Daily Archives: 06/04/2015

Police appeal for public assistance after car fire – Yass

Police are appealing for public assistance following a car fire at Yass yesterday morning.

About 12.45am (Sunday 5 April 2015), police and fire fighters were called to a home on Petit Street after reports of a fire at the location.

Emergency services arrived to find a vehicle well alight out the front of the property.

The blaze was extinguished a short time later and no one was injured during the incident.

A crime scene was established by officers from The Hume Local Area Command and examined by forensic specialists.

The blaze did not cause any damage to the property or any other surrounding homes.

Initial inquiries suggest the fire was deliberately lit and police are continuing their investigations to establish the exact circumstances surrounding the blaze.

Anyone with information that could assist police is urged to contact Yass Detectives or Crime Stoppers on 1800 333 000.

Man charged after shot fired into air – Goulburn

A man will reappear in court next week after a shot was fired into the air outside a house in Goulburn overnight (Saturday 4 April 2015).

About 11.40pm, police were called to a house on Citizen Street.

It will be alleged a 26-year-old man was home with two other people when a group of six males stopped in front of the house.

The 26-year-old allegedly left the premises holding a firearm, which was discharged into the air. There were no reports of injury or damage

A search of the house located a homemade rifle and a shortened rifle that was seized for forensic examination.

The 26-year-old Goulburn man was arrested and charged with possess prohibited firearm, unregistered firearm, use unauthorised firearm and fire firearm near a public place.

He was refused bail and appeared in Goulburn Local Court today where he was refused bail prior to his reappearance at that same court on 8 April 2015.

Police appeal after woman robbed near local business in Toronto, Lake Macquarie

Police are appealing for information after a woman was robbed near a local business in Toronto, Lake Macquarie, overnight.

About 8pm (Saturday 4 April 2015), a 28-year-old woman gathered the takings from a business on The Boulevarde, before walking a short distance toward her unit on Cook Street.

While walking along a balcony on the second floor of the unit block, the woman was approached by a man who grabbed her bag containing the takings and fled the location.

Witnesses chased the man toward Cary Street before losing sight of him.

The woman was not injured during the incident.

Officers attached to Lake Macquarie Local Area Command were contacted and launched an investigation into the incident.

A crime scene was established and local police, with assistance from the Dog Unit, conducted an extensive search of the surrounding area but the man was not found.

Inquiries into the matter are continuing and police would now like to speak to a man who may be able to assist in the investigation.

The man is described as having a dark complexion, aged in his early 30s, about 180cm tall, with a thin build and he was last seen wearing a black hooded top.

Anyone who knows the man’s identity, or has any information that could assist police, is urged to call Crime Stoppers on 1800 333 000.

Police are urging anyone with information in relation to this incident to call Crime Stoppers on 1800 333 000 or use the Crime Stoppers online reporting page: https://nsw.crimestoppers.com.au/ Information you provide will be treated in the strictest of confidence. We remind people they should not report crime information via our Facebook and Twitter pages.