Raptor Squad officers have charged a woman with multiple driving offences after an alleged pursuit through the state’s Hunter Region yesterday.
About 11.30am yesterday (Thursday 22 August 2024), officers attached State Crime Command’s Raptor Squad attempted to stop an allegedly stolen Subaru sedan travelling on Government Road, Weston.
When the driver failed to stop, a pursuit was initiated during which it allegedly reached speeds of 130km/h in 60km/h speed zones.
The vehicle came to a stop when one of its tyres became flat and it hit a gutter on Swanson Street.
Officers arrested the driver of the car, a 48-year-old woman, after she allegedly attempted to flee the scene on foot.
She was taken to Cessnock Police Station where she was charged with:
– drive conveyance taken without consent of owner,
– goods in personal custody suspected of being stolen motor vehicle,
– police pursuit not stop drive dangerously,
– drive recklessly/furiously or speed/manner dangerous,
– goods in custody suspected of being stolen not motor vehicle,
– use unregistered registrable class A motor vehicle on road and,
– use class A vehicle displaying misleading.
The woman was granted conditional bail to appear before Cessnock Local Court on Wednesday 11 September 2024.
