Copper Thieves Target Teralba Coal Plant

BY KAYNE STEPHENS

Four people have been arrested and are facing multiple charges after allegedly trespassing on a coal plant at Teralba on Monday night.

At about 11:30, Lake Macquarie Police responded to reports several people had entered the premises on Powerhouse Road.

Officers set up a perimeter and called in the Police Dog unit to find three men and one woman on the site.

Police will allege a large quantity of copper cable was being stolen.

All four were arrested and charged with multiple counts of trespassing, larceny, and damaging mine equipment, one man was charged with possessing a prohibited weapon and other outstanding warrants.

They were refused bail to face Toronto Local Court on Tuesday.

Trial begins for man who took a bulldozer on a path of destruction through Teralba

BY JESSICA ROUSE

It was an unwanted demolition job which took just 15 minutes in 2015 when a man stole a bulldozer and took it on a path of destruction through a Teralba street.

Jamie Sager's trial has started in Newcastle District Court where he is standing trial for intending to endanger the lives of three female occupants who lived inside a home where he once lived.

He has admitted to the bizarre crime but pleaded not guilty to deliberately intending to endanger the lives of the three people in the Weir Road home.

The 50-year-old once lived there but the court heard yesterday the friendship between him and the three other occupants soured when he was kicked out. It reportedly sparked an irrational desire to get revenge.

Along the path of destruction, Jamie Sager took out four cars and a boat as well as the home.

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