POLICE will be conducting “Operation Safer Sands” across the school holidays to ensure local beaches remain safe and enjoyable for all. On Saturday, 10 January, officers from the Nelson Bay sector of the Port Stephens Highway Patrol, conducted a joint operation with the National Parks and Wildlife Service (NPWS), supported by Maitland and Newcastle City […]
A 25-YEAR-OLD man has been remanded in custody over two alleged armed robberies in William Street, Raymond Terrace. The first was two days before Christmas and the second was last Thursday, 15 January. Officers from the Port Stephens-Hunter Police District allege Daylan Sinclair was one of two men who entered the Good Option Tobacconist on […]
INCIDENTS on the water continue to keep both Marine Rescue Port Stephens and police Marine Area Command busy. Just before midnight on 2 January, a large catamaran issued a Mayday call after striking rocks on the ocean side of Fingal Island. Marine Rescue Newcastle and Marine Rescue Port Stephens coordinated the response. The skipper reported […]
The two vehicles were well alight around 3.30am on 30 December. Photo: supplied.
The two vehicles were well alight around 3.30am on 30 December. Photo: supplied. Petrol cans can be seen at the front of the burnt-out vehicles. Photo: supplied. RESIDENTS of Raymond Avenue in Salamander Bay have expressed concern for their safety following two car fires in the early hours of 30 December. One local, who asked […]
Strike force detectives arrested a 21-year-old man in Prestons last week. Photo: NSW Police.
A 21-YEAR-OLD man has faced court over his alleged involvement in an aggravated robbery in Salamander Bay earlier this year. The arrest, made by NSW Police’s Raptor Squad, comes after an investigation into a series of aggravated robbery related incidents in the Nelson Bay area in March 2025. About 5.25am on Thursday 27 March 2025, […]
Across the four days, 752 people were arrested and charged, with 275 arrest warrants executed. Photo: NSW Police.
Headed up by NSW Police, Operation Amarok XII ran from Wednesday 12 November to Saturday 15 November 2025. The Domestic and Family Violence Command-led operation also involved officers from each regions’ Domestic Violence High Risk Offenders Team (DVHROT), along with specialist officers from Raptor Squad, Youth Command, State Crime Command’s Child Protection Register, Traffic and […]
This fire started very close to the road, in a drainage gully. Photo: NACCAi.
This fire started very close to the road, in a drainage gully. Photo: NACCAi. Firefighters were able to extinguish the fire thanks to locals raising the alarm. Photo: NACCAi. ARSON is the suspected cause of several recent fires in the North Arm Cove area, which have followed a pattern of regularity that locals find difficult […]
The fibre break impacted Optus customers in Port Stephens, Maitland and surrounding areas. Photo: Optus.
AN investigation is underway in relation to an Optus communications tower being damaged at Hexham. About 3.15pm on Wednesday 5 November, officers from Newcastle City Police District responded to reports of a communications tower situated along Maitland Road being maliciously damaged. The fibre break impacted Optus customers in Port Stephens, Maitland and surrounding areas. Mobile […]
Changing a long-standing youth conviction principle would only lead to future criminal offending, advocates say, following the release of a review. Photo: NSW Police.
LEGAL advocates have welcomed a report’s recommendations into a presumption that children under 14 are “incapable of evil”, urging a state not to tinker with the long-standing principle, despite a drop in youth convictions. A NSW review of doli incapax was released on Saturday after it was launched by the state Labor government in May […]
Operation Shore Safe will see a high-visibility deployment of up to eight solo motorcycle officers supported by unmarked highway patrol vehicles, trail bikes, and bicycle patrols.
POLICE last week launched a new high-visibility operation to improve road and pedestrian safety across coastal communities from the Central Coast to Port Stephens. The safety initiative, Operation Shore Safe, is a joint effort between Traffic and Highway Patrol Command and the Northern Region, aimed at improving road and pedestrian safety across these areas during […]
