Water Police are appealing for public assistance in relation to a male swimmer possibly distressed in the waters off Margate late this afternoon (November 14). Around 6:28pm a female witness was watching the man swimming through binoculars from her residence at Woody Point. She saw the man was swimming approximately 500m offshore in a south […]
Forensic Crash Unit are investigating a single vehicle crash that occurred yesterday (November 13) on Flinders Highway Woodstock via Townsville. Preliminary investigations indicate that around 2:40pm a 3 tonne Toyota Dyna truck towing a car trailer containing a shell of a VW Golf was travelling east from Charters Towers along Flinders Highway. Upon approaching the […]
A 52-year-old male Senior Constable from the Road Policing Command has been suspended from the Queensland Police Service after being convicted and sentenced to two months’ imprisonment suspended for 18 months for misusing a restricted computer. The officer has appealed the court-imposed sentence. The officer had been previously stood down when he was charged with […]
Police investigating the serious assault of a 16-year-old boy in Augustine Heights this morning, are appealing for public assistance. At around 9.30am, the boy was walking along Augusta Parkway when a black sedan stopped behind him. A man got out of the vehicle, approached the boy and placed his arm around his neck. He held […]
Police are seeking public assistance following the attempted break in to a South Brisbane premises this morning. Just before 5am police were called to a Bouquet Street unit complex after reports the men were trying to gain entry to a storage area in the car park. On arrival police observed two men in a parked […]
A teenager will be dealt with under the provisions of the Youth Justice Act following the investigation of a fire near Yeppoon. The fire started around 1.30pm Saturday, November 9, at Cobraball. Police have spoken with the 16-year-old male and he will be dealt with under the provisions of the Youth Justice Act. At this […]
Police from State Crime Command’s Queensland Racing Crime Squad have charged a 25-year-old Toowoomba man as part of an investigation into suspected thoroughbred horse doping. Yesterday members of QRCS charged the 25-year-old man with aggravated fraud. This further arrest forms part of the ongoing investigation into the administration of unregulated performance enhancing supplements designed to […]
Charges will be upgraded by Detectives following the alleged serious assault of a man at Torquay on September 5. The victim, a 45-year-old Torquay man, was transported to the Royal Brisbane and Women’s Hospital where he died on September 16. A 32-year-old Torquay man was charged with grievous bodily harm on September 12 and those […]
Police are appealing for witnesses after a single vehicle traffic crash at Booubyjan, North of Goomeri, overnight. Initial investigations indicate about 9:30pm, a Toyota Landcruiser was travelling north on the Burnett Highway just north of the Old Murgon-Gayndah Road when the vehicle left the road and rolled. The driver, a 53-year-old Holland Park man, was […]