Crime

POLICE INVESTIGATE SERIES OF ARMED ROBBERIES

Posted on September 13th, 2024 by Clyde Mooney
Police are appealing for information from the public on a series of surprisingly similar armed robberies on hotels, in Adelaide and south-western Sydney. Reportedly two men, armed with a handgun and a knife and with their faces covered, rushed the

LIVINGSTONE HIT IN BRAZEN ARMED ROBBERY

Posted on August 28th, 2024 by Clyde Mooney
Two men are on the run from police in Sydney and a man has been arrested in Melbourne over multiple armed robberies at pubs and clubs. According to reports, two armed men entered Oscars’ Livingstone Hotel in Sydney’s inner west

AARON NOT ON THE SIDE OF CAUTION

Posted on August 16th, 2024 by Jane Louise
Two bizarre acts of violence outside pubs hit the headlines this week, after an assault in the Melbourne suburb of Epping and an attempted robbery on the Sunshine Coast caught the media’s attention. A man plead guilty to the charge

MAN ARRESTED OVER OXFORD HOTEL ARSON

Posted on July 29th, 2024 by Clyde Mooney
A man has been arrested over the fire that tore into the accommodation area of the historic Oxford Hotel, which has been closed since late 2023 over a tenancy dispute. Around 7am on Saturday emergency services were summoned to the

UNDIES BANDIT ON THE LOOSE

Posted on May 31st, 2024 by Clyde Mooney
A would-be bandit wearing budgie smugglers on his head is on the run from police, after an attempted hold-up of a pub in Port Melbourne. According to police, the man entered ALH’s Rex Hotel around 2.15am on Wednesday, 22 May.

ARMED BANDIT ARRESTED IN DUMPSTER

Posted on May 10th, 2024 by Clyde Mooney
Police tracked down and arrested a man in a dumpster, accused of an alleged armed robbery at a western Sydney pub in the early hours of Wednesday. Around 12.40am on 8 May police received reports of an armed robbery at

MAJOR DATA BREACH ON PUB AND CLUB PATRONS

Posted on May 3rd, 2024 by Clyde Mooney
A man has been arrested, as police continue to investigate a major alleged data breach that risks the personal details of patrons of clubs and pubs across NSW and puts a cloud over data collection. News broke on Wednesday of

KEG CROOKS ARRESTED

Posted on March 27th, 2024 by Clyde Mooney
Following investigations by detectives in Victoria, three people have been arrested and are facing charges over the theft of hundreds of empty kegs, worth tens of thousands of dollars.    Authorities have been investigating the pilfering of more than 200

POLICE ARREST MAN OVER COMMY ARMED ROBBERY

Posted on March 8th, 2024 by Clyde Mooney
An arrest has been made following the investigation of a violent armed robbery last month, where two masked Caucasian men left an employee of the Commonwealth Hotel Newcastle seriously injured. On 28 February at 4:24am, it has been alleged that

POLICE HUNT COMMY BANDITS

Posted on March 4th, 2024 by Clyde Mooney
Police are investigating a violent armed robbery last week at the Commonwealth Hotel in Cooks Hill where a worker was seriously injured. Officers from Newcastle City Police District were called to the premises at the intersection of Union and Bull