New unit targeting crime hot spots across the region
Disrupting and preventing crime and anti-social behaviour is the focus of a new specialist police unit based in the Illawarra region.
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Elderly child sex abuser loses coronavirus-related appeal
An elderly man who sexually abused four girls – between the ages of three and 13 – over a 15-year period is likely to die in jail after failing to have his sentence reduced because of COVID-19.
‘It’s not mine’: Woman denies tasers, coke, $20K cash are hers
A Wollongong woman has broken down in court after cocaine, ice, weapons and $20,000 cash were allegedly found in her one-bedroom apartment.
Second man accused of chaining up disabled girl ‘like a dog’
An Illawarra man has been granted bail at Wollongong Local Court accused of horrific allegations he chained up a disabled girl and laughed at her with his mate, the girl’s father.
‘I’m a crackhead’: Man allegedly caught with drugs, firearms
A man who allegedly told police he was “a crackhead” after a search on his property uncovered a stash of guns and meth has faced court for the first time.
Bail for man accused of drug-fuelled stabbing
A young man accused of an early-morning, drug-fuelled stabbing in North Wollongong has been granted bail after his alleged victim died suddenly from unrelated causes.
Man accused of grooming teen girl for sex
A man has been labelled in court documents as a “predator” by police after a statewide sting into online child grooming allegedly uncovered ways he used social media to send images of his genitals to who he thought was a teen girl.
1800 cannabis plants burnt after alleged hydro-house raid
VIDEO: Two men have been charged and an estimated $3.75 million of cannabis destroyed after police raided an alleged industrial-scale hydro house southwest of Sydney.
Man admits to vicious New Year’s Day beach rape
A Illawarra man – known for six years as ‘Profile A’ – has admitted to the brutal rape of a young woman on a Wollongong beach and other vicious attacks after police found his DNA on an item he threw away.
‘Vibrant’ social housing block planned for CBD as waitlist grows
Plans for new mixed housing developments the Wollongong CBD have been revealed, as the waitlist for affordable and social housing continues to skyrocket across the region.
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