South Tamworth News

The driver stopped at an Illoura Street house about 9pm and was approached by the men, who demanded his money.

THE woman accused of concealing evidence linked to the shooting death of Tamworth Senior Constable David Rixon was refused bail in court yesterday for breaching her bail conditions.

DEBBIE MacAlpine and her sister Gai were asleep in their South Tamworth home when thieves entered their rooms and stole their car keys, cash and valuables.

BOYS with a need for speed, some thought to be only in their early teens, are the suspects behind 13 motor vehicle thefts in Tamworth in the past week.

A MAN was assaulted by a group of people after he chased a thief out of his South Tamworth home on Thursday night.

A RUNAWAY speeding ute caused chaos on Goonoo Goonoo Rd in Tamworth late yesterday after it crashed into two parked vehicles, careered up the highway the wrong way and even sheared off a power pole at its base and brought down powerlines.

AT LEAST nine break-ins and break-in attempts in Tamworth in three days has prompted police to issue an urgent warning for residents to be on the look-out for thieves.

POLICE are still working on the brief of evidence against 48-year-old Michael Allan Jacobs, who is accused of murdering Tamworth police officer Senior Constable David Rixon.

THE woman accused of concealing gun cartridges with alleged links to the shooting death of Tamworth police officer David Rixon was granted bail yesterday.

The car was reported stolen from a Petra Avenue house between 11pm and 1.15am but it came to the attention of police, who saw it being driven erratically in the South Tamworth area.

The 15-year-old was charged with robbery after he allegedly stole a handbag from a 62-year-old woman at the Robert St Shopping Village last Wednesday.