Armed robbery with violence charges, Chambers Flat
Detectives from the Logan District Criminal Investigation Branch have charged a man following an alleged violent attempted robbery last week where a firearm was shot inside of a vehicle at Chambers Flat.
It will be alleged around 8pm on July 14 police were called to an incident on Chambers Flat Road where two men who had been sitting in a car with a male driver and passenger attempted to steal the vehicle at gunpoint.
A struggle ensued and the 38-year-old male driver was allegedly struck several times in the face with a firearm before it was discharged, the bullet hitting the door.
The two men fled the scene. Police arrived a short time later and located the victim who had sustained serious facial injuries from the assault.
He was transported to Logan Hospital for further treatment.
Yesterday police with the assistance of SERT officers arrested a 32-year-old man at a shopping centre in Woodridge in relation to the alleged incident as well as two burglaries and an armed robbery in Toowoomba.
It is alleged on July 10 the same man entered a Milton Street address in Kearneys Spring and assaulted a 44-year-old man with a plank of wood before stealing the victim’s car.
He was charged with armed robbery with violence, attempted armed robbery, grievous bodily harm, threatening violence – discharge firearm, authority required to possess explosives and burglary.
He is due to appear in Beenleigh Magistrates Court today.
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