A Mid-North Coast gardener-turned-arsonist has been condemned by a magistrate for starting and feeding a state forest fire which had the “potential to cause disastrous catastrophe and loss of life.”
A teen motorcyclist accused of a nasty hit and run with a cop leapt from the bike before impact, police allege.
Police allege a Mid-North Coast woman charged with aiding and harbouring a man accused of murder was found with a 30cm knife when she was arrested.
Police allege they have seized five litres of imported liquid ketamine, two gel blasters and other prohibited substances in a suburban raid on the Mid-North-Coast. Here’s the latest.
Authorities have tracked down an alleged high risk fugitive on the Mid-North Coast, accused of multiple DV offences and break and entering to commit an indictable offence, in an early morning sting.
Another alleged underage victim – who lives overseas – has emerged in the online sextortion case against Mid-North Coast man Jake Vandermeel, who stands accused of threatening to abduct, rape and murder a child.
A Mid-North Coast civil construction worker is facing more than 20 drugs and firearms charges including allegations he supplied high powered weapons like a pump-action shotgun and an AR-15 rifle.
A former Taree rescue volunteer allegedly masqueraded as a police officer, dealt with stolen property and had prohibited weapons.
A Tamworth man who was tasered after allegedly attacking four cops who were responding to an alleged family dispute involving a knife has fronted court.
Discarded gloves, CCTV footage and incriminating travel patterns have sent an unrepentant shopping centre raider to prison. Here’s the latest from court.
Two Mid-North Coast women face ongoing restrictions as a court case against them continues into the circumstances surrounding an infant boy’s death near Coffs Harbour.
A man charged with assaulting four people and a dog, including an elderly man who sustained a broken collar bone, on a Mid-North Coast boardwalk has been granted bail.
A jury took less than an hour to return a not guilty verdict for a man accused of using an offensive weapon – a guitar capo – in a wild brawl outside a Northern Rivers KFC restaurant.
Almost four years on from the tragic death of Martin Stait – killed when a load of allegedly unsecured fencing collided with his car – one co-accused has changed his plea to a manslaughter charge at the eleventh hour.
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