{"id":36912,"date":"2026-01-16T10:52:31","date_gmt":"2026-01-15T23:52:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/?p=36912"},"modified":"2026-01-16T10:52:31","modified_gmt":"2026-01-15T23:52:31","slug":"man-charged-over-alleged-armed-robberies-raymond-terrace","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/2026\/01\/16\/man-charged-over-alleged-armed-robberies-raymond-terrace\/","title":{"rendered":"Man charged over alleged armed robberies \u2013 Raymond Terrace"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>A man will face court charged over two alleged armed robberies in the state\u2019s north.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On Tuesday 23 December 2025, officers attached to Port Stephens-Hunter Police District commenced an investigation following reports of an alleged armed robbery in Ryamond Terrace.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Police were told about 6.40pm two men entered a business on William Street, Raymond Terrace, before allegedly threatening an employee and demanding cash.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>One man allegedlly assaulted the employee \u2013 a 23-year-old man \u2013 with a metal pole before leaving with cigarettes, and an amount of cash.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The employee was not injured.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A crime scene was established and an investigation into the incident commenced.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>About 8am yesterday (Thursday 15 January 2026), police were called to a business on William Street, Raymond Terrace, after reports of an alleged armed robbery.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Police were told two men entered the store before allegedly stealing packets of cigarettes and an amount of cash and leaving in a black sedan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A crime scene was established as police commenced an investigation into the incident.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Following inquires, about 3pm yesterday (Thursday 15 January 2026), police arrested a 25-year-old man on Campbell Drive, Raymond Terrace.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He was taken to Raymond Terrace Police Station where he was charged with robbery while armed with dangerous weapon, and robbery in company.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He was refused bail to appear at Bail Division Court 2 today (Friday 16 January 2026).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Inquirires into the incident continue.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A man will face court charged over two alleged armed robberies in the state\u2019s north. On Tuesday 23 December 2025, officers attached to Port Stephens-Hunter Police District commenced an investigation following reports of an alleged armed robbery in Ryamond Terrace. Police were told about 6.40pm two men entered a business on William Street, Raymond Terrace, &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/2026\/01\/16\/man-charged-over-alleged-armed-robberies-raymond-terrace\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Man charged over alleged armed robberies \u2013 Raymond Terrace&#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-36912","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\/36912","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=36912"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36912\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":36913,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36912\/revisions\/36913"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=36912"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=36912"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=36912"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}