Northern River and Beyond Crime News
A 69-year-old Ballina man has been convicted of common assault following an encounter with a 12-year-old boy near the North Creek canal walkway. The original sexual touching charge was withdrawn…
A Northern Rivers man faces nine charges after allegedly assaulting three men aged 69, 66 and 61 and stealing a car at Broadwater before members of the public restrained him.
A Northern Rivers man faces 19 charges after a South Lismore raid allegedly uncovered seven gel blasters, a crossbow, knuckle dusters, ammunition and drugs. Charges include acquiring a firearm while…
A Ballina man has been charged, but Lennox Hotel staff member Brekita Laing’s Subaru remains missing after what she says was a second theft in Queensland.
A Ballina man filmed screaming “get off me” during the viral Ballina airport arrest has been jailed after three clashes with police.
A Ballina machete attacker whose victim needed five hours of surgery has been jailed for two years. Cook was already serving a community correction order for assault.
Shooters Union Australia is urging licensed owners to boycott the NSW gun buyback, citing research it says challenges the government’s safety claims.
A Ballina Shire sex offender with a criminal history stretching back 37 years has received community sentences over death threats to a neighbour and a separate police pursuit.
A Northern Rivers man accused of ramming two vehicles and attempting to break into a Woodlawn home has been refused bail. A station wagon’s occupants suffered minor injuries during the…
James Lee Irwin has been jailed for 12 months after taking a motorcycle while drunk and targeting the same West Ballina home four times across two nights.