Police allege a man arrested in a country town in possession of the torsos of five childlike sex dolls also had the names of local residents, some of whom had young children, and had been seen loitering outside schools.
Police were taken aback by the call to check out a man dancing and singing next to a line of candles outside a small country town church just after lunch. But what they allegedly found next was even more troubling.
A woman has admitted helping her killer boyfriend as he remained at large for nine days after shooting dead another man during an argument over a debt.
Authorities have made a public plea for information about the owner of a mystery bag found on a rock platform, as an air and sea search began amid fears an angler may have been washed away.
A woman who used sex as a weapon – and was quietly referred to as The She-Devil by investigators – is set to be released on parole for the horrific murder of an ex-lover before his body was dumped in a shallow grave.
A police strike force set up to investigate an increasing number of gun thefts has conducted a series of raids, making arrests and allegedly seizing firearm parts and drugs.
Police are hunting a man who allegedly hurled a knife during a late-night argument at a small town business, landing a workmate in hospital with a severe eye injury.
Strike force detectives have allegedly seized more than 13 ounces of meth, an ounce of cocaine, some heroin and MDMA with a combined estimated street value of $150,000 during raids across Lake Macquarie.
Detectives attached to a strike force investigating a series of smash and grabs on businesses, including the theft of an ATM from a tobacconist, have made a breakthrough.
Detectives are searching for motives after a molotov cocktail was hurled at the front of a series of shops during a pre-dawn attack in Maitland’s main street.
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