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TEENAGER CHARGED WITH ASSAULTING POLICE OFFICER

A 19-year-old man is due to face court next month, charged with assaulting a police officer at Shoal Bay.

The 54-year-old sergeant had to be hospitalised after the teenager allegedly punched him in the head, while being questioned on Friday night.

A second man, accused of kicking the officer while he lay on the ground, remains on the run.

The sergeant suffered an arm injury and concussion.

The teenager will face Raymond Terrace Local Court on the 19th of June.

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Tyson Cottrill

Tyson Cottrill is a senior reporter and newsreader for Nine NBN News, based in Newcastle. As the Chief Court Reporter, Tyson has covered some of the biggest court cases from across the Hunter and northern New South Wales. Tyson started with the Nine Network in 2007 and has worked in newsrooms in Sydney, the Gold Coast, and Brisbane. A proud Novocastrian, Tyson has spent the majority of his journalism career reporting on the stories that matter in his hometown. Tyson has a Bachelor of Communications from Charles Sturt University.

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