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Paul Hogan’s grandson has been jailed for breaking into blocks of flats ‘to fuel his high-level drug habit’ and threatening an ex-girlfriend.
Jake Paul Hogan was caught on what police described as ‘high-quality CCTV’ breaking into various luxury apartment blocks after ‘openly loitering’ outside.
The son of Todd Hogan, one of five children the Hollywood star ‘Hoges’ had with his first wife Noelene, Jake is a trained carpenter, but the police say he has a serious drug addiction.
According to police facts, the 34-year-old can be clearly seen breaking into a block of flats in the inner Sydney suburb of Pyrmont, wearing a black muscle T-shirt with ‘Los Angeles’ in gold letters, shorts and whites. Balance sneakers.
On another occasion he wore a black ‘L’HISTOIRE’ singlet and black shorts to break into a block of flats in nearby Waterloo.
Police later found him with Trojan wire cutters, a black flashlight, Allen keys and an adjustable wrench.
Hogan also breached an arrested domestic violence order five days after it was taken out by an ex-girlfriend, texting her with the word “DOG” while she was in Prince of Wales Hospital.
Jake Paul Hogan is the grandson of Crocodile Dundee star Paul Hogan is in jail after breaking into blocks of flats to fuel his drug habit
Police say Jake Hogan has a habit of openly loitering outside apartment blocks like the Pyrmont complex (above), where he used burglary tools to steal a $1,200 bicycle
Jake is the grandson of film star Paul Hogan, best known for his role as Mick ‘Crocodile’ Dundee (above)
Tallia Hattan then received a further 42 calls from various payphones over four hours as she lay in her hospital bed with him either ‘crying on the phone … or getting very angry and shouting’.
Police facts detail Hogan’s high number of arrests and breaches and 18 previous charges including possession of a knife in a public place, malicious damage, drug possession, multiple frauds, shoplifting and possession of stolen goods.
In the Downing Center Local Court on Wednesday, a lawyer entered a guilty plea on Hogan’s behalf.
He did not attend as he was in prison on charges of burglary, possession of burglary tools, theft and unlawfully obtaining goods.
He also pleaded guilty to breaching the ADVO against his former partner.
Hogan is believed to have previously lived with his now ex-girlfriend at Woolloomooloo, then at an Ultimo flat, before possibly becoming homeless.
On March 2 this year, after hanging out outside a waterfront block in Pyrmont whose condos are valued at $3 million each, Hogan was walking into the garage when a black SUV pulled out.
He cut through a chain-link fence with burglar tools, then cut the cable on a $1,200 Polygon Path i8 commuter bike and rode away.
Jake Paul Hogan, 34, is in jail after breaking and entering wearing designer gear, police say
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Hogan used burglary tools to cut through a chain-link fence at the garage in Bowman Street, Pyrmont, then stole a man’s $1,200 bike
Jake pleaded guilty to breaching an AVO taken out by ex-partner Tallia Hattan, to whom he wrote abuse and called 42 times in four hours, crying and shouting angrily.
Six days later, a female student locked her $600 Giant brand Innova bike in the garage of the Mondrian apartment block on Powell Street, Waterloo.
Thirty minutes later, Hogan approached the woman’s bike – which had distinctive Dutch-style handlebars and was covered in Palestinian flag stickers – and turned the seat repeatedly until it engaged the lock and drove off.
Hogan was finally remanded in custody and refused bail after being caught shoplifting at Coles and Myer in Sydney’s CBD.
He was arrested on February 5 after an employee saw him steal two Dare Iced Coffees at Coles World Square.
Hogan claimed to the worker that he was homeless and had no money, and later told police he hadn’t eaten in days.
He told police he paid $380 a week in rent and earned $500 a week doing carpentry and $500 in Centrelink benefits.
Hogan was charged with shoplifting and released on bail with strict conditions, but three days later he was caught stealing from Myer on George Street.
On February 8, police were called after Myer security guards ‘strongly suspected’ Hogan of removing security tags from clothing.
Jake Hogan’s grandparents, Noelene Hogan and Paul Hogan with two of their five children in the early days of Hoges’ fame
Paul Hogan’s son by actress and second wife Linda Koslowski, Chance, now 24, (father and son pictured together in 2016) has also made news for being troubled
According to court documents, police found him in possession of a black Puma cap, a black KSCY T-shirt, a black Nena & Pasadena T-shirt and a pair of green KSCY cargo shorts with a total value of $259.97.
After arresting him for shoplifting and breaching his bail conditions, the police issued him with an official warning.
Police say Hogan’s offenses show ‘a serious disregard for members of the public and their property’.
“The accused is openly loitering outside a residential complex if, as he knows, he can enter and steal other people’s property.
“The accused has previously said that he had a high-level drug habit, and the police believe that he steals to fuel this habit. The accused has a clear pattern of previous failure to comply with bail conditions imposed.’
Hogan will be sentenced at Downing Center Local Court in May.
Jake Hogan’s famous grandfather, who won the Golden Globe for Best Actor in a Musical or Comedy for his breakout role as Mick ‘Crocodile’ Dundee in 1987, lives in Los Angeles.
Paul Hogan has also faced adversity with his son Chance, as he had with his second wife and Crocodile Dundee co-star Linda Koslowski.
Chance Hogan, 24, has also made news for being troubled, last year posting a video on Instagram of his bloodied face and collarbone following a hospital visit after sustaining injuries.
The aspiring singer has posted online about Satan and in his teenage years was caught drinking beer and smoking what looked like a bong in his father’s Hollywood house, and also throwing up outside a Santa Monica venue after his band’s performance .