Located: Missing boy, Forest Lake
A 13-year-old boy reported missing from Forest Lake has been located safe. Police would like to thank the public and the media for their assistance.
Arson charge, Middle Ridge
A man has been charged with arson following a house fire in Middle Ridge this afternoon. Around 2.30pm, police and emergency services attended the Banksdale Drive home to find it well alight. After it was extinguished, initial investigations revealed the fire to be suspicious and a crime scene was declared. The home was extensively damaged […]
Armed robbery, Acacia Ridge
Two boys have been charged following the armed robbery of an Acacia Ridge bakery this afternoon. It will be alleged that around 1.15pm, a boy entered the Mortimer Road business and threatened a male staff member with a baseball bat. He allegedly demanded money before jumping over the counter and grabbing money out of a […]
School bus crash, Riverview
Three children were treated for minor injuries after their school bus was involved in a crash with a truck this afternoon. Around 3.20pm, the bus and truck collided nose-to-tail on Brisbane Service Road behind a secondary college. In addition to the children injured, the male bus and truck drivers were also treated for minor injuries. […]
Missing boy, Forest Lake
(This media release was edited on 9:22pm on June 14 2018 after the boy was located safe and well.) Police are appealing for public assistance to help locate a 13-year-old boy reported missing from the Forest Lake area this afternoon. The boy was last seen at an address on Forest Lake Boulevard at about 1.30pm […]
Fatal traffic incident – Browns Plains
A woman has died and a man has been injured after they were struck by a SUV while crossing a road at Browns Plains this morning. Around 7.45am the man and woman, both aged 67 years from Browns Plains, were struck while crossing the road at a set of lights at the intersection of Browns […]
Soda bomb charges, Redbank Plains
Ipswich District Detectives have charged a man with a number of offences following a protracted investigation into a series of incidents in Springfield and Redbank Plains over the past three months. Operation Quebec Ramrod was launched in March in response to numerous complaints of homemade soda bombs being let off in the Redbank Plains area. […]
Dangerous operation of a vehicle, Ipswich
Police have charged a man following a dangerous driving incident across parts of the Ipswich District yesterday afternoon. It will be alleged that in the early hours of June 11, a number of sheds were broken into at a rural property on Gatton-Laidley Road in Forest Hill. A 2008 Toyota Landcruiser was also allegedly stolen […]
VIDEO: Unlawful use of a motor vehicle, Wamuran
Three people have been charged with a number of serious offences after the allegedly stolen car they were travelling in was tracked by the police helicopter from Caboolture to Wamuran yesterday. It will be alleged that just after 7am, a 2004 Holden Adventra was stolen from a Noellan Drive address in Deception Bay. Later in […]
Update 2: Fatal traffic crash, Rochedale
Police have charged a man following a fatal crash at Rochedale on June 3. It will be alleged that around 4.20am, a utility travelling in the wrong direction of the Gateway Motorway’s northbound lanes collided with a hatchback near the Mount Capalaba exit. The passenger in the hatchback – a 61-year-old Maroochydore man – was […]