A man will be sentenced in Dubbo District Court on April 17 on a string of break, enter and steal charges after a number of churches and businesses in Narromine were broken into.
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However a charge of destroying a building by fire has been dropped. Nathaniel Thorne-Coates, 23, was facing 14 charges related to offences committed at Narromine in August and September.
Last week he faced Dubbo Local Court where he was committed to the higher court for sentence for 12 of the charges.
But a charge of destroying the Narromine Waste Depot by fire, with a damage bill totalling an estimated $100,000, was withdrawn by the Crown and dismissed.
A charge of aggravated break and enter with intent in company, in which the accused was alleged to have forced entry at St Augustine’s Parish School and rummaged through items without stealing anything, was also withdrawn by the Crown and dismissed.
Thorne-Coates was arrested when police executed a search warrant on September 24.
He was charged with aggravated break and enter and committing a serious indictable offence in company at the Anglican Church at Narromine, forcing open a safe and stealing about $1000 in cash, the proceeds from the Sunday collection.
Two silver projectors were also stolen.
He was also accused of returning to the church grounds, forcing entry to another building and stealing a kettle and a microwave.
Thorne-Coates was charged with the attempted aggravated break and enter and commit serious indictable offence in company at Macquarie Clothing. He was charged aggravated break and enter with intent at the Catholic Church with a door being forced and the property being ransacked but no property stolen. He was charged with the aggravated break and enter and commit serious indictable offence at the Uniting Church.
An incident at the Seventh Day Adventist Church led to another charge of aggravated break and enter with intent.
Thorne-Coates faced six more charges of aggravated break and enter and commit serious indictable offence.
They related to incidents at the Narromine Turf Club, U-Store Storage Sheds, Narromine Fruit and Vegetable Shop, the Narromine Waste Depot and the Narromine Golf Club.
