Police are investigating a hit and run car crash into a house at Ashmore overnight. At 3.50am a Nissan Qashqai has lost control and driven into a house on Kallaroo Crescent. The vehicle had false plates and the driver ran from the scene. Police are appealing for the driver, or anyone with further information to […]
Police are investigating the cause of a house fire at Rochedale earlier tonight. Just after 8pm, emergency services were called to a house fire on Aspire Street where the lower storey of the two-storey house was fully engulfed in fire. The fire spread to the upper storey before it was controlled. No one was home […]
Detectives are investigating the armed robbery of a pizza store at Waterford West last night. Shortly before 10pm three men have entered the Kingston Road store, armed with knives and made demands for money from the 18-year-old female employee. An undisclosed amount of money was handed over from the till and the men fled the […]
Police are investigating a fatal traffic incident that claimed the life of a 62-year-old man in Landborough this morning. Preliminary information suggests a car was travelling along Steve Irwin Way and has collided with the rear of two cyclists travelling in the same direction. A 62-year-old man from Sippy Downs, who was one of the […]
Two men have died in a fatal marine incident north of Yeppon overnight. Another boat discovered the vessel drifting near the mouth of Island Head Creek at Shoalwater around 11.30pm. Water police attended, and preliminary inquiries indicate the boat has hit an object at speed and the two occupants have died as a result of […]
Police have charged a 20-year-old man following an alleged armed robbery at Browns Plains yesterday afternoon. Just after 3:30pm, the man allegedly approached a vehicle that was left unattended for a short period of time at a car wash centre. Staff confronted the man who then allegedly produced a knife and threatened them. He then […]
Police are investigating after a single vehicle crash claimed the life of a 19-year-old man in Joyner this afternoon. Preliminary information suggests the Ford Falcon ute was travelling along Protheroe Road just before 1pm when it lost control and crashed into bushland near Forgan Road before catching fire. A member of the public managed to […]
Police are investigating the armed robbery of a convenience store in Clontarf this afternoon. At around 12:30pm a man entered the business on Maine Road, armed with a knife. He demanded money from a staff member, who complied with the man’s demands. No one was physically injured as a result of the robbery. Police are […]
A 29-year-old male constable from the Northern Region who was suspended from the Queensland Police Service has now been stood down from duty. The officer is subject of an investigation in relation to use of excessive force on a suspect in custody. A charge of common assault preferred against the officer has now been finalised […]
A 35-year-old man reported missing from Avenell Heights since September 3 has been located. Original release: Police are seeking public assistance to help locate a 35-year-old man missing from Avenell Heights in the Bundaberg area. The man was last seen on Morshead Street around 12pm on September 3. Police hold concerns for his welfare as […]