A DISQUALIFIED driver will face court next month after being detected travelling more than 60kmh above the sign-posted speed limit in the Royal National Park at the weekend. Sutherland Traffic and Highway Patrol Command were conducting speed enforcement duties on Lady Wakehurst Drive, Otford, about 2pm on Saturday when they detected a VW Golf hatch … Continue reading
POLICE have appealed for information from the community following an incident where a pedestrian was struck by a vehicle at Fairy Meadow at the weekend. A vehicle was travelling east along Balgownie Road about 11.10pm on Saturday, when the driver stopped the vehicle near Meadow Street, after witnessing a fight between two young people. They … Continue reading
A MAN has been charged after a barricade situation at Fairy Meadow on Wednesday. Wollongong police were called to a domestic-related incident at a home on the Princes Highway, Fairy Meadow about 9am on Wednesday. As officers arrived at the home, a 23-year-old man allegedly armed with two knives locked himself in the home. Another … Continue reading
A MAN has been arrested following a stand-off with police at Fairy Meadow this morning. Wollongong police went to a house on the Princes Highway following reports of a domestic dispute about 9am. On police arrival a 23-year-old man retreated into the house, allegedly armed with several knives. Police secured a perimeter and negotiations commenced … Continue reading
A COMPANY has been sanctioned for allowing two unsafe vehicles to be driven in the wake of a serious crash at Fairy Meadow on Monday. Officers from the NSW Police Traffic & Highway Patrol Traffic Task Force with the assistance of Roads and Maritime Inspectors, began inspecting the vehicles from the company’s fleet at the … Continue reading
AN investigation is underway after Corrimal High School was severely damaged by fire in the early hours of Saturday morning. Emergency services were called to Murray Road about 5am, where they found the school well-alight. No one was injured; however, the school sustained significant damage. Wollongong Police established a crime scene and have commenced an investigation … Continue reading
POLICE have launched an investigation after a truck crashed into the Fairy Meadow McDonald’s restuarant today. Emergency services were called to a carpark at the intersection of Mount Ousley Road and the Princes Highway, Fairy Meadow, after reports of a truck crash about 10.45am. Initial reports indicate the truck crashed into several parked cars after losing control … Continue reading
A LEARNER driver is facing court after hitting a parked at Woonona and returning an alleged blood alcohol reading of 0.310. A man was driving a Subaru Liberty west along Russell Street when he hit a parked Holden SUV about 9pm on Sunday. Residents came out to see what had happened. The owner of the … Continue reading
A FAIRY Meadow man has been charged with aggravated sexual assault after allegedly following a woman home from a Towradgi pub. The man, 39, allegedly got into the same taxi as the 56-year-old woman outside the Pioneer Road pub about 2.40am on Sunday, October 14. The woman asked the cab driver to take her to … Continue reading
Police investigating a sexual assault at Tarrawanna over the weekend have released images of a man that may be able to assist. About 2.40am on Sunday, a woman got into a taxi at the front of licensed premises on Pioneer Road, Towradgi. An unknown man entered the taxi and they proceeded to Bellambi Street at … Continue reading
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