A man has been remanded in custody after appearing in court following an alleged pursuit on the South Coast.
Police will allege a sedan – which had been reported stolen – was seen about 1am last Saturday (2 August 2025), being driven south on Heron Road, Catalina, about 3km south-east of Batemans Bay.
When the driver allegedly failed to stop when directed, a pursuit was commenced.
Police will allege the car reached speeds of up to 120km/h in an 80km/h-signposted area and crossed to the wrong side of the road.
Officers followed the car through a number of streets in Catalina, before the driver lost control at the intersection of Heron Road and Gannet Place and struck a hatchback parked outside a home in Heron Road, Catalina. The crash caused extensive damage to both cars. No one was inside the vehicle.
Police will allege that, as the sedan continued down the road, the driver jumped from the moving vehicle, before it struck a vacant utility parked in a driveway.
Five minutes later, officers attached to Traffic and Highway Patrol Command arrested the man in a garage of a nearby home.
The 20-year-old man was taken to Batemans Bay Hospital for mandatory testing.
Once released from hospital, he was taken to Batemans Bay Police Station and charged with six offences,
- drive conveyance without consent of owner
- never licenced person drive vehicle on road
- police pursuit – fail to stop-drive dangerously
- not give particulars to owner of damaged property
- not restrain vehicle properly, and
- enter enclosed land not prescribed premises without lawful excuse
He was refused bail and appeared before Paramatta Local Court yesterday (Sunday 3 August 2025), where he was formally refused bail to appear in Batemans Bay Local Court on Monday 1 September 2025.
Police will allege in court the sedan was stolen from a home in Bent Street in Catalina between 5pm on Thursday 31 July and 8am on Friday 1 August 2025.
