A man is due in court today charged after police pursued a stolen ute around Dubbo this morning.
Officers attached to Orana Mid-Western Police District initiated a pursuit about 1:20am (Sunday 21 January 2024), when the driver of a ute on the Newell Highway failed to stop when directed.
The pursuit was terminated a short time later when the driver allegedly reached speeds of more than 200km/h. Police will allege the same ute was subsequently sighted on numerous occasions in the Dubbo area travelling at high speed over the following 25 minutes.
Road spikes were deployed on the Mitchell Highway about 1.45am, deflating the ute's front tyres. The driver continued into the township before the ute left the road near the L.H. Ford Bridge and stopped.
The 39-year-old male driver was arrested a short time later after being chased down by police.
The man, from Dubbo, was taken to Dubbo Police Station where he's been charged with take and drive conveyance without consent, police pursuit – not stop – drive recklessly, and four counts of predatory driving.
He has been bail refused to appear at Dubbo Local Court today (Sunday 21 January 2024).
Checks revealed the ute was stolen from a business on the Mitchell Highway near Dubbo last night (Saturday 20 January 2024).
