Police are investigating following an incident involving a firearm in North Mackay this morning. Initial investigations suggest that at around 7:15am a firearm was discharged from a vehicle into a Harrington Street property. A female occupant of the property, who was home, at the time was not injured. The vehicle is described as 2010 silver […]
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This morning police have arrested two men aged 41 and 31 following the murders of Chantal Barnett and Robert Martinez in March 2013. Today’s arrests are the result of an extensive three year investigation conducted by the Rockhampton Criminal Investigation Branch and the Homicide Investigation Unit. The investigation has also received significant input and support […]
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Police are investigating a fatal single vehicle crash that occurred approximately 18km north or Taroom early this morning. Preliminary information suggest that around 6am, a vehicle was travelling on the Leichhardt Highway when it has left the road for unknown reasons and rolled. The driver and sole occupant of the vehicle, a 26-year-old Goondiwindi woman, […]
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Police are issuing a warning to the public to be vigilant at automatic teller machines following reports of a pair of offenders targeting elderly customers interstate. Information has been received from South Australia police of two men targeting elderly customers at ATMs. The pair have been distracting the customer, confusing them enough to obtain access […]
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A 65-year-old Tweed Heads man critically injured during an alleged assault at Wilsonton on February 22 has passed away this morning in hospital. Police arrested and charged a 22-year-old Toowoomba man with grievous bodily harm later that day. Detectives will amend this charge to manslaughter during the man’s appearance in the Toowoomba Magistrates Court this […]
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An 89-year-old woman seriously injured in a traffic crash that occurred near Warwick on February 18 has died overnight. The woman was the passenger in a sedan that was allegedly struck by a from behind and forced into the path of an oncoming truck around 2pm on the Cunningham Highway. The woman and the driver […]
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A search involving multiple agencies will resume at 6am this morning for a man who was reported missing after swimming at Josephine Falls. Around 5.30pm yesterday afternoon, police received information that a man was missing after he and a woman, both tourists, had been swimming at the falls. Initial reports suggest that the pair had […]
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Police are investigating a serious traffic crash involving a bus and car at Craignish this afternoon. Initial information indicates a sedan was travelling west on Piabla-Burrum Heads Road and was turning right into Petersen Road when a bus crashed into the passenger side of the vehicle around 4pm. A six-year-old male passenger of the sedan […]
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A 22-year-old Mackay man has been charged with more than 200 child exploitation material offences following a six-month police investigation. Detectives from Townsville CPIU and Taskforce Argos commenced an investigation into the man following the execution of a search warrant at a Townsville residence in August last year. The man was charged with three child […]
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Police have laid further charges against a 24-year-old man following the alleged stabbing of a man in Zillmere and a public nuisance incident at Chermside on Sunday night. It will be alleged a 19-year-old man was stabbed in the carpark of a convenience store on Handford Road around 10pm. It will further be alleged just […]
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