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Madeline Crittenden is a reporter for The Sunday Telegraph. She joined in 2021 after covering crime and courts for several mastheads throughout NSW.

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Illawarra Star

Jermaine Lucy Piana. Picture: Facebook. ID Madeline Crittenden.

Mum avoids more jail time after $65K ‘pokie win’ ice haul found

A mum-of-two broke down in tears after escaping extra jail time after she was busted dealing drugs, including ice and cocaine, twice in the space of four months.

Illawarra Star

Ron De Vu bar owner Joel Cooney has been charged with assault causing actual bodily harm and reckless choking after an alleged violent assault against his partner of 18 months at her Taren Point home in January 2020. Picture: Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/joel.cooney.77)

Bar owner accused of headbutting man in Melbourne Cup Day ‘brawl’

The owner of a popular Wollongong bar has been charged over an alleged brawl at the venue on Melbourne Cup Day in 2019.

Illawarra Star

David Seddon. ID by Madeline crittenden. Pic: Facebook- https://www.facebook.com/david.seddon.33

‘Absolute rubbish’: Judge slams man with child abuse images

An Illawarra man who claims to be a filmmaker has been able to walk free from court on time served, after he was found with a catalogue of child abuse material and fake international ID documents.

Central Sydney

Nicole Green, 35, has been identified as the woman who was tragically killed in a head-on collision on the Sydney Harbour Bridge on August 27, 2020.

Woman killed in horrific Harbour Bridge crash identified

The woman who was tragically killed in a horrific head-on collision on the Sydney Harbour Bridge has been identified as a 35-year-old from the Illawarra region.

Illawarra Star

A Sydney man was under the influence of a cocktail of drugs and hadn’t slept for days when he carried out a terrifying armed robbery at a servo, making off with just $40 and a few packets of cigarettes.

Servo robber jailed after stealing $40 and cigarettes

CCTV footage of a terrifying knifepoint robbery at a Windang service station has been played to a court, after the thief admitted he was high on drugs at the time. WATCH THE FOOTAGE.

Illawarra Star

Michael Court, 23. Picture: facebook. ID by madeline Crittenden.

‘He is probably fortunate he didn’t find himself under a train’

WATCH: CCTV footage of a vicious brawl at a Wollongong train station has been revealed, after a young man appealed his jail sentence over his involvement in the ‘cowardly’ attack.

Illawarra Star

Mariah Powell. Picture: Madeline Crittenden.

Glam ex-lover helped wanted man escape police ‘out of love’

A glamorous young mum has been spared extra jail time after helping her former boyfriend avoid arrest on a murder charge, with a judge finding it would be “ cruel” to send her back to prison.

Illawarra Star

Jail sentence overturned for girlfriend of alleged drug boss

The partner of an alleged baby-face drug chief has had her jail sentence scrapped after a successful appeal in Wollongong. The court heard the 20-year-old had suffered a ‘near-death experience’.

Illawarra Star

Jesse Cook. Picture: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/jesse.cook.1654 . ID by Madeline Crittenden.

Man allegedly stabbed with meat cleaver over car sale

An alleged violent home invasion in the Illawarra which left a man with stab wounds was sparked by a $2500 car sale gone wrong, a court has heard.

Illawarra Star

Colby Campbell. Pic: Facebook. ID by Madeline Crittenden.

‘They’re euros’: Dad admits delivering 4000 MDMA pills

An Illawarra father has admitted to delivering MDMA pills to the heads of a ‘party drug syndicate’ following a major police investigation.

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