Woman charged with alleged property offences - Hunter Region
Tuesday, 22 July 2025 06:25:45 PM
A woman has been charged after an investigation into several property offences alleged to have occurred in the Hunter Region.
On Friday 30 May 2025, police began an investigation after a bank card was allegedly stolen from a vehicle on Lake Road, Argenton.
Police will allege that the bank card was later used to make unauthorised purchases at electronics and sporting goods stores.
Further stealing and property offences are alleged to have occurred between Sunday 1 June 2025 and Saturday 19 July 2025 in the Lake Macquarie and Rutherford areas, that police believed were linked.
Following extensive inquiries by Port Stephens-Hunter Police, a 28-year-old woman was arrested at Maitland Police Station about 7.30pm yesterday (Monday 21 July 2025).
She was subsequently charged with 12 offences:
- Dishonestly obtain property by deception (three counts),
- Enter vehicle or boat without consent of owner/occupier (three counts),
- Larceny value (greater than $5000 and less than or equal to $15,000),
- Enter inclosed land not prescribed premises without lawful excuse,
- Larceny (three counts), and
- Breach of bail.
She was refused bail to appear before Bail Division Court 2 today (Tuesday 22 July 2025), where she was formally refused bail to appear before Maitland Local Court tomorrow (Wednesday 23 July 2025).