A man has been charged after he allegedly had sexually explicit conversations with what he believed to be a 13-year-old girl.
Detectives from the Child Abuse and Sex Crime Squad’s Child Exploitation Internet Unit say they began engaging online with the man earlier this month.
Police will allege in court that the man engaged in sexually explicit conversations about acts he wished to perform on the child and sent sexually explicit material.
Strike Force Trawler detectives arrested a 50-year-old man at a home at Gunnedah about 8.30am yesterday.
A search warrant was subsequently executed, where detectives seized a mobile phone.
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Police charge man over break-in and police pursuit at Tamworth
A man has been charged with multiple offences following a police pursuit involving a stolen vehicle in the state’s north.
Between 8.30pm on Tuesday and 5am Wednesday (27 and 28 April 2021), a white Holden Colorado was stolen during a break and enter at a home on Denison Street, South Tamworth.
Officers attached to Oxley Police District were conducting patrols of the area when they saw the vehicle on Quin Street.
A pursuit was instigated and terminated a short time later due to safety concerns.
Three people were seen running from the vehicle when it was found abandoned in Lloma Park, shortly before 5am.
A man has been charged with alleged firearm offences near Tamworth yesterday.
About 10.30am (Saturday 24 April 2021), officers from Oxley Police District were called to Appleby Lane, Appleby, about 20km north west of Tamworth, following reports a man was armed with a firearm outside his property.
Police were told the man pointed a rifle at volunteer fire crews who were conducting controlled burns in the area.
There were no reports of any injuries.
Officers spoke to the 41-year-old man before locating three firearms and ammunition in a vehicle on the property. They were seized and the man was arrested.
He was taken to Tamworth Police Station and charged with 13 offences including use offensive weapon with intent to commit indictable offence, carry firearm manner likely injure person/property, three counts of not keep firearm safely-not prohibited firearm and eight counts of common assault.
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