Fraser CoastFrom elaborate frauds to relatively minor crimes of opportunity, we take a look at some of the most recent frauds and thefts in the Wide Bay, while a top cop reveals which crime is currently keeping police busy. See the full list.
Fraser CoastMore than a week after a police probe turned up personal items including a mobile phone in the increasingly desperate search for Dylan Driessens, answers are yet to be found as police reveal their next move. Here is the latest.
Police & CourtsA middle aged man has been found not guilty of a child sex offence after a two-day trial in Hervey Bay. This is what we know.
BundabergA man who befriended a hitchhiker, a woman who vanished from her own home and an axe found in a creek; these are people still missing across the Gympie region, Bundaberg region and Fraser Coast. Read the latest.
Police & CourtsA former machine operator and builder’s labourer who stalked a teenager for three months, emailed his school and made a false report to police, among other things. Read what was revealed in court:
Fraser CoastIn the early hours of the morning while an elderly woman slept, her neighbour broke into her home intending to rob her. What followed would leave her injured and terrified.
Police & CourtsA Booyal man has been given “one last time” to redeem himself after bashing his step children’s father unconscious in the middle of an intersection, continuing to lay into his body after it had become motionless. Here are the shocking details.
Police & CourtsA 26-year-old concreter threatened to hunt down a police officer and ‘kill him like a dog’ after kicking him in the face at Gympie Hospital. See how his addiction to meth started.