Dangerous driving and motor vehicle stealing charges, Woodridge and Ormeau

Five teenage boys, aged between 12 and 18, were arrested by Logan police last night after a car was allegedly stolen in Woodridge. A 45-year-old local man was reversing his vehicle out of a driveway in Garfield Street, Woodridge around 7.40pm on Saturday, December 8 when he was approached by a male teenager allegedly armed […]

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Fatal traffic crash, Yarraden

Police are investigating a fatal single vehicle traffic crash that occurred at Yarraden, 130km east of Pormpuraaw yesterday evening. Initial investigations indicate at about 7pm, a vehicle travelling on Strathgordon Road left the roadway and rolled. A male occupant of the vehicle was located deceased at the scene. Two other occupants from the vehicle walked […]

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Murder charges, Calliope

A 64-year-old Calliope man has been charged this evening for allegedly murdering two people in Calliope. Police were called to the Stowe Road complex around 5pm yesterday (December 6) when a 63-year-old man was located outside his caravan with significant head injuries. The man was transported to Gladstone Hospital where he was pronounced deceased. Investigations […]

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Comancheros member extradited to Queensland to face strangulation charges

Police have today extradited a 28-year-old Comancheros OMCG member from Canberra to face charges of strangulation. Members of State Crime Command’s Organised Crime Gangs Group travelled to Canberra and applied for the man’s extradition before the ACT Magistrates Court. The man will be transported to Queensland today and is due to appear in the Brisbane […]

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Correction – Man arrested for falsifying drought assistance claims

A 41-year-old Cunnamulla man has been arrested for allegedly falsifying documents and claiming drought assistance in excess of $60,000. Yesterday detectives from State Crime Command’s Major and Organised Crime Squad (Rural) served a notice to appear on the man for 41 charges, including five counts of fraud, 18 counts of forgery and 18 for uttering […]

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