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Dan ProudmanDigital reporter

Dan is a digital reporter for The Newcastle News. He has covered crime across NSW for over 25 years.

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The Pacific Highway near Wadalba, where two women were killed in a crash

Two killed in crash on way home from Lady Gaga concert

A collision between two cars early this morning in Wadalba has left two women returning from a Lady Gaga concert dead and a man with serious injuries.

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The scene of a fatal shooting on the far north of NSW. Two men were shot and another hit by a car in Eungella

Alleged double shooter extradited to face murder charge

A man who allegedly shot two cousins over a property dispute in northern NSW – leaving one man dead and a second in hospital – has been extradited to NSW to face a murder charge and an attempted murder charge.

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Shooting suspect shot with bean bags during dramatic arrest

Police have used a Taser and bean bag rounds to dramatically arrest a man after a tense standoff before charging him over the alleged shooting of a woman in suburban Newcastle two months ago.

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Rugby player to be extradited over alleged $170m cocaine haul

Police have apprehended a powerfully built Sydney rugby player, who was being sought by WA Police investigating an alleged attempt to import more than half a tonne of cocaine.

Husband and wife and former Corrective Services officers Darren and Michelle Crimston, who both tragically died in a December 2025 car accident and of illness in 2024 respectively. Picture: Corrective Services NSW

Respected prison guard tragically dies in two-vehicle crash

A respected prison guard has died following a two-vehicle crash at an intersection on the outskirts of Bathurst, barely a year after the tragic death of his wife and fellow Corrective Services officer.

Watkins St in Merewether. Picture: Google Maps.

Reckless wounding charge after alleged knife fight

A man has been dramatically arrested hours after a second man was hospitalised with head injuries allegedly caused by a knife during an altercation in one of Newcastle’s most affluent suburbs.

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Clydebank Rd, near the intersection of Kootingal Cl, at Balmoral where a motorcyclist was killed on December 10, 2025. Picture: Google Maps.

Young rider dies in suburban street crash

A motorcyclist, believed to be aged in his 20s, has died in a two-vehicle crash on a suburban street in Lake Macquarie.

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The homicide squad has been informed after the body of a 53-year-old man was found inside a unit block on Darby St, Cooks Hill on December 10, 2025 after police received reports of an assault. Picture: Google Maps.

Suspicious death at troubled unit block

The state’s homicide squad has been informed after a man died in an inner-Newcastle unit block after emergency services were called to reports of an assault.

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Strike Force Agnes detectives arrest Newcastle real estate agent Anthony Di Nardo on December 9, 2025 following an investigation into alleged sex offences. Picture: NSW Police.

High profile real estate agent charged with sex offences

A well-known Newcastle real estate agent has been dramatically arrested after an eight-month investigation into alleged sex offences dating back two decades. Read the latest from court here.

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The shadowy figure crucial to solving a vicious bush murder

Detectives believe a grainy video, lit up by a murderous pre-dawn blaze just outside a small town in the state’s far west, can hold the key to catching the killer or killers of a popular young opal miner. See the video.

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