‘Rather go to jail’: ‘Appalling’ driver’s belligerent face-off with cops
A young Central Queensland father-to-be busted defying a driving ban told police he’d “rather go to f***ing jail” and an acting magistrate said: “Well he might get his wish.”
Police & Courts
‘You are not very good’: Magistrate’s blunt warning to career crim
When a Central Queensland man with a 17-page criminal record faced court for his latest offences including a golf club break-in, an acting magistrate bluntly told him: “You are not very good, give it up.”
Tragic end to search for 92yo missing in outback
There has been a tragic end to a search and rescue mission launched for a 92-year-old man missing in outback Central Queensland for six days.
‘Panicked’ young crim jailed over middleman drug supplies
A young recidivist criminal with a history of ‘dropping off buds’ and dangerous operation of motor vehicles panicked over something minor before he carried out something that led him back to prison.
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Police arrest nine people on 51 charges after crime spree
Police have charged a group of adults and teens, aged 15 to 38 with 51 property offences after a four-day crime spree across Central Queensland.
Young woman jailed for stabbing sister after drunken scuffle
She told her older sister: “I’m going to stab you”, while she held the knife raised in the air and struck it in a downward motion at her chest.
Four hospitalised after spate of crashes
Four people were hospitalised across Central Queensland last night after two motorcycle crashes, an e-scooter incident and a single-vehicle crash.
‘Get in the car and get her’: Teen e-scooter rider feared being mowed down
A teenage e-scooter rider who smashed a car windscreen during an ugly confrontation did it because she feared being mowed down by the vehicle, a court has heard.
‘Grubs’ threaten to ‘flog’ mum over prison drug supply
A young mother threatened with violence by inmates if she didn’t drive 300km to deliver a drugs package was also tormented afterwards as her ex and his family kept taking her kids.
‘I’ll rape your wife’: CQ concreter’s sick threat to cop
A Central Queensland concreter launched a tirade of abuse at police officers, telling one ‘I will rape your wife’ – but his threats got even more disturbing after that.
‘Unrelenting’: DV offender calls victim 175 times in four hours
A Central Queensland domestic violence offender bombarded his female victim with calls and messages in behaviour police described as “blowing up her phone.”
‘Fight like a f**king man’: Bizarre motive for home invasion
The bizarre reason behind a home invasion has been revealed as a former house painter has been jailed.
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