Accused Wallsend Child Groomer Refused Bail

 BY IAN CROUCH

Strike Force detectives have arrested a man at a Wallsend service station following an investigation into alleged child grooming offences.

It's alleged the 64-year-old Wallsend man was using a social media platform to procure young boys for sex.

Inquiries led detectives to a local service station where the man was arrested at about 9am on Thursday.

He's faced Newcastle Local Court accused of using a carriage service to procure a child under the age of 16 for sexual activity and refused bail to face court again on August 30.

Police have seized electronic devices from a Wallsend home as inquiries continue.

The 64-year-old man was arrested at a Wallsend service station

Belmont Man Arrested Over Historical Child Sex Offences

 BY IAN CROUCH

Strike Force detectives investigating the unsolved disappearances and suspected murders of three teenage girls in Lake Macquarie have arrested a man on unrelated child sex offences.

As part of investigations by Strike Force Arapaima, detectives uncovered allegations of sexual assault against two teenage boys in Lake Macquarie and on the Mid North Coast between 1987 and 2007.

Officers attended a Belmont home on Wednesday and arrested a 56-year-old man.

He's been charged with 13 offences including sexual intercourse with a person between 10 and 16 years old and refused bail to face Newcastle Local Court today.