Robbery with violence, Wooloongabba

Police have charged an 18-year-old Forest Lake man following an incident on Logan Road, Wooloongabba this morning.

Police will allege a 42-year-old Greenslopes man was riding his bicycle toward the city when a man jumped out from behind some trees and shoulder charged him, causing the cyclist to fall to the ground.

The man then stole the pushbike and fled along Logan Road. He was located a short time later after police received reports of a cyclist travelling in the wrong direction through a tunnel.
The 18-year-old man was charged with robbery with violence, contravene a direction, assault police and rider of bicycle fail to wear helmet and is due to appear in the Brisbane Magistrates Court on May 19.

The cyclist sustained serious ankle and leg injuries and was transported to the Princess Alexandra Hospital for treatment.

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