Rumble in Mumbil
DUBBO PHOTO NEWS can reveal that local detectives are investigating a serious incident that occurred at Mumbil.
Police say four persons forced entry to a Railway Parade residence and a 22-year-old female was assaulted.
A 21-year-old Wellington man and three Wellington women aged 50, 28, and 23 were arrested shortly after the incident and taken to Wellington Police Station.
They were all charged with a number of serious offences including break and enter with the intention to commit a serious offence.
All were refused bail and faced Wellington Court. None of the parties entered a plea at that time and were all remanded into custody until April, to reappear before Wellington Court.
It’s understood that the victim was allegedly assaulted, did not suffer serious injury.
The residence sustained an amount of damage including broken windows and upturned furniture. offenders, known offenders for other matters, and checking on persons subject to bail conditions.
The police “Hour of Power”, as it’s referred to, is a new initiative which sees a team of police (usually six to 10 strong) actively visit known residences and search other known locations, looking for those in the community who are evading the law.
These people usually know they are wanted and try to hide from the police and avoid facing up to what they may have done, so it’s often more effective to have enough police to surround locations and block off any escape routes.
Inspector Dan Skelly said the aim of the operation is to get these people off our streets and before a court, to face up to their responsibility, and often bring some sort of closure to victims of their crime.
“We are serious about keeping our streets safe, locking up the crooks, and putting them before the courts. No excuses, we turn up in force for one reason, to send a clear message to these people on behalf of the community – that we will not tolerate criminals roaming our streets looking to interfere and cause havoc in the lives of our law-abiding citizens,” Inspector Skelly said.
“The Orana area is experiencing low crime figures at this time, and we intend to keep it that way by proactively targeting offenders with whatever resources it takes,” he said.