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A man has been arrested as inquiries continue into the death of a woman at Bellambi last week.
About 4pm today (Monday 8 October 2018), detectives from Port Stephens-Hunter Police District arrested a 29-year-old man at Maitland.
He has been taken to Maitland Police Station where he remains in custody.
Officers from Wollongong Police District commenced an investigation, assisted by detectives from the State Crime Command’s Homicide Squad, after the body of 39-year-old Kristie Powell was found at a home on Lorking Street on Friday (5 October 2018).
Kristie’s five-month-old son was found uninjured inside the home.
A man has been charged with murder over the death of a woman at Bellambi last week.
About 4pm yesterday (Monday 8 October 2018), detectives from Port Stephens-Hunter Police District arrested a 29-year-old man in a building near Maitland Railway Station.
The man was taken to Maitland Police Station where detectives from Wollongong Police District have now charged him with one count of murder.
He has been refused bail to appear in Maitland Local Court today (Tuesday 9 October 2018).
Wollongong detectives, assisted by the State Crime Command’s Homicide Squad, formed Strike Force Renehan to investigate the death of 39-year-old Kristie Powell, after her body was found at her home on Lorking Street, Bellambi, last Friday (5 October 2018).

A man has been charged following a serious crash at Myuna Bay, in the state’s Lake Macquarie region.
About 9.30am on Sunday 29 April 2018, emergency services were called to Wangi Road after a Holden Commodore and Mitsubishi wagon collided head-on.
The driver and sole occupant of the Holden, a 46-year-old man, was taken to John Hunter Hospital with a neck injury.
The female driver of the Mitsubishi, a 43-year-old woman and her 12-year-old passenger were taken to John Hunter Hospital with hip, leg and internal injuries. Both required surgery and have since been released from hospital.
Officers from the Crash Investigation Unit, with the assistance from Lake Macquarie Police District established a crime scene and commenced investigations into the circumstances surrounding the crash.
Following inquiries, a 46-year-old Bonnells Bay man, was served with Future Court Attendance Notices for the following offences:

• Dangerous driving occasioning grievous bodily harm – driver under the influence (x2)
• Dangerous driving occasion grievous bodily harm – drive manner dangerous (x2)
• Cause bodily harm by misconduct (x2)
• Negligent driving occasioning grievous bodily harm
• Negligent Driving
• Drive with illicit drug in blood

He is due to appear at Toronto Local Court on Tuesday 11 December 2018. His driver’s licence was also suspended.

A teenage girl remains in a critical condition in hospital following a single-vehicle crash on a rural property in Buckaroo today.
Police were told a Toyota Prado containing nine people had travelled to the property off Edgell Lane, near Ulan Road, Buckaroo, shortly after 1pm (Sunday 7 October 2018).
Concerns were raised for their welfare this afternoon after they failed to return.
The car was located by a neighbouring landowner in a paddock about 3.15pm, and appeared to have rolled a number of times.
All nine occupants of the vehicle were teenaged girls. One was ejected from the vehicle and sustained life-threatening injuries and was found lying near the vehicle. The other eight occupants managed to escape from the vehicle when it came to rest and all have suffered varying degrees of injuries, none of which are life threatening.
A 14-year-old girl was airlifted to the Children’s Hospital at Westmead, where she remains in a critical condition.
Officers from Orana Mid-Western Police District established a crime scene and are investigating the circumstances surrounding the crash.
Inquiries into the cause of the crash are ongoing with examination of the scene expected to continue for some hours.