273 offences a month: Gympie’s most dangerous streets revealed
New data shows crime is increasing in Gympie as police ramp up patrols in the CBD to support business owners. See the hotspots, HOW YOUR STREET RATES
Police & Courts
Grandfather found not guilty of raping 11-year-old girl
A jury has acquitted a Gympie man aged in his 50s of plying his young step-granddaughter with alcohol and then raping her.
Man killed in horror Bruce Highway head-on
One man has lost his life in a horror two-car crash on the Bruce Highway near Maryborough.
More delays in businessman’s high-profile rape case
A closed court hearing into charges of rape, sexual assault and indecent treatment against South Burnett businessman Joe Prendergast this week failed to reach an outcome.
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How police uncovered tradie’s big drug haul
A 33-year-old concreter initially tried to tell police the 1.5kg haul contained in garbage bags was for his own use.
‘One foot in the grave’: Alleged smuggler’s plea to look after sick mum
A Queensland lawyer charged with helping an alleged caravan ‘terror plot’ mastermind flee Australia on a boat has vowed to fight the charges after he was given bail partly so he could look after his mother. SEE THE VIDEO
‘Love you brother’: Tributes flow for former businessman found dead
Popular Gympie man Jason Reker bought a large cattle property at Talegalla Weir in 2024, about nine months before his body was discovered beside his car and not far from a double barrel shotgun surrounded with empty casings.
‘Unsafe’: Police issue crackdown on Mary St crime crisis
Gympie business leaders are pleading for help to clean up the city centre amid claims families are afraid to visit the main street due to a growing homelessness and drug problem.
Watch: Police deploy stingers, dogs to arrest man on the run
Dramatic vision has captured the moment a Gympie man was tracked down by the dog squad and arrested following a string of events in Gympie and Mackay. Watch the video and read the details:
Business director caught wearing bikie colours while speeding
A Sunshine Coast business director and an alleged OMCG member has been spotted wearing his crew’s colours while on a motorcycle ride.
Security guard on cocktail of drugs when he slammed head-on into Landcruiser
A FIFO security guard high on a cocktail of meth and morphine has been punished for causing the devastating collison on the Bruce Hwy that left another driver in a coma for weeks and with brain injuries.
‘Panicked’: Mate leaves electrician holding the bag in drug bust
An electrical contractor and decorated army reservist has landed in court after being caught with another man’s drugs and an esky full of weed during a Brisbane bust.
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