Police are investigating a fatal traffic crash that occurred on Glencoe Road in Rawbelle this afternoon. Initial information suggests that around 4pm, a cement truck has lost control and gone over a bridge into a river. The driver and sole occupant of the vehicle, a man believed to be in his 60’s, died at the […]
A 40-year-old man has appeared in the Southport Magistrates Court today after being extradited from Victoria in relation to an extortion and serious assault offence allegedly committed on the Gold Coast in 2004. The former Finks CMG member was arrested on his release from prison in Victoria last week. He appeared in Southport Magistrates Court […]
Police are investigating a fatal traffic crash that occurred on Lake Barrine Road at Yungaburra this afternoon. Initial information suggests that around midday, a motorcycle and four-wheel-drive towing a trailer collided head-on. The male rider of the motorcycle died at the scene. The driver of the four-wheel-drive was not injured. Lake Barrine Road is currently […]
Police are investigating a robbery that occurred at a Joan Street business late last night. Two men in masks entered the complex at around 10pm and demanded the 65-year-old business owner open an office safe. The offenders assaulted the victim before fleeing with a sum of money. The 65-year-old man sustained facial lacerations and bruising […]
A Fortitude Valley man has been charged with burglary following a disturbance in Bowen Hills, early this morning. Around 2.15am, a 44-year-old Bowen Hills man was asleep in a Wren Street property when three people entered his premises. Police will allege the man was assaulted with a piece of wood before a scuffle took place. […]
Mackay Police are investigating after two prime movers were destroyed by fire at a holding yard in Paget overnight. Around 11pm police responded to reports of the vehicles being engulfed in flames at the Connors Road premises. Two prime movers, in different areas of the holding yard, were destroyed in the blaze while another sustained […]