Police have charged a man over an alleged carjacking in Newcastle last night.
\nAbout 8:20pm (Monday 21 January 2019), a couple were driving a Mercedes sedan on Darby Street, Cooks Hill, when an object was allegedly thrown at their car.
\nThe driver, a 24-year-old man, stopped the car to inspect the damage and to speak to a man who allegedly threw the object.
\nThe man fled, and the driver of the Mercedes chased him on foot.
\nAs this occurred, the man\u2019s female passenger, also aged 24, got into the driver\u2019s seat of the Mercedes and waited for him.
\nThe man being chased ran through nearby units, before doubling back and allegedly forcing the woman from the car and driving off.
\nNo one was injured during the incident.
\nOfficers from Newcastle City Police District attended and established a crime scene.
\nFollowing inquires, officers arrested a 32-year-old man at a nearby location.
\nHe was taken to Newcastle Police Station, where he was charged with unlawfully take\/drive vessel with person in\/on it and aggravated enter dwelling without knowing people.
\nThe man, from Waratah West, was refused bail to appear at Newcastle Local Court today.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Police have charged a man over an alleged carjacking in Newcastle last night. About 8:20pm (Monday 21 January 2019), a couple were driving a Mercedes sedan on Darby Street, Cooks Hill, when an object was allegedly thrown at their car. The driver, a 24-year-old man, stopped the car to inspect the damage and to speak … Continue reading “Man charged over alleged carjacking – Cooks Hill”<\/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-1300","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\/1300","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=1300"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1300\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1300"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1300"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1300"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}