{"id":4126,"date":"2019-11-06T04:05:31","date_gmt":"2019-11-06T04:05:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/?p=4126"},"modified":"2019-11-06T04:05:31","modified_gmt":"2019-11-06T04:05:31","slug":"man-charged-after-discharging-firearm-port-stephens","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/2019\/11\/06\/man-charged-after-discharging-firearm-port-stephens\/","title":{"rendered":"Man charged after discharging firearm &#8211; Port Stephens"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A man has been charged after allegedly discharging a firearm during a domestic incident in Port Stephens yesterday.<br \/>\nOn Tuesday 5 November 2019, a 40-year-old man was at home on Bombora Close, Fingal Bay speaking with his ex-partner, a 38-year-old woman.<br \/>\nDuring the afternoon an argument ensued between the two which quickly escalated.<br \/>\nIt\u2019s alleged the man produced a pistol and fired a shot inside the home that penetrated through a fly screen and a neighbour\u2019s garage, before becoming lodged in an external brick wall at a premises on Shoreline Drive, Fingal Bay.<br \/>\nOfficers from Port Stephens \u2013 Hunters Police District where notified of the earlier domestic incident and located the man about 5.15pm at a shopping centre in Salamander Bay.<br \/>\nHe was arrested and taken to Nelson Bay Police Station where he was charged with the following offences:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Fire firearm into building or onto enclosed lands<\/li>\n<li>Possess loaded firearm endanger life non-public place<\/li>\n<li>Handle\/use firearm under the influence of alcohol<\/li>\n<li>Stalk\/intimidation intend physical harm (Domestic) and possession ammunition without a licence<\/li>\n<li>Possess unregistered firearm<\/li>\n<li>Possess ammunition without holding licence\/permit<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>He was refused bail and will appear in Raymond Terrace Local Court today (Wednesday 6 November 2019).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A man has been charged after allegedly discharging a firearm during a domestic incident in Port Stephens yesterday. On Tuesday 5 November 2019, a 40-year-old man was at home on Bombora Close, Fingal Bay speaking with his ex-partner, a 38-year-old woman. During the afternoon an argument ensued between the two which quickly escalated. It\u2019s alleged &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/2019\/11\/06\/man-charged-after-discharging-firearm-port-stephens\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Man charged after discharging firearm &#8211; Port Stephens&#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-4126","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\/4126","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=4126"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4126\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4126"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4126"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4126"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}