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BUMBLING BANDITS JAILED FOR ROBBING PUB WHERE THEY WORKED

Posted on May 30th, 2016 by Clyde Mooney

Four former employees of the Vegas Hotel have been sentenced for a brazen robbery on the Kings Cross pub in mid-2013. CCTV caught the dramatic break-in and heist – all staged to draw attention from the four employees’ identities. Their

POLICE SEEK 2 MEN WHO BASHED HOTELIER AND SET HOTEL ON FIRE

Posted on May 25th, 2016 by Clyde Mooney

[caption id="attachment_6127" align="alignright" width="330"] CCTV footage (see below) shows bandits dragging the hotel manager[/caption] Police are appealing to the public for information about two men that assaulted a hotel owner and set the building alight with people sleeping inside. Around

KINGS CROSS OWNER CONVICTED FOR OPERATING ILLEGAL BAR

Posted on May 18th, 2016 by Clyde Mooney

The DreamGirls nightmare has continued for owner Michael Frank Amante, as battles with OLGR and a raid in December result in closure of the venue, and now his conviction. Police and officers of OLGR (now Liquor & Gaming NSW –

PUBLICAN DODGES JAIL AFTER CHEATING TABCORP TO PAY THE BILLS

Posted on May 13th, 2016 by Clyde Mooney

A NSW publican has narrowly escaped jail after being caught defrauding Tabcorp of nearly $45,000 in late 2015. Keith Douglas Cummings is the owner and licensee of the Candelo Hotel, in Candelo, near Bega. [caption id="attachment_5993" align="aligncenter" width="598"] Candelo Hotel,

PUB BANDITS STEAL THOUSANDS AND BASH FEMALE MANAGERS

Posted on May 4th, 2016 by Clyde Mooney

Police are searching for two men that committed a violent robbery and assault at Gladstone’s Central Lane Hotel on Monday morning. CCTV footage showed a man armed with an axe force his way into the Hotel behind a female manger

QUEUES AT BRUNSWICK PUB FOR ICE AND COCAINE

Posted on May 4th, 2016 by Clyde Mooney

Managers from a Brunswick pub have appeared in Court over charges relating to “huge amounts” of drugs sold on the premises. The sale of drugs was reportedly so prolific customers had to queue outside the hotel’s office to purchase their

MELBOURNE PUB AND CLUB OPERATORS FACE DRUG TRAFFICKING CHARGES

Posted on April 22nd, 2016 by Clyde Mooney

Three men from two late-trading Melbourne music venues have been charged with drug trafficking offences, drawing attention to operator regulation in Victoria. Manager Paul Polito and Chris Lytras – believed to be the owner – of Brunswick’s Railway Hotel appeared

VALE PATRICK CRONIN

Posted on April 20th, 2016 by Clyde Mooney

Tragically, following Monday’s report of a teenager that was cowardly punched in the head during a brawl on Saturday, the Cronin family had to make the harrowing decision to turn off life support. [caption id="attachment_5756" align="alignright" width="229"] Patrick Cronin. Photo:

TEENAGER CHARGED OVER LAKE MACQUARIE GLASSING

Posted on April 4th, 2016 by Clyde Mooney

Police have confirmed a man has been charged with reckless wounding after he hit another man in the neck with a glass in a Lake Macquarie pub on Friday night. Lake Macquarie Local Area Command told PubTIC a 19-year-old man