‘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.
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‘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.”
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Woman taken to hospital after overnight crash
A women in her 20s has been taken to Barcaldine Hospital after a single vehicle accident on Tara Road early Tuesday.
Teen flown to Brisbane after five hurt in LandCruiser rollover
Police have called on the public to help as they probe a car crash at Gladstone which sent five young people to hospital, with one flown to Brisbane. DETAILS.
Police probe break-in at historic Central Qld church
Police are investigating a break-in at a historic Central Queensland cathedral overnight and the possibility that more than one person was involved.
Gross trigger for housemate assault revealed
A Central Queensland man assaulted his housemate after taking issue with her dogs, a court has heard.
‘They hand them out like lollies’: Magistrate on medicinal cannabis scripts
A Qld disability pensioner busted in a police drug raid told a court that he had been trying to get a script for medicinal cannabis when a magistrate chimed in with an interesting observation on an easy place to get them.
86yo country town police station closes its doors for last time
The Clermont police station has been around for as long as most of the people in the tightknit town. But this week it was time for it to retire.
Thin blue line battles council red tape to get short yellow line
It took over 12 months and a lot of red tape for the thin blue line to finally get a short yellow line.
‘Speeding, 3 drugs, booze’: Car crash caused power pole to snap in half
Things quickly went from good to bad for a concreter “celebrating” his first day back at work when he crashed his car into a power pole, snapping it in half.
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