Police are investigating following a suspicious fire which destroyed a house and a car in Collinsville this afternoon. Around 3.00pm emergency crews were called to the scene on Belmore Street where a house was engulfed in flames. No one was injured as a result of the fire. The incident is being treated as suspicious and a […]
A man has been charged with two counts of assault occasioning bodily harm and one count of common assault following three separate incidents in Cairns last night. It will be alleged around 11pm a man punched another man in the side of the head on Abbott Street, causing him to fall and strike his head […]
Townsville police are appealing for public assistance to help locate 75-year-old Ian Hodgkinson who was last seen yesterday afternoon in Rasmussen. Mr Hodgkinson was last seen around 2.45pm walking on Glenrock Drive and on his way to local shops located at the corner of Gollogly Lane and Riverway Drive. Police hold concerns for Mr. Hodgkinson […]
Police have charged a 22-year-old woman after an alleged altercation in Surfers Paradise early this morning. Around 1am two 20-year-old men attended the Surfers Paradise police station to report an alleged altercation that occurred inside an Orchid Avenue establishment. It is alleged that a woman struck one of the men in the face with a […]
Police are investigating reports of an attempted armed robbery at a service station on Junction Road in Karalee. Initial investigations suggest that just before 9am a man entered the service station armed with a firearm. When police arrived the man allegedly dropped the weapon and fled the scene on foot. A cordon was established near […]
Police investigating the alleged assault of a woman at Aurukun yesterday have charged a man with unlawful wounding and contravening a domestic violence order. Police will allege a 30-year-old local woman was stabbed once in the head at a Kor Street address around 2.30pm. The woman sought medical treatment at a local clinic for a […]
A 46-year-old Gladstone man is due to appear in the Gladstone Magistrates Court tomorrow charged with going armed so as to cause fear after police received several calls about a man armed with an axe making threats at Gladstone last night. Police will allege they were confronted by a man armed with an axe standing […]
Police are investigating a serious, two-vehicle traffic crash that occurred in Walkerston yesterday afternoon. Around 5.25pm, two vehicles collided at the intersection of Stockroute Road and Walkerston-Homebush Road which resulted in one car catching fire. All three occupants of the car exited the vehicle before it caught on fire and are believed to have sustained […]