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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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Brett Roe leaves Wollongong Local COurt on August 26.

Man admits running ice supply headquarters from Koonawarra home

A Koonawarra man has admitted to running a sophisticated ‘ice’ supply headquarters from his home, after police pounced on the operation late last year.

Illawarra Star

A major search operation is underway at Shell Cove, after an elderly man with dementia went missing in the area earlier today.The search for 83-year-old Albert Sovrano began around midday, after he was last seen at Woolworths Shell Cove on August 26.

Major search underway for elderly man with dementia

A major search is underway at Shell Cove, south of Wollongong, after an elderly man with dementia was reported missing.

Illawarra Star

General generic of the front of the building of Wollongong Local Court. Picture: Steven Bell

School principal to stand trial over allegations of child sex assault

An Illawarra school principal is set to fight allegations he sexually assaulted a nine-year-old girl, with the man committed to stand trial in the NSW District Court.

Illawarra Star

Mohsen Sleiman charged over fatal crash at Lady Wakehurst Drive on April 25. Picture: https://www.facebook.com/mohsen.sleiman.7587 ID Madeline Crittenden

Identity of teen charged over fatal crash revealed in court

A teenager charged over a fatal crash that killed a 19-year-old man in the Illawarra is accused of speeding in a modified car before it hit a tree.

Illawarra Star

Daily Telegraph journalist Annabel Hennessy buys a box of cream charges known as 'nangs' from an unknown male on the street in Surry Hills. Picture: Toby Zerna

Wollongong’s secret Uber-style party drug ‘nangs’ delivery service

Inhaling nangs has been blasted by police as a “flat-out stupid” move, but that hasn’t stopped several online “shops” from delivering the party drug to Wollongong doorsteps.

Illawarra Star

Generic house fire kitchen fire photo supplied by FRNSW Fire and Rescue NSW. Hills

Illawarra man accused of illegally lighting 28 fires over two years

A Lake Heights man accused of illegally lighting 28 fires over an almost two-year period, some of which were captured on CCTV footage, has been refused bail.

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A crime scene has been established at Sparta Street, Warilla.

Two people, young girl threatened with gun in ‘targeted’ invasion

Police have established a crime scene outside a Warilla home after shots were fired during an early morning home invasion, in which a young girl was threatened.

Illawarra Star

Dylan Ford, 27, has been refused bail accused of a vicious brawl outside a Wollongong Hotel.

Man admits to violent Australia Day beer bottle stabbing

A South Coast man has admitted to a violent Australia Day stabbing, after he attacked another man with a beer bottle during a brawl outside a popular hotel.

Illawarra Star

two-year-old boy injured in crash at Albion Park on August 21. Picture: 9 News Illawarra. MUST CREDIT.

Two-year-old boy in hospital following serious crash

Police have provided an update on the condition of a little boy who was flown to hospital with critical injuries following a serious crash at Albion Park.

Illawarra Star

Illawarra drink drivers exposed. Pictures: supplied.

Illawarra’s drunk, drug drivers exposed

In the past year, a huge number of drivers across the Illawarra region have been caught getting behind the wheel intoxicated. Read some of the shocking stories about drunk or drug drivers here.

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