Police prepare report for coroner on sudden death investigation
Police have given an update on the investigation into the death of John Steenbergen at his beloved business site near the Gympie Aerodrome.
Police & Courts
Convicted kidnapper, violent criminal hid himself before police raid
A Kilkivan man with a violent criminal past spanning two states, padlocked his home and hid inside when he learnt multiple police were on their way to arrest him.
NAMED: Shameless men, women caught with child abuse images
The sharing of child exploitation material continues to be a scourge across the Wide Bay and Burnett regions with illegal images found in the hands of these offenders. Warning: Distressing
‘Feel like raping’: Bedroom burglar ‘wrestled’ as he tries to take girls
“It’s my turn”, an insidious intruder said as he terrorised multiple family homes, trying to abduct young girls amid a shocking sexually charged spree.
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Police investigating stolen car torched near high school, cemetery
An ominous orange glow lit up Gympie cemetery as smoke billowed from a flaming stolen vehicle.
Named: Dairy farmer says he’ll shoot partner with robbery-linked rifle
A Qld farm worker’s vile, abusive texts to his partner can be revealed including the moment he warned he’d shoot her with a gun linked to burglary.
Man killed after being struck by Mercedes on Bruce Hwy
A man has died in the Gympie region after being struck by a vehicle driven by a Sunshine Coast man on the Bruce Highway.
Missing Bundaberg man located ‘safe and well’
A missing Bundaberg man has been found safe and well.
Electronics business owner faces child abuse material charge
Police allege the owner of a popular Qld electronics store used a carriage service such as a computer or a phone to distribute child abuse material.
‘The community’s had enough’: Druggie mum’s huge crime count revealed
A mother of three’s petty crime marathon prompted the local magistrate to tell her the community had had enough of her bad behaviour and it was time to grow up, before he granted her immediate parole.
Questions linger in wake of alleged stab victim’s post-mortem
Investigations are continuing into the circumstances surrounding the death of a woman at Cooloola Cove, with a post-mortem now finished on the 58-year-old victim.
‘Laugh as you die’: Mum’s Facebook fire threats, freaky doll act
Pushing a pram with a doll inside it into a Qld court, a mother of six then cradled the bogus baby as her chilling “burn alive” death threats and boasts were revealed.
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