Two male police officers from Central Region have been charged with multiple offences following an Ethical Standards Command (ESC) investigation. A 29-year-old constable and 28-year-old first year constable will appear in the Mackay Magistrates Court tomorrow. They have both been charged with five counts of rape and one count each of assault with intent to […]
Police have charged a 42-year-old man following investigations into the serious assault of a woman in Kelso this morning. The 42-year-old Thuringowa Central man has been charged with one count each of enter dwelling with intent whilst armed, assault with intent to commit rape, attempt to commit rape, rape, wounding and common assault. He has […]
Police are investigating after a convenience store in North Ipswich was robbed earlier today. Initial investigations indicate that around 2.55pm a man entered the store on Holmes Street, where he approached the female attendant armed with a knife and made demands for cash. She complied and the man left the store with a sum of […]
A man has died after the car he was driving collided with a truck on the New England Highway at Dalveen around 1pm this afternoon. The driver of the truck was not physically injured in the crash. The Forensic Crash Unit is currently at the scene and investigating. The New England Highway is currently closed […]
Taskforce Maxima’s ‘Criminal Economy Unit’ has today charged a man following protracted investigations into two allegedly fraudulent schemes, estimated to have realised in excess of two million dollars. Operations Mike Reflective and Lima Violin investigated two allegedly fraudulent ‘schemes’. One involved betting software and the other online investments. The operations targeted the involvement of Criminal […]
Police are investigating after a woman was assaulted at a residence in Kelso this morning. Police were called at around 6am, after a man forced entry to a home on Patricia Court. A woman aged in her 30’s sustained injuries including a stab wound to her back before fleeing to a neighbouring property to alert […]
A man has been transported to hospital with serious injuries after police– responding to reports of ‘shots fired’- located him lying on the roadway in Jarrow Street, Tingalpa this morning. Preliminary information suggests the man’s injuries may have been caused by a firearm shortly after 3.30am. Police are still attempting to identify the man, who […]
Police have charged a 43-year-old man with murder following the death of a 57-year-old man in Woolloongabba on 21 May, 2013. The man was located at his Maynard Street address. An autopsy revealed the man died as a result of a gunshot wound. Last night and as a result of extensive investigations, detectives from the […]