Woman and teen charged as investigation continues into alleged robbery - Muswellbrook
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A woman and teenage girl will face court charged as an investigation continues into a robbery at Muswellbrook earlier this year.
About 10pm on Friday 22 May 2026, police were called to a bottle shop on the corner of Maitland Road and Sydney Street.
At the scene, police were told three people allegedly forced entry to the business and assaulted an employee before stealing alcohol.
A crime scene was established by officers attached to Hunter Valley Police District and an investigation commenced.
A 17-year-old boy was arrested at Muswellbrook Police Station on Monday 25 May 2026. He was charged with 11 offences and remains before the courts.
On Wednesday 2 September 2026, following further inquiries, a 14-year-old girl was arrested at Muswellbrook Police Station.
She was charged with robbery in company and face blackened/disguised with intent commit indictable offence.
She was granted strict conditional bail to appear before a children’s court on Wednesday 30 September 2026.
About 9.15am today (Tuesday 8 September 2026), detectives executed a search warrant at a home on Wollombi Road, Muswellbrook.
A 38-year-old woman was arrested and taken to Muswellbrook Police Station where she was charged with robbery in company and face blackened/disguised with intent commit indictable offence.
She was granted strict conditional bail to appear before Muswellbrook Local Court on Tuesday 29 September 2026.
— NSW PoliceCrime in the Muswellbrook council area
Muswellbrook is a council area in New South Wales with about 16,859 residents. It has a Crime Score 72 out of 100 (high), 54th of 362 councils nationally.
The score blends national percentile ranks for each published offence category with fixed severity weights; here it is driven most by assault (81st percentile), sexual offences (92nd percentile), robbery (77th percentile). Five years earlier the same basis gave 66.
- Violent
- 2,189 per 100k
- Property
- 4,870 per 100k
- Break-ins
- 771 per 100k
- Theft
- 1,951 per 100k
See the full Muswellbrook crime profile
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