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August 2013

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Update 2: Death investigation, three-year-old child, Petrie

Queensland Police ServiceBy Australian Crime News30/08/2013Leave a comment

A man has been extradited from New South Wales to face charges in relation to the death of a three-year-old at Petrie in March. Officers were called to an address on the afternoon of March 30 where the body of the girl was located. A 45-year-old Strathpine man has been charged with manslaughter and cruelty […]

Update: Assault and firearms investigation, Brinsmead

Queensland Police ServiceBy Australian Crime News30/08/2013Leave a comment

Police are appealing for public assistance as their investigations into an incident at Brinsmead continues. Around 2.10pm yesterday, two men armed with firearms assaulted and attempted to rob residents of a Shale Street home. Extensive searches in the area by police failed to locate the pair with subsequent investigations indicating the men returned to a […]

Attempted burglary, Upper Coomera

Queensland Police ServiceBy Australian Crime News30/08/2013Leave a comment

Police are investigating the attempted burglary of a residence at Upper Coomera early this morning. Around 1.50am residents at a Rix Drive address heard a knock at the front door and a female calling out. The occupants of the residence became suspicious and activated their CCTV cameras while they called police. Information supplied to police […]

Armed robbery, Parkwood

Queensland Police ServiceBy Australian Crime News30/08/2013Leave a comment

Police are investigating following the armed robbery of two 22-year-old men at Parkwood in the early hours of this morning. Around 2.45am, the men were walking along Olsen Avenue when a dark coloured Toyota Camry sedan approached them. A female armed with a firearm and a male armed with a metal bar and what appeared […]

Update – Robbery with violence: Blackstone (Ipswich)

Queensland Police ServiceBy Australian Crime News30/08/2013Leave a comment

Police have charged a man following the robbery of a convenience store at Blackstone on Wednesday. About 6am a man jumped the counter and pushed a 77-year-old female employee out of the way before taking a sum of cash from the register. He fled the store in a white 4WD. The employee was not injured. […]

Armed robbery, Redbank Plains

Queensland Police ServiceBy Australian Crime News30/08/2013Leave a comment

Police are investigating after a Redbank Plains service station was robbed early this morning. Around 3.40am a man forced his way through the front doors of the service station on the corner of Kruger Parade and Henty Drive and poured fuel on the counter while demanding money. The female attendant sought refuge in the store […]

Armed robbery, Arundel

Queensland Police ServiceBy Australian Crime News30/08/2013Leave a comment

  Police are investigating the armed robbery of a 22-year-old man and a 21-year-old woman in Arundel early this morning. At 2.30am, the pair was walking along Olsen Avenue with two others when a vehicle stopped and two women and a man exited and demanded their wallets and phones. One woman was armed with a […]

Unarmed robbery and theft: Nerang

Queensland Police ServiceBy Australian Crime News30/08/2013Leave a comment

Police are searching for two men after a taxi driver was assaulted and his taxi stolen last night at Nerang. About 3am the 37-year-old driver stopped at the intersection of Mortensen Road and Cayuga Street to drop off the two men. After requesting payment, the male passenger in the front seat punched the driver and […]

Update: Fatal traffic crash, near Wandoan

Queensland Police ServiceBy Australian Crime News30/08/2013Leave a comment

The Forensic Crash Unit is investigating after a man died in a single vehicle crash on the Leichhardt Highway last night. Preliminary information suggests the truck the man was driving lost control and rolled down an embankment on the Leichhardt Highway, approximately 25kms north of Wandoan, shortly before 6pm. The male driver and sole occupant […]

Update: attempted murder charge, Mitchelton

Queensland Police ServiceBy Australian Crime News30/08/2013Leave a comment

Detectives from Ferny Grove Child Protection and Investigation Unit last night charged a 14-year-old boy with attempted murder following investigations into an incident at a school at Mitchelton yesterday afternoon. It will be alleged that around 12.40pm an incident occurred at the school which resulted in a 15-year-old boy sustaining a stab wound. He was […]

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