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Richard Noone is a senior journalist on the NSW Central Coast covering crime, courts, emergency services and general news.

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A man aged in his 50 has been charged with three further historic sexual abuse charges. Picture circa 1981.

Man charged with historic sex offences

A man previously jailed for a lengthy sentence has faced court over three more historic child abuse offences allegedly carried out when he was just a teenager.

Central Coast

Generic pic of lines of cocaine. Pic Credit Thinkstock

Court: Accused cocaine dealer tried to hide drugs in underpants

A boilermaker was not excited to see police when they pulled him over on Sparks Rd at Warnervale. But he did have something protruding from his underpants, a court has heard.

Central Coast

Buck’s party reveller ‘choked’ cop

A police officer’s eyes were ‘bulging’ and his tongue was ‘hanging out’ as he was choked after a wild drunken buck’s party erupted into a brawl with police, a court has heard.

Central Coast

A person in the drivers seat of their car on their phone while at a set of traffic lights, Warringa Road, Frenchs Forest, Sydney. 24th September, 2019. Picture by Damian Shaw

What you need to know before phone detection cameras go live

Mobile phone detection cameras will start issuing fines from this Sunday. Here’s everything you need to know to avoid getting pinged and why P-platers will need to lock theirs in the boot.

Central Coast

Simon Lorenz pleaded guilty to drink-driving after mounting the kerb while going past McDonald's drive thru. Picture: supplied

DUI rampage through Macca’s drive thru

A construction worker was so drunk he could not remember hitting a power pole on his way home but did manage to swing past McDonald’s drive-thru.

Central Coast

Tate Howard pleaded guilty to high range drink-driving after he was picked up on the M1 the morning after a big night and blew 0.163. Picture: Facebook

Bank manager’s boozy night ends in DUI

Bank manager Tate Howard thought he was just “hungover” after a night on the vodka and creaming soda. But when he was picked up on the M1, he blew a reading of 0.163.

Central Coast

Cannabis dealer sentenced to 16 months

Tiegan Hayes has avoided full time custody for dealing cannabis around The Entrance after turning her life around.

Central Coast

Dean William Maxwell Phillips, 39, of Woy Woy, has pleaded guilty to supplying a commercial quantity of prohibited drugs and selling firearms. Picture: Facebook

Woy Woy drug dealer pleads guilty

Lists of customer’s names, their phone numbers and addresses of known drug dealers across the Peninsula have been revealed after middle level supplier Dean Phillips pleaded guilty.

Central Coast

Gosford Police Station pictured Tuesday 2nd July 2019 (AAP Image/Sue Graham)

Gun fired before 3hr stand-off

UPDATE: A man who allegedly fired a gun inside a unit twice before a woman was able to escape and alert police — triggering a three hour stand-off — has been refused bail.

Central Coast

Daniel Bolton, 29, of Budgewoi, has been jailed for spraying a heart on a street sign. Picture: supplied

Love heart graffiti artist jailed

An ex-con has been busted for spray painting “love heart” graffiti. Could this be the end of the coast’s most annoying trend?

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