Police have today charged a man with a number of further offences following an incident at Helensvale yesterday. A 43-year-old Nundah man has additionally been charged with unlawful possession of weapon, dangerous conduct with weapon and contravention of domestic violence order. He is expected to appear at the Southport Magistrates Court on August 18. Investigations […]
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Police have charged a 19-year-old man who escaped from Lotus Glen Correctional Facility at Mareeba this morning. Police located the man on Atkinson Street at Manoora this morning and he was transported to the Cairns Watchhouse before being charged with escape lawful custody, burglary, unlawful use of a motor vehicle, stealing and unlicensed driving. He […]
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Police are investigating the attempted armed robbery of a service station at Rochedale South early this morning. Around 4.30am, two males approached the Rochedale Road store on foot and shouted for the door to be opened. The attendant observed the males were armed and had their faces covered and declined to open the doors. The […]
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Police are continuing to seek public assistance to help locate a man reported missing from the Hughenden area. The alarm was raised on the morning of August 15 after family were unable to contact the 46-year-old man who was alone at the property located about 120km north of Hughenden. Charles Morton (pictured) is described as […]
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Police are investigating an armed robbery that occurred earlier this morning. Around 4.50am, a man has entered a service station on Logan Road and produced a small axe. The man has made demands for cash, and the attendant has complied and handed him the till. The man has then fled the business and was last […]
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UPDATE – these men were found on August 20, 2014 Police and Corrective Service Officers are still searching for two prisoners, after one 19-year-old prisoner was located this morning at Manoora. The three escaped from the low security The Farm Complex at the Lotus Glen Correctional Centre in Mareeba. Two prisoners are still outstanding […]
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A 56-year-old man has died following a single vehicle traffic crash at Ravenshoe last night. Initial information suggests around that around 7.10pm, a utility was travelling on Moffat Street when it left the roadway and collided with a tree. The driver and sole occupant, a 56-year-old man, was pronounced deceased at the scene. The Forensic […]
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Police are investigating after a woman was assaulted during a burglary early this morning in Wooloowin. Around 2.30am, four men armed with a knife and a machete entered a house on Bridge Street and threatened the two occupants. The offenders poured petrol onto the occupants, a 64-year-old woman and a 63-year-old man, and threatened to […]
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Police are investigating after a man armed with a firearm robbed a convenience store in Brisbane City this afternoon. Around 5.10pm a man entered the Edward Street business and produced a firearm demanding access to the cash register. The man took cash from the till before leaving the store. The 22-year-old male attendant was not […]
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A search is expected to resume in the morning for a man reported missing from a property near Hughenden. The alarm was raised on the morning of August 15 after family were unable to contact the 46-year-old man who was alone at the property located about 120km north of Hughenden. A search involving helicopters, motorcycles, […]
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