{"id":5201,"date":"2020-02-22T00:26:56","date_gmt":"2020-02-22T00:26:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/?p=5201"},"modified":"2020-02-22T00:26:56","modified_gmt":"2020-02-22T00:26:56","slug":"man-charged-with-escape-lawful-custody-newcastle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/2020\/02\/22\/man-charged-with-escape-lawful-custody-newcastle\/","title":{"rendered":"Man charged with escape lawful custody &#8211; Newcastle"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A man has been charged after he allegedly absconded from a hospital in Newcastle while in the custody of Corrective Services officers yesterday.<br \/>\nAbout 2pm yesterday (Thursday 20 February 2020), officers from Newcastle City Police District responded following reports the 35-year-old, who was being treated under guard at John Hunter Hospital, had escaped.<br \/>\nA large-scale search involving local police, Traffic and Highway Patrol Command, the Dog Unit and PolAir, was initiated for the alleged escapee.<br \/>\nJust after 3pm, the man was arrested at a shopping centre on Northcott Drive, Kotara.<br \/>\nThe man was taken to Newcastle Police Station where he was charged with escape lawful custody, enter prescribed premises of person without lawful excuse, and larceny.<br \/>\nHe was refused bail to appear at Newcastle Local Court today (Friday 21 February 2020).<br \/>\nAs investigations continue, police would like to speak with any witnesses. Those with information are urged to contact Crime Stoppers on 1800 333 000 or <a href=\"https:\/\/nsw.crimestoppers.com.au\/\">https:\/\/nsw.crimestoppers.com.au<\/a>.<br \/>\nInformation is treated in strict confidence. The public is reminded not to report crime via NSW Police social media pages.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A man has been charged after he allegedly absconded from a hospital in Newcastle while in the custody of Corrective Services officers yesterday. About 2pm yesterday (Thursday 20 February 2020), officers from Newcastle City Police District responded following reports the 35-year-old, who was being treated under guard at John Hunter Hospital, had escaped. A large-scale &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/2020\/02\/22\/man-charged-with-escape-lawful-custody-newcastle\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Man charged with escape lawful custody &#8211; Newcastle&#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-5201","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\/5201","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=5201"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5201\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5201"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5201"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5201"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}