Police have charged two men \u2013 including a driver disqualified for life \u2013 after a pursuit in the state\u2019s Hunter Region yesterday.
\nJust before 10am (Sunday 13 September 2020), officers from Port Stephens-Hunter Police District attempted to stop a Mitsubishi Magna sedan on Avery Street, Rutherford.
\nWhen the driver allegedly failed to stop, police commenced a pursuit of the vehicle.
\nThe pursuit continued through Rutherford, before it was terminated due to safety concerns.
\nThe Mitsubishi stopped near bushland south of Scott Street, Weston, before the occupants fled into bushland and were later picked up by a woman in a Toyota sedan.
\nWith assistance from PolAir, police located the driver \u2013 a 38-year-old man \u2013 and his passenger \u2013 an 18-year-old man \u2013 at a home on Teece street, Weston.
\nUpon arrival, the two men allegedly fled the scene before officers commenced a short foot pursuit.
\nThe driver was arrested a short distance away after a short struggle. His passenger was also arrested nearby after he allegedly tried to assault a senior constable.
\nBoth men were taken to Maitland Police Station.
\nThe 38-year-old was charged with a number of offences including:
\n\u2022 Two counts of police pursuit \u2013 not stop \u2013 drive dangerously (2nd offence)
\n\u2022 Drive motor vehicle during disqualification period (2nd offence)
\n\u2022 Use class A vehicle with unauthorised number plate affixed
\n\u2022 Drive recklessly\/furiously or speed\/manner dangerous (2nd offence)
\n\u2022 Resist officer in execution of duty
\n\u2022 Goods in personal custody suspected being stolen
\n\u2022 Possess\/attempt to prescribed restricted substance
\n\u2022 Custody of knife in public place
\nHe was refused bail and is due to appear in Maitland Local Court today (Monday 14 September 2020).
\nPolice will allege in court that the man had been disqualified from driving for life in January 2000.
\nThe 18-year-old was charged with resist officer in execution of duty, and assault officer in execution of duty.
\nHe was granted conditional bail to appear in Maitland Local Court on Wednesday 7 October 2020.
\nInquiries are continuing.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Police have charged two men \u2013 including a driver disqualified for life \u2013 after a pursuit in the state\u2019s Hunter Region yesterday. Just before 10am (Sunday 13 September 2020), officers from Port Stephens-Hunter Police District attempted to stop a Mitsubishi Magna sedan on Avery Street, Rutherford. When the driver allegedly failed to stop, police commenced … Continue reading “Two men charged following pursuit – Hunter Region”<\/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-8187","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\/8187","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=8187"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8187\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8187"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8187"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8187"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}