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May 2017

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CORRECTION: Fatal traffic crash, Garbutt

Queensland Police ServiceBy Australian Crime News03/05/2017Leave a comment

A media release was previously issued advising that a 39-year-old Garbutt man had died following a two vehicle traffic crash at Garbutt this afternoon (May 3). Police have since received information that the man has not died, however he is in critical condition at Townsville Hospital. PREVIOUS RELEASE A man has died following a two […]

Update: School incident charges, Palm Beach

Queensland Police ServiceBy Australian Crime News03/05/2017Leave a comment

Police have cautioned a boy in relation to a suspicious item that was found at Palm Beach Currumbin State School this morning. Around 6am a school employee located suspicious envelope at the school gate. The envelope allegedly contained a white substance on the inside and a threatening message written on the outside. Further investigations suggest […]

Update: injured man located, Boronia Heights

Queensland Police ServiceBy Australian Crime News03/05/2017Leave a comment

A man who police were searching for yesterday, after an explosion in Boronia Heights, has been located this afternoon. Officers were called to Strathallen Drive towards Barry Street at about 7:30 yesterday after a vehicle explosion occurred. Officers spent the day making inquiries and searching for the man and he was located today in Logan. […]

UPDATE – Fatal traffic crash, Cornubia

Queensland Police ServiceBy Australian Crime News03/05/2017Leave a comment

A man has died in hospital as a result of injuries sustained in a two vehicle traffic crash at Cornubia, yesterday. Just before midday a car and motorcyclist collided at the intersection of Beenleigh-Redland Bay Road and Logandale Boulevard. The 40-year-old male motorcyclist was taken to the hospital where he later passed away. The driver […]

Appeal for witnesses – Wounding, Toombul

Queensland Police ServiceBy Australian Crime News03/05/2017Leave a comment

Detectives from the North Brisbane District Criminal Investigation Branch are appealing for witnesses to a stabbing incident that occurred at Toombul yesterday. At about 11.20am in a shopping centre car park near the intersection of Kreutzer and Grace streets, a 25-year-old woman was allegedly assaulted by a man receiving a single stab wound to her […]

Located deceased, missing man, Mount Britton

Queensland Police ServiceBy Australian Crime News03/05/2017Leave a comment

A 57-year-old Pinnacle man reported missing from Mount Britton in May 2017 has been located deceased.

School incident, Palm Beach

Queensland Police ServiceBy Australian Crime News03/05/2017Leave a comment

Emergency service workers investigating reports of a suspicious item found at Palm Beach Currumbin State School this morning have deemed the substance to be non-toxic. Initial investigations suggest that around 6am a school employee located an envelope with a threat written on the outside and a white powdery substance inside, on school grounds. Police attended […]

Located missing man, Wellington Point

Queensland Police ServiceBy Australian Crime News03/05/2017Leave a comment

UPDATE: 10:45am May 3, 2017 – The missing man has been located and is safe. The original media release (below) has been edited to remove the identifying details. Police have located a man reported missing from Wellington Point He was last seen at around 1.30pm, May 2. Police held concerns for his welfare as this […]

Armed robbery, Chermside

Queensland Police ServiceBy Australian Crime News03/05/2017Leave a comment

Detectives are investigating following an armed robbery at a Chermside shopping centre, April 24. Initial investigations indicate about 11.15am that day a man entered the discount store at the corner of Gympie and Hamilton roads with a knife and demanded money from a staff member. The man then left the store a short time later […]

Lapping it up to raise funds for MS

Queensland Police ServiceBy Australian Crime News03/05/2017Leave a comment

On Sunday, May 7 eight Queensland Police officers will take part in a Swimathon in Townsville to help raise funds for Multiple Sclerosis (MS). The MS Swimathon will commence at 6am and officers will take part in a 12-hour relay, trying to complete as many laps as possible until 6pm that night. The officers Janelle […]

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