POLICE BRIEFS

With Mick Roberts

A 19-YEAR-OLD man sustained numerous stab wounds to the chest after an argument outside a Kings Cross nightclub last Sunday morning.
About 2.15am, two men have become involved in an argument outside the Bayswater Road club resulting in the teenager undergoing surgery at St Vincents Hospital.
Police are looking for a man described as being of Middle Eastern/Mediterranean appearance, about 25-years-old, 185cm tall, with short light brown hair and last seen wearing a black jacket.
Anyone with information should call Kings Cross police on 8356 0099 or Crime Stoppers on 1800 333 000.

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DETECTIVES investigating the shooting of an off-duty police officer in Centennial Park earlier this year have released a sketch of a man (pictured) who may be able to assist with their inquiries.
Strike Force Ricardo was established to investigate the incident, which occurred shortly after 7.30am on Friday February 1.
An off-duty police officer approached a late-model silver-coloured Holden Commodore sedan in Dickens Drive in relation to a traffic matter.
Police from the Eastern Suburbs Local Area Command, as well as NSW Ambulance, attended the scene a short time later and located the officer suffering a gunshot wound to the stomach. He was treated at the scene and taken to St Vincent’ Hospital where he underwent surgery.
A sketch of the Holden Commodore’s driver has been released and detectives are urging members of the public who know his identity to contact investigators.
The man driving the car has been described to police as being aged in his mid-to-late 20s, with a solid or muscular build, closely-shaved dark hair on the sides and at the back, with a short ponytail. At the time of the incident he was wearing a white T-shirt. Anyone with information should call Call Crime Stoppers on 1800 333 000.

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POLICE are appealing for help to find 28-year-old, Jason Neil Melbon (pictured) after a shooting at Botany last Friday night.
Botany Bay police were called to a house in Ramsgate Street after reports of a domestic disturbance, where two Waterloo men, aged 28 and 29, allegedly threatened a woman with a firearm at the house.
Melbon allegedly fired a number of shots before he fled the scene in a 1997 black-coloured Mitsubishi people mover with registration AT 65 QS. He allegedly fired a number of other shots at houses as he left the street striking a 28-year-old woman neighbour. She was taken by ambulance to Prince of Wales Hospital and is in a stable condition.
Anyone with information on his whereabouts should phone 000 or Botany Bay Detectives on 8338 7399. Police have warned the public not to approach Melbon.

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THREE men were interviewed and later released by police in relation to the glassing of a man at a Sydney hotel last Thursday.
Just before midnight, a 28-year-old Shelly Beach man was drinking with three friends at a hotel on George Street, Sydney.
One of his friends became involved in an argument with three other men in their 20s when the argument escalated and a brawl broke out, spilling onto the dance floor where around 100 people were dancing.
The 28-year-old man’s left ear was severed when a glass was smashed into the side of his head.
He was transported to St Vincent’s Hospital by ambulance where he underwent surgery to re-attach his ear.
City Central Police arrested the three men in their 20s, who were later released pending further inquiries.
Anyone with information should phone City Central Police on 9265 6499 or Crime Stoppers on 1 800 333 000.

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SURRY HILLS Police are appealing for public assistance after a girl was assaulted last Wednesday night.
About 6pm, a 13-year-old girl was walking along Devonshire Street near Ward Park, Surry Hills on her way home from school when she noticed a man following her. Whilst on Arthur Street, Surry Hills, it is alleged that the man walked past the girl before grabbing her.
The girl screamed and scared the man away. He was last seen running towards Crown Street.
The man is described as being of dark complexion, aged in his 30s, chubby build, shoulder length black hair and was wearing a dark long sleeve jacket.
Phone Surry Hills Police on 9265 4144 or Crime Stoppers on 1800 333 000.