Two people have been charged following investigations into a burglary incident at the home of an elderly woman, who lay deceased in her bedroom whilst her property was being stolen. It will be alleged that the pair, a 17-year-old Hopevale man and a woman from Mooroobool aged 18, forced entry to a home in Hammond […]
Police are investigating a house fire which occurred in Chinchilla early this morning. Around 4am, the house on Glasson Street was engulfed in fire and totally destroyed. Investigations indicate that a 77-year-old woman was attempting to light a wood heater inside the house when the methylated spirits she was using caught fire, spreading to her […]
Officers from Townsville were able to successfully stop two vehicles which had been reported stolen on the Bruce Highway early this morning. Around 2.25am, it will be alleged police were notified that the suspected stolen vehicles had been located near Ayr travelling north towards Townsville. The vehicles entered the Townsville District shortly before 3am and […]
Police are investigating a fatal traffic crash at Mount Perry yesterday afternoon. Initial investigations indicate around 3.30pm a vehicle travelling along Bania Road has collided head-on with a truck travelling in the opposite direction. The vehicle’s driver, a 58-year-old local man, was pronounced deceased at the scene. The occupants of the truck were not injured. […]
Police are investigating the attempted armed robbery of a convenience store in Everton Park last night. Around 9.20pm, the men entered separate businesses on Stafford Road and South Pine Road. One of the men entered the convenience store armed with a hand gun and threatened the male employee before demanding he open the cash register. […]
Toowoomba police are seeking public assistance to help locate an 11-year-old boy reported missing from Kleinton in the Toowoomba area. The boy was last seen leaving a fast food restaurant on Highfields Road at Highfields on August 27 and has since been sighted in the Toowoomba CBD at around 1:30am today. Police hold concerns for […]
South Moreton detectives are continuing to investigate after a man was injured when someone tried to steal his car in Kippa Ring yesterday. Police are appealing for public assistance to help locate a man who may be able to assist with their enquiries into the incident. Around 7.15am, a 42-year-old man was transferring property between […]
Police can confirm 30-year-old British man Thomas Jackson, critically injured in an alleged knife attack at Home Hill on August 23, has today passed away in the Townsville Hospital. Detectives will upgrade a charge of attempted murder against a 29-year-old man at his next appearance in Townsville Magistrates Court on October 28. Investigations are continuing. […]
Detectives from the Sunshine Coast Criminal Investigation Branch have charged two people on the Sunshine Coast. Police intercepted a vehicle on the Nambour Connection Road around 8pm yesterday where it will be alleged the male driver ran from police and threw a package of drugs in nearby bushes. The man was apprehended nearby. Police will also […]
Police have arrested a boy over the alleged arson at an educational facility at Ashmore on Sunday afternoon, August 28. It is alleged around 1.30pm, a fire was deliberately lit at the school situated at the intersection of Edmund Rice Drive and Southport Nerang Road. The fire caused extensive damage to a number of lockers, […]