Update: 11am 01/01/2017 The 13-year-old girl reported missing from Riverview has been located safe and well. Police would like to thank the media and the public for their assistance. The original media release (below) has been edited to remove identifying particulars. Original release – published on 31/12/2016 Police are appealing for public assistance to help […]
The Queensland Police Service today announced the preliminary road toll for 2016 was 250 fatalities, seven more than in 2015. Commissioner Ian Stewart said while 2016’s road toll was slightly lower than the previous five-year average of 257, it was still far too high. “Every one of these lives lost on our roads represents a […]
Police have praised the behaviour of Queensland’s New Year revellers, with crowd numbers roughly the same or slightly down on last year, while arrests were also down. There were 411 arrests across the state last night, mostly for public order and drug-related offences – 125 fewer than last year. A total of 186 street and […]
Two men have been charged after an alleged disturbance that resulted in two taxi drivers and one taxi marshal being assaulted in Fortitude Valley this morning. It will be alleged around 3:15am today (January 1) at a taxi rank on Ann Street, two men approached a 71-year-old taxi marshal grabbed his torch, pulled him into […]
Karumba locals in the State’s Far North have a New Year’s Eve tail to tell after a three and a half meter crocodile swaggered up the street and into the backyard of a house on the Esplanade yesterday morning. The croc enjoyed basking in the backyard for a few hours from around 6am before he […]
Police are investigating a fatal traffic crash that occurred at White Rock this morning. Preliminary investigations indicate around 1.40am a man and woman became involved in a verbal altercation at an address on Paradise Close. The man then entered a vehicle parked at the residence, and while driving away has struck the woman on the […]
A 14-year-old girl has died following a serious traffic crash at Dalby last month. Around 4.45am on Monday, December 19, a car travelling north on Dalby – Kogan Road towards Dalby veered onto the wrong side of the road, left the roadway, struck two guideposts and travelled down an embankment into a dry creek bed […]
Police are investigating the serious assault of a woman at Springsure last night. Preliminary investigations indicate around 8.30pm the 91-year-old woman was at a residence in Porphyry Street when a man entered through an unlocked rear door. The woman was then seriously assaulted by the man. The man then left the residence. She was transported […]