Police are investigating a fatal traffic crash which occurred in Margate this morning. Preliminary investigations suggest around 11.20am a white Toyota Yaris was travelling in a northerly direction along Leonard Street and as it has entered the intersection with Dunbar Street it has collided with small Honda motorcycle travelling eastbound. The female motorcyclist was pronounced […]
Update: 12.08am 27/10/2017 The 17-year-old girl reported missing from Raceview 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. Police are appealing for assistance to locate a girl missing from Raceview. The 17-year-old […]
Police can confirm that 45-year-old Ben Leahy from Cairns was one of the men located in the wreckage of the Fishing Vessel Dianne by divers on Saturday. Ben’s family would like to make the following statement: The confirmation of the death of our beloved Ben has devastated our family and all his friends. While his […]
Update October 24, 2017 – A 17-year-old girl reported missing from Drewvale has been located safe and well. The original media release (below) has been edited to remove identifying features: Police are appealing for public assistance to help locate a 17-year-old girl last seen in Drewvale. The girl was last seen at her residence about […]
Forensic Crash Unit officers are investigating a serious truck crash which occurred in the southbound lanes of the Bruce Highway at Burpengary East this morning. Initial inquires indicate at 6.30am, a semi-trailer lost control near the Arthur Drewett Drive overpass and travelled from the left lane across the other two lanes and hit the concrete […]
Police can confirm that 30-year-old Adam Hoffman from Clifton Beach was one of the men located in the wreckage of the Fishing Vessel Dianne by divers on Saturday. Adam’s family would like to make the following statement: Our hearts are broken to lose our beloved Adam. He was one in a million with a heart […]
Police have charged a man after a home in West End was broken into last night. It will be alleged that just before midnight, a woman at a home in Martinez Street was woken by her dog barking and four people were seen running from the address towards the end of the street. It appears […]
Police are appealing for public assistance in relation to a fatal traffic crash south of Proserpine this morning. Initial inquiries indicate around 7.30am, officers received information that a Nissan X Trail was submerged in Lethebrook Creek on the Bruce Highway. When the vehicle was winched out police located the body of a man inside. The […]
A new police operation targeting repeat property offenders is putting a dent in property crime across south-east Queensland thanks to rapid information sharing and cooperation across police districts. Acting Detective Inspector Bryan Swift said the Brisbane Region-led Operation Assurance was established last month with a coordination hub based at Inala. “We aren’t letting police district […]
Detectives have released details of two vehicles as part of ongoing investigations into the cold case murder of Wayne Youngkin. New information has been received relating to a number of vehicles that were witnessed in the vicinity of 136 North Road at Brighton in late 1986, just prior to when Mr Youngkin was last seen. […]