‘Low hanging fruit’: Fake flood victim’s shocking lies to reap $22K
An impostor posing as a Northern Rivers flood victim told horrific lies to defraud $22K in disaster payments. Here’s what happened.
Police & Courts
Accused in hit and run with cop ‘jumped’ from bike: Police
A teen motorcyclist accused of a nasty hit and run with a cop leapt from the bike before impact, police allege.
Police allegedly find blade amid arrests over murder
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.
Named: Suburban man charged over alleged Special K import
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.
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Another alleged child victim emerges in online sextortion case
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.
Alleged gun supplier had arsenal of high-powered weapons: Court
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.
Named: Ex-rescue volunteer on ‘fake cop’, weapons charges
A former Taree rescue volunteer allegedly masqueraded as a police officer, dealt with stolen property and had prohibited weapons.
Named: Tamworth man accused of assault on four cops
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.
How a pair of gloves brought down shopping centre raider
Discarded gloves, CCTV footage and incriminating travel patterns have sent an unrepentant shopping centre raider to prison. Here’s the latest from court.
Free birth horror: Birth keepers face extended ban
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.
Boardwalk rampage accused freed on bail
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.
KFC brawl: Man who threw first punch walks free
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.
Co-accused in alleged unsecured load road death backflips on plea
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.
Final kidnapper sentenced after brutal blow-up pool torture
The final chapter in a gripping kidnap case reveals the role and troubled past of a “street-level” meth dealer in a bloody crime that shocked a regional town on the Mid-North Coast.
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