Police have charged a man following a police pursuit on the state’s Mid North Coast yesterday, NSW Police say.
About 11.40am (Saturday 13 October 2018), police will allege a man crashed a Holden Commodore sedan, reported stolen from Queensland, on the M1 Pacific Highway at Bulahdelah.
The man allegedly then stole a Holden Commodore utility from a nearby carpark on Recovery Road and stopped at a service station on Wallanbah Road, Nabiac.
The man refilled the vehicle with petrol before allegedly leaving the service station without paying.
Officers from Manning/Great Lakes spotted the vehicle travelling north on the M1 Pacific Highway at Coopernook, allegedly driving in excess of 200km/h, and a police pursuit was initiated.
It was terminated shortly after due to safety concerns.
A short time later, the vehicle failed to negotiate a roundabout on Nancy Bird Walton Drive at Kew and crashed.
A 19-year-old man was arrested and taken to Port Macquarie Police Station where he was charged with nine offences, including:
- receive property stolen outside NSW;
- receive property – theft – serious indictable offence;
- use class A vehicle with unauthorised number plate affixed;
- drive while licence cancelled;
- negligent driving;
- take and drive conveyance without consent of owner;
- dishonestly obtain property by deception;
- police pursuit - not stop - drive dangerously;
- class A motor vehicle exceed speed > 45 km/h.
He was refused bail and appeared at Port Macquarie Local Court today (Sunday 14 October 2018), where he was refused bail to appear at the same court tomorrow (Monday 15 October 2018).
Inquiries continue.
