<\/b>Police are appealing for public assistance following an armed robbery in Adamstown yesterday.<\/p>\n
Just before 3.30pm (Tuesday 15 December 2015), a man entered a post office on Brunker Road and threatened two employees with what appeared to be a firearm.<\/p>\n
He forced himself behind a security counter and demanded cash.<\/p>\n
The man grabbed a till containing cash before he fled the scene, and was last seen running through the grounds of a nearby church.<\/p>\n
Officers from Newcastle City Local Area Command attended and established a crime scene.<\/p>\n
Police would like to speak with a man who may be able to assist them with inquiries.<\/p>\n
He is described as being aged about 25 to 35-years-old with a stocky build.<\/p>\n
He was last seen wearing a long-sleeved light-coloured business shirt, long trousers and a \u201cPanama\u201d style hat with a light-coloured face covering.<\/p>\n
Detectives from Newcastle City Local Area Command are investigating the incident and are appealing for any witnesses to come forward.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Police are appealing for public assistance following an armed robbery in Adamstown yesterday. Just before 3.30pm (Tuesday 15 December 2015), a man entered a post office on Brunker Road and threatened two employees with what appeared to be a firearm. He forced himself behind a security counter and demanded cash. The man grabbed a till … Continue reading “Armed robbery appeal – Adamstown, near Newcastle”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7,9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3206","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-radio16","category-tcrn"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.onradio.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3206","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.onradio.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.onradio.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.onradio.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.onradio.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3206"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.onradio.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3206\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.onradio.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3206"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.onradio.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3206"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.onradio.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3206"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}