Nine people, including eight teenagers, have been charged following a police pursuit in the Hunter region today.
\nAbout 11.15am (Wednesday 28 July 2021), officers attached to Newcastle-Hunter Traffic and Highway Patrol observed a grey Honda Civic allegedly travelling at speed southbound on the Hunter Expressway.
\nThe vehicle allegedly reached speeds in excess of 200km\/h in a sign-posted 110km\/h zone. A pursuit was initiated at Church Street, Minmi, before being terminated in Wallsend, due to the manner of driving.
\nThe vehicle was subsequently sighted by several police vehicles across Newcastle City and Lake Macquarie Police Districts, before being abandoned at Arthur Street, Cardiff, shortly after midday.
\nA perimeter was established by officers from Lake Macquarie, Newcastle City, Port Stephens-Hunter and Hunter Valley Police Districts, assisted by PolAir, the Dog Unit and the Police Transport Command.
\nFollowing inquiries, a 19-year-old woman and eight teenagers \u2013 aged between 13 and 17 \u2013 were arrested and taken to Belmont Police Station.
\nThe woman was charged with being carried in a conveyance without the owner\u2019s consent and breaching bail.
\nShe was refused bail to appear in Newcastle Local Court today (Thursday 29 July 2021).
\nA 15-year-old teenage boy was charged with police pursuit \u2013 drive dangerously, drive recklessly\/furiously or speed\/manner dangerous, take & drive conveyance without consent of owner and not give particulars to other driver.
\nHe was refused bail to appear in a children\u2019s court today (Thursday 29 July 2021).
\nA 16-year-old teenage boy was charged with breaching bail and being carried in a conveyance without the owner\u2019s consent.
\nHe was granted conditional bail to appear before a children\u2019s court on Monday 2 August 2021.
\nThe other six teens were released into the care of their respective parents and will be dealt with under the Young Offenders Act.
\nAll nine will be issued with PINs for failing to comply with noticed direction in relation to Section 7\/8\/9 \u2013 COVID 19.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Nine people, including eight teenagers, have been charged following a police pursuit in the Hunter region today. About 11.15am (Wednesday 28 July 2021), officers attached to Newcastle-Hunter Traffic and Highway Patrol observed a grey Honda Civic allegedly travelling at speed southbound on the Hunter Expressway. The vehicle allegedly reached speeds in excess of 200km\/h in … Continue reading “Charges laid after police pursuit – Lake Macquarie”<\/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":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12313","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-newcastle"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12313","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12313"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12313\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12313"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12313"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12313"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}