The grandson of Hollywood star Paul Hogan is being sought by police after as he was allegedly busted with illicit drugs and equipment used for breaking into a house.
Jake Paul Hogan, 34, did not appear before Downing Centre Local Court on Friday as he faces charges of possessing a prohibited drug and housebreaking implements.
Court documents reveal the grandson of the Crocodile Dundee star was allegedly in possession of 1.5g of meth shortly before midnight on July 27 in Glebe in Sydney’s CBD.
At the time, he also allegedly had equipment used to break into residences and business, including an adjustable spanner.
If found guilty and convicted of both offences, he could be given up to two years in prison.
Hogan was due to reappear before the court on Friday for a mention, but after he did not attend – despite being called multiple times – police applied for a warrant for his arrest.
In approving the request, Magistrate Clare Farnan told the court she had found the alleged offences ‘proven’ and that Mr Hogan was due to return to court on August 28.
The court was told the 34-year-old had also breached two community corrections orders and ‘a number of intensive corrections orders’ by not attending court Friday.
Jake Paul Hogan is the grandson of Crocodile Dundee star Paul Hogan has had a warrant issued for his arrest after failing to turn up to court on a drug charge
It comes after Mr Hogan was in March sentenced after he pleaded guilty to break and enter, larceny, having goods suspected of being stolen and housebreaking equipment.
The former carpenter by trade previously had a nice home, a car, a steady job and a girlfriend whom he hoped to marry but his life took a downward spiral earlier this year after the relationship ended.
Jake’s father is one of Paul and his first wife Noelene Hogan’s five children.
Jake Hogan’s famous grandfather, who has won the Golden Globe Best Actor in a musical or comedy for his breakout role of Mick ‘Crocodile’ Dundee in 1987, lives in Los Angeles.
Paul Hogan has also faced adversity with his son Chance, who he had with his second wife and Crocodile Dundee co-star Linda Koslowski.
Jake Hogan’s grandparents, Noelene Hogan and Paul Hogan with two of their five children in the early days of Hoges’ fame
Paul Hogan, above with his second wife Linda Kozlowski in 2013, found Hollywood stardom for his role as Crocodile Dundee
Instead of working in his chosen trade, courts have heard how Jake carried around housebreaking instruments and lingered outside swanky apartment blocks looking for opportunities to steal.
Jake’s acquaintance said he ‘wasn’t a bad person, but he has completely lost his way.
‘He is actually a good person with a very kind personality and a supportive family,’ the person said.
‘He was still so upset about his mum dying. He never got over it because he never processed it properly.’
Jake’s mother, Marie, had suffered a ‘very sad’ decline in the weeks leading up to her death from multiple sclerosis when Jake was aged 17 in 2006.
After her death, Paul Hogan made his own mercy dash from California – where he was living with second wife Linda Kozlowski and their young son, Chance – to attend his daughter-in-law’s funeral.
Todd eventually remarried, to registered nurse Jane, and the couple now live in New Zealand while Jake remained in Sydney.
Jake Hogan is a carpenter by trade but friends have said his life has spiralled downward in recent months after a relationship breakdown
When his relationship with girlfriend ended, that ‘destroyed his dreams of having a family and then brought up all sorts of past trauma.
‘He was just shattered. He lost all of his friends and [became] isolated from his family. He was stealing clothes from shops and bikes, loitering because he was homeless.
‘He used to break into swimming pool rooms and sleep in one of those buildings in Pyrmont.’
