A 42-year-old Carey Park man has been charged after an alleged police chase involving a stolen Toyota LandCruiser in the South West. Police allege the driver rammed three occupied police vehicles during a pursuit on October 16 and damaged two others before the vehicle was stopped in Collie. The man faces charges including three counts of assault with intent to prevent arrest, four counts of criminal damage and two counts of endangering life. He is also charged over alleged burglaries in Davenport, Boyanup, Carey Park and Bunbury. He is due to appear in Perth Magistrates Court on November 2.
A 32-year-old man has been arrested in Sydney's inner west after allegedly stealing a car, setting it on fire and fleeing a confrontation with its owners. Police say he had been on the run since Friday morning. He was arrested late Sunday in Burwood after an appeal by police, sustaining a minor injury. The incident began in a basement car park in Dulwich Hill, where fire crews extinguished the blaze with no injuries recorded. The man has been charged with seven offences, including possessing a shortened firearm without authority, and is due to appear in court on Monday.
A 32-year-old man has been charged over an alleged car fire in Dulwich Hill and a sawn-off shotgun scare in Sydney's Inner West. Police were called to a car park at about 10.20am on Friday after a man allegedly set fire to a stolen vehicle while carrying a gun. Fire and Rescue NSW crews extinguished the car, and no injuries were reported. Police arrested the man on Burwood Road in Burwood at about 11.30pm on Sunday after he allegedly tried to evade officers.
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A 27-year-old man has appeared in Perth Magistrate's Court after an alleged high-speed chase through Perth's southern suburbs. Police allege Edward Kelly Hume stole a grey SUV and led officers on a pursuit that ended in several collisions. An 80-year-old driver was critically injured when his white sedan was hit by an unmarked police car in Leeming. Mr Hume faces eight charges, including driving without a licence and reckless driving to escape police. WA Police Minister Reece Whitby said a full review of the crash would take place.
A 31-year-old man has been arrested after a long police chase across suburban Melbourne in an allegedly stolen Holden Commodore. Police say the car reached speeds of up to 200km/h even after its tyres were shredded by road spikes. The chase began in Chadstone early on Friday and passed through several southeastern suburbs. The man faces charges including dangerous driving while pursued, motor vehicle theft, drug possession and driving while disqualified. He was refused bail at Dandenong Magistrates Court and will appear in court again on October 12.
