The Queensland Police Service (QPS) is today launching a new crime prevention campaign targeting key security, revealing that one in two cars are stolen with their own keys. ‘Don’t gift your keys to thieves’, is targeted towards car owners with a reminder of the simple changes they can make to prevent opportunistic offenders making off […]
Police continue to target recidivist offenders during Operation Sierra Silhouette in the Townsville district. Two girls, aged 12 and 13, were arrested this morning in relation to an alleged burglary in Annandale overnight and the theft of a white Hyundai Accent. It is alleged around 6.30am, the Hyundai was driven dangerously at speed in Heatley […]
Police have charged a 20-year-old Eagleby man with a hooning-related offence after information provided by members of the public lead to his identification. Police allege the man was driving a white Holden sedan that was captured on CCTV driving dangerously at the intersection of Castille Crescent and Avonmore Street around 1.30am on August 20. He […]
Ipswich detectives have charged four teenagers following the serious assault of a man at Redbank Plains earlier this month. At 8.30pm on Tuesday, September 8, the 21-year-old was confronted by a group at a shopping centre along Redbank Plains Road. It will be alleged the man was assaulted with baseball bats, before the juveniles fled […]
Cars get stolen. We all know that. What we don’t all realise though, is that half of the time, cars are stolen by opportunistic thieves who have been able to get their hands on the keys. In Queensland, one in two cars are stolen using the car’s keys. Those stealing these keys and cars aren’t […]
A man has been charged with serious offences after allegedly travelling at high speed in a vehicle through Cairns last night before crashing. It will be alleged at around 7pm on September 22 a man was attended a residence in Mareeba in a silver Commodore and began making threats towards another man known to him. […]
An 18-year-old woman is in police custody after the alleged stabbing of a man in Surfers Paradise in the early hours of this morning. It is alleged around 4am a 30-year-old man and his male friend were walking through the Cavill Street Mall when a confrontation took place between them and a group of females. […]
Police have charged a man with attempted murder following a serious wounding investigation in Booval yesterday afternoon. At 4.40pm a 25-year-old Bundamba man was sighted walking from Booval Railway Station along South Station Road holding a compound bow. Police will allege that the man discharged the bow at a female jogger and a moving vehicle. […]
Update – The 14-year-old boy reported missing from Logan since September 4 has been located safe and well. Police wish to thank the community and media outlets for their assistance. Earlier – Police are appealing for public assistance to help locate a 14-year-old Logan boy. The boy was last seen in Blackwood Road, Logan […]
Police have a man in custody after officers were called to a Booval supermarket following reports a man armed with a bow was inside the South Station Road store. Preliminary information suggests police started receiving calls shortly after 4.30pm after the man was sighted walking down South Station Road, discharging arrows. Police and emergency services […]