A man has been charged with more than 15 break and enter offences almost of all of which are alleged to have occurred cross the Northern Beaches in July.
The Northern Beaches Police Area Command started an investigation last month into multiple break and enter offences at businesses in Freshwater, Allambie Heights, Elanora Heights, Forestville and Pennant Hills areas.
Police allege that between Friday, 18 July 2025 and Tuesday, 22 July 2025, a man broke into 13 businesses across the Northern Beaches area – four in Forestville, four in Allambie Heights, three in Elanora Heights and two in the Freshwater area – and stole more than $15,000 in cash.
Further inquiries also found the man allegedly broke into two locations in West Pennant Hills between Wednesday, 16 July 2025 and Friday, 18 July 2025, where a white hatchback and a silver SUV were stolen.
Following extensive inquiries, at about 9am on Wednesday, 23 July 2025, police arrested the 23-year-old man on Pennant Hills Road, West Pennant Hills.
He was taken Hornsby Hospital for further assessment under police guard.
At about 10:50am on Wednesday, 6 August 2025, he was released from the hospital and taken to Hornsby Police Station where he was charged with 25 offences:
- Drive conveyance taken without consent of owner (two counts);
- Dishonestly obtain property be deception (four counts);
- Drive motor vehicle during disqualification period;
- Break and enter house etc steal value less than or equal to $60,000 (13 counts);
- Face blackened/disguised with intent to commit indictable offence (three counts);
- Drive motor vehicle during disqualification period, and;
- Commit s114 offence, having previous conviction.
He was refused bail to appear at Hornsby Local Court on Thursday, 7 August 2025, where he was refused bail to appear at the same court on Thursday 21 August 2025.
