Tailgate found – Police were able to track down the owner of a utility tailgate thanks to the owner’s business details being advertised on it. His vehicle hit a guardrail at road construction works north of Narooma Bridge at 1pm last Tuesday. He drove on after striking the structure not realising he had lost the tailgate.
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Mid-range driver – A 21-year-old Bermagui man was charged with mid-range drink driving after failing a random breath test in Cobargo at 6.30pm on Friday.
Padlock damaged – Unknown persons damaged a padlock attempting to gain entry to seafood cafe freezer at Bermagui Harbour between 9am last Sunday and 12pm last Tuesday.
Sign damaged – A 30-year-old Narooma man allegedly reversed into and damaged a sign at a Narooma service station at 9.10am last Monday. He drove off without stopping but police tracked down the man, who returned to sort out details.
Attempted entry – Unknown persons unsuccessfully attempted to gain entry into a residence on Gillespie Street, Cobargo between June 7 and last Monday.
Firearms amnesty – Narooma police are ready to receive unregistered firearms and weapons from July 1 as past of the National Firearms Amnesty.
Crime stats down – A dramatic decline in sexual assaults and fewer domestic violence cases have driven a fall in reported crime in the Eurobodalla.
Reported crime has fallen in the past 12 months, despite a rise in robberies and thefts, according to data released by the Bureau of Crime Statistics and Research.
The latest figures show the number of recorded incidents for major criminal offences in the Eurobodalla dropped from 1784, in the 12 months to March 2016, to 1618 in the following 12-month period.
Crime was down for 10 of the 17 major recorded offences, which included breaking and entering dwellings, stealing from motor vehicles and malicious damage to property.
Sexual assaults were down 57 per cent, from 42 reported cases in the 12 months to March 2016, to 18 the following year.
Domestic violence-related assaults dropped 14 per cent over the same 12-month period, from 173 reported cases to 148.
Non-domestic violence related assaults also dropped slightly, while indecent assaults and other sexual offences fell from 57 reported incidents to 41.
However, motor vehicle thefts and stealing from a retail store were up 34 per cent and 19 per cent respectively.
Reported incidents of stealing from a person more than doubled, while breaking and entering of non-dwellings was also on the rise.
Despite the rise in incidents of stealing from a person, the Eurobodalla rate was less than half the NSW average.
Robberies without a weapon and robberies with a firearm also increased from 2016 – 2017.
Figures showed break and enters, robberies with a firearm and indecent assaults were more likely to occur in the Eurobodalla compared to the NSW average.
Non-domestic assaults, malicious damage to property and stealing from dwellings also ranked slightly above the average NSW rate, according to the report.
