{"id":2863,"date":"2019-05-23T14:26:12","date_gmt":"2019-05-23T14:26:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/?p=2863"},"modified":"2019-05-23T14:26:12","modified_gmt":"2019-05-23T14:26:12","slug":"search-continues-for-man-after-escaping-police-custody-singleton","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/2019\/05\/23\/search-continues-for-man-after-escaping-police-custody-singleton\/","title":{"rendered":"Search continues for man after escaping police custody &#8211; Singleton"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Police are stepping up their search to locate a man wanted on outstanding warrants after escaping from police custody in the Hunter Valley.<br \/>\nAbout 2.30pm yesterday (Wednesday 22 May 2019), a search operation involving officers from Hunter Valley Police District and PolAir commenced in Singleton, after Jay Bill Mason, aged 26, escaped from police custody at Singleton Police Station.<br \/>\nToday (Thursday 23 May 2019), search efforts continued with Hunter Valley officers conducting an extensive search of Singleton and the surrounding areas.<br \/>\nPolice believe he may still be in the Singleton area.<br \/>\nMr Mason is currently wanted on outstanding warrants for breach of parole order and revocation of intensive correction order.<br \/>\nHe is described as being of Caucasian appearance, 195cm-200cm tall, with a thin build, short brown hair, shaved on top and longer at the back, with a \u2018Jim Beam\u2019 tattoo on his back, an \u2018RIP\u2019 tattoo on his arm, a full sleeve tattoo on his left arm, and tattoos on his chest.<br \/>\nHe was last seen shirtless, wearing navy blue shorts with a floral print, and white ankle socks.<br \/>\nIf sighted, the public is urged not to approach him but to contact Police immediately.<br \/>\n<strong><em>Anyone with information about this incident is urged to contact Crime Stoppers: 1800 333 000 or <a href=\"https:\/\/nsw.crimestoppers.com.au\/\">https:\/\/nsw.crimestoppers.com.au<\/a>.<\/em><\/strong> <strong><em>Information is treated in strict confidence. The public is reminded not to report crime via NSW Police social media pages.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Police are stepping up their search to locate a man wanted on outstanding warrants after escaping from police custody in the Hunter Valley. About 2.30pm yesterday (Wednesday 22 May 2019), a search operation involving officers from Hunter Valley Police District and PolAir commenced in Singleton, after Jay Bill Mason, aged 26, escaped from police custody &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/2019\/05\/23\/search-continues-for-man-after-escaping-police-custody-singleton\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Search continues for man after escaping police custody &#8211; Singleton&#8221;<\/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-2863","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\/2863","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=2863"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2863\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2863"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2863"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2863"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}