Police have revoked an emergency declaration under the Public Safety Preservation Act in relation to an incident in Gladstone. The declaration was revoked at 10.15pm. Emergency services were called to Flinders Street shortly after 4.30pm following the discovery of a suspicious device on the footpath. An exclusion zone was established and a PSPA declaration was […]
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Update 2: Hit and Run, Tarragindi
A 53-year-old man has died after being involved in a suspected hit and run incident in Tarragindi earlier this year. Around 4am on February 18, the man was jogging along Strathfield Street when it is believed he was struck by a vehicle. He sustained critical head injuries and was transported to Princess Alexandra Hospital where […]
Robbery with violence, Highfields
Police have laid charges after a 22-year-old man was allegedly assaulted before having his car stolen from a Highfields residence last month. It will be alleged around 9.40pm on March 26, three people attended a Hi Winds Drive home where the man was assaulted. The man’s car was allegedly stolen from the address and was […]
Update 3 – Suspicious disappearance, Goodna
A 24-year-old Peak Crossing man has been charged with one count of murder after being extradited from New South Wales this morning following ongoing investigations into the alleged suspicious death of David Thornton. He is expected to appear in the Ipswich Magistrates Court this afternoon. If you have information for police, contact Policelink on 131 […]
Fatal traffic crash, Milman
Forensic Crash Unit officers are investigating after a man died in a traffic crash overnight at Milman. At 7am emergency services were called after a Toyota 4WD was travelling North on Milman North Road when it has left the road and rolled. The driver and sole occupant, a 20-year-old local man, died at the scene. […]
Fatal traffic crash, Rolleston
Two people have died in a two-vehicle-crash near Rolleston this morning. At 7am, emergency services were called to the scene on the Carnarvon Highway, approximately 30 kilometres south of Rolleston. On arrival, police found a semi-trailer and a car towing a caravan had collided, resulting in the car catching alight. The driver of the truck […]
Update – Sudden death, Mackay
A man has been charged following investigations into a fatal explosion in North Mackay yesterday. Just before 2am on April 2, emergency services responded to reports an explosion had occurred at a Malcolmson Street, trailer manufacturing business. It will be alleged two men attempted to set alight a shipping container belonging to someone known to […]
Update: Fatal traffic crash, Tully
The fourth occupant of a single vehicle traffic crash at Tully has died overnight. Shortly after 1pm on March 30, a passing motorist observed a semi-submerged vehicle upside down in the river, near Bridge 15, Tully Gorge Road, approximately 30kms west of Tully. Three men died at the scene. A fourth man, who was passenger, […]
Armed robbery, North Ward, Townsville
Police are investigating an armed robbery at a business in North Ward, Townsville last night. Just after 10pm, a man entered the Gregory Street business in possession of a concealable firearm. The man approached a staff member and demanded the employee to open the safe. The employee was unable to open the safe. The man […]
Vision: Hotel break and enter, Cardwell
Police have released vision and are seeking public assistance following a break and enter at a hotel in Cardwell earlier this month. At 9pm on Friday March 1, a man broke into a hotel on Victoria Street and stole a large sum of cash. Investigations to date have revealed that the man appeared to have […]