A Noraville man is due to face court today accused of breaking into a unit block in Newcastle and stealing property.
It's alleged the 34-year-old forced open a letter box at the Worth Place apartments in the early hours of Monday morning and stole keys and an access fob before gaining access to the basement and breaking into several storage cages and making off with two mountain bikes, jewellery and tools.
He was arrested yesterday while walking in Morgan Street Islington, with a search of his backpack allegedly uncovering keys, an access fob and housebreaking implements.
Police say they searched a nearby home and found two mountain bikes, one of which was stolen from Worth Place
The man, who is on parole, was taken to Waratah Police Station and charged with four offences including break enter and steal, possess housebreaking implements, goods in custody and possess graffiti implement.
He was refused bail to face Newcastle Local Court today (Wednesday 11 July, 2019).
Police are investigating a number of break and enters in the area and are reminding residents to be vigilant and not to leave spare keys in letterboxes.
