Charges laid after tyre slashing incidents – Newcastle Regional News by News Of The Area - Modern Media - August 25, 2016August 25, 2016 Police investigating a number of tyre slashing incidents across the Newcastle area since May 2016 have now charged a woman following the execution of a search warrant today. Since May this year police have received 138 reports of tyre slashing in the Mayfield and Tighes Hill areas. An investigation was launched with