Police and Courts

Man charged over ATV theft

A man has been charged with allegedly stealing an all-terrain vehicle from a rural property in the Ootha area earlier this year. Officers have been investigating the theft of an all-terrain vehicle and spot sprayer from a property on Ootha Road...

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07 Sep 2025

Police and Courts

Urgent plea to families to talk about online safety

Crime Stoppers NSW is announcing a significant law enforcement collaboration to tackle online crime, ranging from child abuse or unwanted contact, cyberbullying and scams. Crime Stoppers provides a simple gateway for communities to report this...

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07 Sep 2025

Police and Courts

Firearm, theft charges after stolen vehicle found in Forbes

Two people have been charged with firearms and theft offences after police found a vehicle allegedly stolen in May this year in Forbes this week. Police have been investigating the theft of a van from Condobolin since 22 May this year. About 11:30pm...

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31 Aug 2025

Police and Courts

Firearm, theft charges after stolen vehicle found in Forbes

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31 Aug 2025

Police and Courts

Preventing violence before it starts: Council, state in DV partnership

Local Government NSW (LGNSW) is partnering with the state government to support councils in addressing the root causes of domestic, family, and sexual violence. The initiative is part of the NSW Government’s Pathways to Prevention Strategy, which...

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13 Jul 2025

Police and Courts

Police cars allegedly rammed as pursuit ends in Peak Hill

A police pursuit out of Dubbo that saw two police cars allegedly rammed ended in Peak Hill over the weekend with four people charged. Officers attached to Orana Mid-Western Police District – operating under Operation Soteria that targets youth...

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06 Jul 2025

Police and Courts

Homes searched as drugs, stolen property seized

Two men are facing 18 charges between them after drugs and stolen property were seized during searches of four homes and a vehicle in Parkes. In December last year officers from the Central West Police District established Strike Force Goovigan to...

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06 Jul 2025

Police and Courts

Police, Health swoop and seize contraband tobacco, vapes

Police have seized an estimated $15,000 of illegal cigarettes, tobacco and e-cigarettes in compliance checks including on Forbes businesses, carried out with NSW Health. Police and health swooped on tobacco retail premises after receiving information...

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29 Jun 2025

Police and Courts

Man allegedly intimidates two others with rifle

A man is facing intimidation and firearm charges after he allegedly aimed a rifle at two other males on a property west of Parkes and Forbes. Just after 9pm on Tuesday a 25-year-old man and an 18-year-old man were conducting contract pest control at...

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22 Jun 2025

Police and Courts

Police, Health swoop and seize contraband tobacco, vapes

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29 Jun 2025

Police and Courts

Man allegedly intimidates two others with rifle

Mid West Media >

22 Jun 2025

Police and Courts

Commander outlines policing plans in visit to Forbes

Forbes Mayor Phyllis Miller OAM met with Western Region Police Commander Andrew Holland in Forbes on Monday to discuss enhanced police presence. Mayor Miller said her meeting with newly appointed Western Region Commander Andrew Holland to address...

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08 Jun 2025

Police and Courts

Property charges laid after police investigate farm trespass

A man will face court charged with firearm and property-related offences after police were called to an alleged trespasser at a rural property. A farm worker found an unknown person on the property when he went to a shed to investigate a small fire...

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08 Jun 2025

Police and Courts

Police seize housebreaking tools, knife after recovering stolen ute

Police have seized housebreaking tools and a knife from a Condobolin property after a pursuit of a ute stolen from Forbes last week. Police attempted to stop the ute, reported stolen from Forbes last Wednesday, in Condobolin about 11.45pm on Saturday...

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08 Jun 2025

Police and Courts

Women facing charges after Forbes home searched

Two women, one 56 and one 18, are facing charges after police swooped on a Forbes home on Thursday morning. Parkes Detectives and the proactive crime team from Central West Police District executed a firearm prohibition order at a north Forbes...

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08 Jun 2025

Police and Courts

Woman dies after car and truck collide on Newell

A woman has died after a car and truck collided on the Newell Highway, south of Forbes, on Thursday morning. Emergency services were called to the Newell Highway, about 25km south of Forbes, around 9.25am on 22 May following reports of...

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01 Jun 2025

Police and Courts

Police arrest man, 28, over vehicle theft

A vehicle reported stolen last week has been recovered and charges laid in connection. It’s alleged a 28-year-old male was driving the vehicle, with false or wrong number plates, when he was stopped by police on Wyndham Avenue on Friday morning. The...

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18 May 2025

Police and Courts

Two arrested after police pursuit

Police took two people into custody after an allegedly stolen vehicle was involved in a police pursuit along the Newell Highway and eventually crashed on the shore of the lake in the middle of Forbes. Officers chased down two males on foot as they...

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11 May 2025

Police and Courts

Two charged after alleged vehicle theft, pursuits

A man and a teenage boy have been charged after a vehicle allegedly stolen from Forbes was allegedly involved in two police pursuits in Parkes and eventually rolled at Daroobalgie. Police were initially called to the reported theft of an SUV from...

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11 May 2025

Police and Courts

Shot fired, two pursuits as police try to arrest man

A man surrendered to police when his car became immobile after two pursuits and a collision with a police car during which a shot was fired. About 6am on Tuesday police were called to an incident in Parkes following reports a 42-year-old man had...

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04 May 2025

Police and Courts

Investigation leads to 19 charges, searches in Parkes and Forbes

A man has been charged with more than a dozen firearm offences following an investigation in the Central West. In December 2024 Rural Crime Investigators attached to the Central West Police District began an investigation into drug, firearms and...

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13 Apr 2025