A man has been charged, following an investigation into an alleged aggravated break and enter in Lake Macquarie earlier this year.
\nPolice have been told about 5.15am on Sunday 12 January 2020, a 48-year-old man had arranged to meet a woman he had interacted with online, at a home on Government Road, Cardiff.
\nShortly after her arrival, two men allegedly forced entry into the front door, armed with an ornamental sword and a metal pipe, before assaulting the man.
\nThe two men and the woman allegedly stole $650 cash and fled the scene in a vehicle, driven by a third man.
\nThe man was taken to John Hunter Hospital suffering head injuries, including a fractured skull and a severe laceration.
\nOfficers from Lake Macquarie Police District attended, established a crime scene and commenced an investigation into the circumstances surrounding the incident.
\nFollowing inquiries, a 25-year-old woman was arrested in Gateshead and taken to Belmont Police Station on Sunday 12 January 2020. She was charged with special aggravated break and enter and commit serious indictable offence \u2013 inflict grievous bodily harm and possess prohibited drug. She remains before the courts.
\nOn Wednesday 19 February 2020, detectives arrested a 34-year-old man at Rankin Park. He was charged with special aggravated break and enter and commit serious indictable offence \u2013 inflict grievous bodily harm and refused bail to appear before Belmont Local Court on Wednesday 15 April 2020.
\nA 19-year-old man was arrested on Friday 27 March 2020 at Wangi Wangi and taken to Toronto Police Station where he was charged with special aggravated break and enter and commit serious indictable offence \u2013 inflict grievous bodily harm. He was refused bail to appear before Toronto Local Court on Friday 3 April 2020.
\nYesterday (Wednesday 1 April 2020), a 23-year-old man was arrested by Lake Macquarie\u2019s Target Action Group in Windale and taken to Belmont Police Station.
\nThe man was charged with special aggravated break and enter and commit serious indictable offence \u2013 inflict grievous bodily harm.
\nHe was refused bail to face Newcastle Local court today (Thursday 2 April 2020).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
A man has been charged, following an investigation into an alleged aggravated break and enter in Lake Macquarie earlier this year. Police have been told about 5.15am on Sunday 12 January 2020, a 48-year-old man had arranged to meet a woman he had interacted with online, at a home on Government Road, Cardiff. Shortly after … Continue reading “Charges laid after alleged aggravated break and enter – Lake Macquarie”<\/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-5779","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\/5779","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=5779"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5779\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5779"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5779"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5779"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}