A man has been charged after a high-performance SUV was involved in a pursuit across Sydney overnight.
About 3am yesterday (Sunday 20 February 2022), police were told a 2019-model Maserati SUV was stolen from a property at Lalor Park.
Following inquiries, officers attached to Nepean Highway Patrol went to a home in Blair Avenue, St Marys, about 6.40pm and saw the vehicle being driven away, allegedly at high speed.
A pursuit was initiated but terminated due to dangerous driving, with assistance then sought from a PolAir crew.
The PolAir4 crew monitored the vehicle’s progress along the Great Western Highway to The Horsley Drive and Cowpasture Road, Abbotsbury, where it stopped.
Police will allege the driver left the vehicle and unsuccessfully attempted to enter a passing sedan driven by a 36-year-old man.
A Police Dog Unit then followed the alleged driver into nearby bushland where the man was arrested, assisted by members of the PolAir4 crew, which had landed next to Cowpasture Road.
A 22-year-old man was taken to Fairfield Police Station where he was treated by NSW Ambulance paramedics for dog bites sustained in the arrest.
The man, from Blackett, has now been charged with five offences; police pursuit – not stop – drive dangerously, take and drive conveyance without consent, drive recklessly/furiously or speed/manner dangerous, unlicensed driving, unlawfully take motor vehicle with person within.
He’s been refused bail to appear in Fairfield Local Court today (Monday 21 February 2022).
