Parra News August 17 2021
August 17 2021 edition of Parra News.
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Tuesday, <strong>August</strong> <strong>17</strong>, <strong>2021</strong><br />
Dundas: Man allegedly assaults<br />
COVID-19 testing site employee<br />
A man has been charged after an essential<br />
healthcare worker was allegedly<br />
assaulted while working at a COVID-19<br />
testing site in Dundas.<br />
About 4pm on Monday, <strong>August</strong> 9, a<br />
female staff member was performing<br />
duties at a COVID-19 testing site at Kissing<br />
Point Road, Dundas, when she was<br />
approached by an unknown man who<br />
was not wearing a mask.<br />
Police have been told the man began<br />
filming the 31-year-old worker on his<br />
mobile phone, before verbally abusing<br />
her about vaccinations.<br />
The man then allegedly dislodged the<br />
woman’s mask and punched her to the<br />
head. Several people awaiting testing<br />
exited their cars and assisted the woman.<br />
The man fled the scene on foot and<br />
officers from the Cumberland Police Area<br />
Command attended and commenced an<br />
investigation.<br />
The woman was treated at the scene<br />
and did not require hospitalisation.<br />
Following inquiries, investigators from<br />
Cumberland arrested a 50-year-old man<br />
at a home on Shortland Street, Telopea,<br />
just after 10.30am on Wednesday, <strong>August</strong><br />
11.<br />
He was taken to Granville Police<br />
Station, where he was charged with<br />
‘common assault’, two counts of ‘possess<br />
prohibited drug’ and ‘breach of the<br />
public health orders’.<br />
Guildford: Man killed in suspected<br />
gang related shooting<br />
A man was killed in a gang related<br />
shooting in Guildford recently, with<br />
police still hunting for the gunman<br />
responsible.<br />
About 11.10pm on Friday, <strong>August</strong><br />
6, emergency services were called to<br />
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Boundary Road, Chester Hill, following<br />
reports shots had been fired.<br />
Upon arrival, officers attached to<br />
Cumberland Police Area Command<br />
located an injured 25-year-old man.<br />
He was treated by NSW Ambulance<br />
paramedics at the scene, before being<br />
taken to Westmead Hospital in a stable<br />
condition.<br />
A short time later, emergency services<br />
attended Rhodes Avenue, Guildford,<br />
following reports a man had been shot.<br />
A man was located with a gunshot<br />
wound and treated by paramedics,<br />
however he died at the scene.<br />
Crime scenes were established and<br />
examined by specialist forensic police.<br />
Detectives from the State Crime<br />
Command’s Homicide Squad, assisted<br />
by Cumberland, have established<br />
Strike Force Shepherd to investigate the<br />
circumstances surrounding the incident.<br />
Police have confirmed it was a targeted<br />
attack and believe it is linked to the<br />
Alameddine organised crime network.<br />
Baulkham Hills: Boy hurt after<br />
falling from window onto concrete<br />
An infant boy fell two and a half metres<br />
from a window onto concrete at a home<br />
in Baulkham Hills recently.<br />
The boy was knocked unconscious<br />
from the impact and sustained a serious<br />
head injury.<br />
NSW Ambulance paramedics provided<br />
initial treatment to the patient, and<br />
transported him to Gooden Reserve to<br />
meet CareFlight’s clinical team.<br />
CareFlight’s specialist doctor and NSW<br />
Ambulance critical care paramedic<br />
performed a clinical assessment on the<br />
patient, before CareFlight’s specialist<br />
doctor placed him into an induced coma.<br />
The boy was conveyed to Westmead<br />
Hospital in a critical condition.<br />
Local Hero of the month<br />
Keith Steele<br />
Born at Willow Grove, <strong>Parra</strong>matta,<br />
in 1944, Keith Steele went on to marry<br />
his now wife Kathy before moving to<br />
Toongabbie where he has lived for over<br />
40 years.<br />
Mr Steele is known for his love of the<br />
environment and planting trees and has<br />
worked tirelessly to make Old Toongabbie’s<br />
Sue Savage Reserve a better place<br />
for everyone.<br />
Mr Steele has planted seeds that stand<br />
as huge trees today and is very proud of<br />
his babies; something he has been doing<br />
ever since he has lived in the suburb.<br />
During the drought he would water the<br />
seedlings daily, pulling around 100 litres<br />
of water in small buckets in his wheelbarrow<br />
every day to save the seedlings.<br />
Looking at the grown up trees now, he<br />
says it was all worth it.<br />
Over the years he has raised a number<br />
of issues to the Council, to help improve<br />
surroundings for the wider community,<br />
one of them being the clean-up of Toongabbie<br />
Creek.<br />
Thank you, Mr Steele, for your care<br />
for the environment, for supporting the<br />
community and making it a better place<br />
all-round.<br />
Local Hero of the month is selected by<br />
City of <strong>Parra</strong>matta Councillor Sameer<br />
Pandey.<br />
Cr Pandey chooses individuals who are<br />
passionate, selfless and make exceptional<br />
contributions to the community.<br />
8<br />
PN45073<br />
Do you know of a local unsung hero?<br />
Email: spandey@cityofparramatta.nsw.gov.au
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