Covid stress leads to sawmill worker’s crime spree
A sawmill worker with no criminal history soon found himself in strife when he committed a series of offences after he became homeless during Covid.
Police & Courts
ICED OUT: Why cocaine is new king of meth-scarred cities
Meth’s decade-long reign of Queensland’s drug scene is over as experts warn white powder power is rising in its place. MAPPED HOTSPOTS, DRUG CRIMS NAMED
Trainer in court for ripping off Cash Converters
A desperate freelancer’s decision to exchange stolen batteries worth hundreds at Cash Converters has cost him nearly four times their value in penalties.
Woman dead after car becomes submerged in water
A dramatic rescue operation unfolded where a submerged vehicle left one woman dead.
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Roofer with cocaine stash threatens to have hotel guard shot
Banned from a pub, a drunk apprentice roofer tried to go in anyway and didn’t take kindly to being booted again.
Deranged, drugged and destroying a CBD: Inside plan to take back city
Bone-chilling screams and drug-addled drifters taking over. Now even the Premier can’t unsee the scary scenes unfolding daily in a city determined to reclaim its streets. VIDEO.
Hervey Bay tobacco shops shut in landmark illegal cigarette case
In a landmark decision and a victory for Qld Health, six tobacco stores will be closed for months after they were raided and found to be selling illegal smokes and vapes.
Shaved head, ‘pretend’ chemo: Cancer scammer’s Blue Card bid
A brazen Qld liar who scammed people out of money via a years-long cancer hoax wants the state’s administrative watchdog to allow her to look after children.
Man ‘shot in back’ in another Maryborough drama
A man has been rushed to hospital after he was reportedly shot with a pellet gun on the Fraser Coast.
Wanted list: Warrants issued for court no-shows
A number of warrants have been issued for people who failed to appear in court in Hervey Bay.
‘Untimely demise’: Woman’s chilling letter before alleged rapist’s bail
So afraid she’d be killed by the man charged with choking, strangling and raping her, a woman left a letter for her family, a court heard. Now, he’s out on bail.
Investigation launched after vicious highway assault
A man has been rushed to hospital after a vicious assault in a small Qld town left him with serious head injuries.
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