Acacia Ridge Criminal Investigations Branch have arrested three teenage boys after they were found hiding in bushes following a break and enter at Carindale in the early hours of this morning, 18 September. Initial investigations indicate that around 12.26am, police were called after three boys allegedly broke into an Amersham Crescent residence and were stealing […]
Far North police are seeing positive declines in offending, as a surge response to target high-priority and property offenders continues. Since 9 August, police have charged 656 people with 2225 offences, conducted 332 bail checks and seized seven weapons. On 11 September, a 16-year-old boy was arrested in Gordonvale and charged with 15 offences, including […]
Queensland Police are warning parents and guardians to increase online supervision during the upcoming school holidays which is a primetime for predators to target children through their devices. While online sexual offending can come in many forms, perpetrators are increasingly gaining access to children online through popular apps, games and social media sites. Detective Acting […]
Fortitude Valley police have charged a man for possession of a tomahawk during proactive patrols on 16 September. At 9.40am patrolling officers stopped a 27-year-old Fortitude Valley man for a Jack’s Law wanding at the intersection of Brunswick Street and Wickham Street. It is alleged the man declared he was carrying a tomahawk. Police seized […]
Detectives from Maryborough Criminal Investigation Branch have arrested three people following investigations into multiple break ins of businesses in Hervey Bay. A 16-year-old Scarness boy has been charged with five counts of enter premises with intent to commit indictable offence, four counts of enter premises and commit indictable offence by break, two counts of enter […]
Police are seeking assistance to locate a 56-year-old man reported missing from Norman Gardens on 13 September. Stephen Pont was last seen at a Farm Street address around 11am on 9 September and has not been seen or heard from since. He is described as Caucasian, around 176cm tall with brown hair and blue eyes. […]
Police are investigating the sudden death of a woman at Taranganba on Sunday 14 September. Around 7.45pm, police and emergency services were called to a Scenic Highway tavern following reports a woman fell and sustained life-threatening head injuries. The 50-year-old woman was airlifted to Royal Brisbane Women’s Hospital, however she succumbed to her injuries and […]
Police have charged two people after investigations into an armed robbery and assault incident at Morayfield on 14 September. After intensive investigations by the Petrie Criminal Investigation Branch, a 35-year-old Granville man and a 26-year-old Maryborough woman were arrested on Saltwater Creek Road in St Helens around 7.35am today, 17 September. The 35-year-old Granville man […]
Detectives from Kingaroy Criminal Investigation Branch have charged a 25-year-old man with 52 offences as part of an ongoing investigation into a number of alleged offences in the South Burnett region. Between April and May this year, the man is alleged to have committed several offences between Kingaroy and Yarraman. These include break and enter, […]
One of Queensland’s oldest marine rescue services has added a new chapter and a new name to their long and rich history, with Volunteer Marine Rescue Brisbane joining Marine Rescue Queensland (MRQ) today as MRQ Sandgate. MRQ Sandgate Unit Commander Neil Sheppard said that while their name may be new, it had ties with the […]