Three teenage girls have been charged with seriously assaulting another girl in the states Hunter Region.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
About 4pm on Wednesday 19 August 2026, it will be alleged a 14-year-old girl travelling on a bus in East Maitland was assaulted by three other girls known to her.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
When the bus stopped at a bus stop along Victoria Street, it will be alleged the 14-year-old girl was dragged off the bus where the assault continued.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
A bystander intervened and went to the aid of the 14-year-old girl where the three girls ran from the scene.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
NSW Ambulance paramedics later treated the girl where she was taken to Maitland Hospital in a serious but stable condition.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Officers from the Police Transport Command were notified and commenced an investigation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
About 10.45pm last Friday (4 September 2026) officers arrested a 13-year-old girl at a home in East Maitland where she was taken to Maitland Police Station and is due to appear at a children\u2019s court on Thursday 1 October 2026.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
A 17-year-old girl was arrested at a home in Tenambit about 2.30pm yesterday (Tuesday 8 September 2026) and also taken to Maitland Police Station. She is due to appear in a Children\u2019s Court on Thursday 17 September 2026.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Officers arrested a 15-year-old girl at a business in Little Pelican. The girl was taken to Belmont Police Station and is due to appear in a children\u2019s court on Monday 21 September 2026.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
All three were charged with assault occasioning actual bodily harm or other(s) and assault occasioning actual bodily harm and were granted conditional bail.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Investigations are ongoing.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Three teenage girls have been charged with seriously assaulting another girl in the states Hunter Region. About 4pm on Wednesday 19 August 2026, it will be alleged a 14-year-old girl travelling on a bus in East Maitland was assaulted by three other girls known to her. When the bus stopped at a bus stop along … Continue reading “Three teenage girls charged over serious assault \u2013 East Maitland”<\/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-40749","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\/40749","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=40749"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40749\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":40750,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40749\/revisions\/40750"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=40749"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=40749"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=40749"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}