Police have charged a man following investigations into three armed robberies that occurred within the North Brisbane District this month. It will be alleged that around 4pm on November 12, a man armed with a firearm entered an adult store on Moggill Road, Taringa and threatened an employee before fleeing with a sum of cash. […]
A man has died after being struck by a vehicle east of Charters Towers this morning. Initial information is the crash involving a truck occurred around 11.20am at a road works site on the Flinders Highway at Breddan. A 60-year-old man from the Charters Towers area died at the scene. The Forensic Crash Unit is […]
Police are investigating an armed robbery of an 18-year-old man and woman on George Street, DeceptionBay yesterday morning. Just after midnight, the DeceptionBay locals had left a local store with a newly purchased gaming console in a backpack. Three men approached them from behind and one of them verbally threatened the pair with a gun […]
A man has appeared in court at Warwick today following the deaths of three men and a fourth being injured at Ballandean earlier this year. A 69-year-old Ballandean man was charged with three counts of manslaughter and one count of grievous bodily harm and appeared today at Warwick Magistrates Court. If you have information for […]
Police are investigating the armed robbery of a 62-year-old man at Rasmussen last night. At 11:45pm last night, the 62 year-old taxi driver picked up a girl and a boy from shops on Riverway Drive and drove them to an Allambie Lane address. When the pair exited the taxi the girl threatened the driver with […]
Police are investigating an attempted armed robbery of a 28-year-old woman at Broadbeach yesterday morning. At around 1.00am, a man, armed with a pistol, approached the woman from behind whilst she was with two other women at the intersection of Chelsea Avenue and Surf Parade. He attempted to pull the woman’s handbag from her shoulder […]
Police are investigating the serious assault of a 17-year old man at Surfers Paradise in the early hours of this morning. Just after midnight the man was standing with a group of friends at the corner of Markwell Avenue and Northcliffe Terrace when another group of males approached them. One of the males in the […]
As Gold Coast Schoolies Week 2013 nears an end, police have continued proactive patrols overnight to keep school leavers safe. Overnight, 20 schoolies were arrested on 20 charges – mainly for public nuisance and street offences. Of those schoolies arrested overnight, 18 were male and two were female. There was also 11 schoolies issued with […]
Police are investigating an armed robbery at a convenience store in Enoggera last night. At 11.30pm, a man entered the Wardell Street business armed with a firearm and made demands for money from the male attendant. The man left the scene with a sum of cash. No-one was physically injured. Investigations are continuing. If you […]
Police are investigating the armed robbery of a woman at Robina last night. At 8.50pm, a 26-year-old woman was walking along University Drive when she was approached by three men. One man produced a firearm and demanded she hand over her bags. The trio left the scene with the woman’s laptop and mobile phone, and […]