Thursday 27 November 2025. For six days the annual “protestival” has turned the world’s largest coal export port into a stage for Australia’s climate debate, […]

newy.com.au - Police are appealing for public assistance after a group of eight males allegedly targeted homes and a service station across Lake Macquarie and the Central Coast in the early hours of Tuesday 28 October 2025. Police say the group was involved in a series of attempted break and enters late last month, moving between several suburbs in allegedly stolen vehicles and leaving with a utility that has not […]

newy.com.au - Emergency crews responded to two separate incidents at Redhead Beach just after 7am, including a watchtower rescue and a suspected cardiac event involving a swimmer. NSW Ambulance detailed the back to back callouts, outlining how paramedics were first called to a man found unresponsive on top of the beach watchtower before being diverted to help a man who collapsed after leaving the water and was rushed to John […]