
THE fifth and final member of a crew of armed robbers and thieves who terrorised businesses across the Hunter during a three-day crime spree in early 2022 has pleaded guilty in Newcastle Local Court.
Trae Reid, 21, was the member of a gang of young men who attempted to hold up service stations and pubs and stabbed a supermarket owner in the stomach during an armed robbery before they became the target of Robbery and Serious Crime Squad detectives who formed Strike Force Conge.