The 27 victims of the Wide Bay-Burnett road toll
Police in the Wide Bay-Burnett have been forced to deliver devastating news to families way too many times this year. As the road toll mounts, their pleas for road safety grows louder.
Police & Courts
Surf instructor allegedly filmed, watched child abuse videos for years
Bombshell allegations have emerged following the second arrest of a Sunshine Coast surf instructor, who is accused of grooming, molesting and filming more children and deleting evidence.
Schoolgirl stalking manifesto, photos, addresses allegedly uncovered
A “truly disturbing” folder, which police allege shows young teen girls labelled “projects”, where they live, explicit sex talk and a Qld man’s musings about whether to “trap” one was not enough to stop him from getting bail.
Man, women face serious drug supply, trafficking, weapons charges
Two Gympie woman and one man will face serious drugs and weapons charges in the Supreme Court in 2025.
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‘Grossly’ drunk hospitality worker spits on cop outside pub
A former hospitality worker has faced court for the ‘abhorrent’ act of spitting on a police officer while he was arresting her outside a Gympie pub.
Woman trapped, chopper on scene of Curra crash
The rescue chopper has landed in the Gympie region after a serious crash north of the city, which left a driver trapped in the wreckage of his truck.
4WD, horse-drawn buggy among things stolen in Gympie region farm theft
Police have asked for public help to solve the case of a farm theft south of the city which included the theft of a Nissan Navara and a horse-drawn buggy.
Pants-down playground menace in poo for ‘painting’ police car
A “heavily intoxicated” mum sparked a flurry of triple-0 calls by screaming at strangers and “crawling through the bushes” near a playground. But her most disturbing acts were still to come. *Graphic.
Shock decision in accused nude church arsonist case
More than one year after a 33-year-old Gympie man accused of setting a church alight was found naked in a Central Qld parkland popular with families, his case has taken one last shocking turn.
Armed robbers on run after woman attacked by strangers in home
Police are investigating a terrifying robbery where two men, believed to have been armed with a gun, threatened and assaulted a Qld woman in her 60s inside her own home.
Doctor’s misconduct over opioids followed weight-loss drug reprimand
A long-standing Queensland doctor’s misconduct over opioid prescriptions led to inappropriately high doses of morphine for one patient and police noticing another frequently asleep behind the wheel of a car.
‘Wicked’, destructive acts: Qld’s drug traffickers unmasked
The greedy and desperate acts of Queensland’s latest traffickers have been exposed, as they faced courts for peddling “wicked” and “highly destructive” drugs that wreak havoc on our state’s communities.
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