Robbery charges, Ipswich
Police have charged a man following alleged robbery and vehicle offences at Ipswich today.
It will be alleged about 11am a man attended a Roadvale-Harrisville Road Milora residence and threatened three people with a firearm and demanded keys to a vehicle. The people complied and the man left in a Subaru.
The people are believed to be known to the man.
Around 11.20am police observed the stolen Subaru headed north on the Centenary Highway at Augustine Heights. Police followed the car as it exited at Springfield Central however the road was blocked by a stationary police vehicle. The Subaru then stopped and reversed into the following police vehicle which had also stopped. The driver was subsequently arrested.
A 34-year-old Bellbird Park man has been charged with three counts of robbery, two counts of fail to stop motor vehicle and one count each of enter dwelling, dangerous operation of a vehicle, wilful damage and possession of a shortened firearm.
He is expected to appear at the Ipswich Magistrates Court on Monday, November 28.
