Crime wrap: Theft, serious assault keeps Southern Downs police busy
All was not well in the streets of the Rose City last week with local police responding to a number of serious offences, as well as a road fatality. Full details here.
Police & Courts
Watch: Molotov cocktail hurled at Qld home while family sleeps
Two people have been caught on camera lighting a molotov cocktail and throwing it at a house while a family slept inside. Now, a shaken father has called for help to identify the culprits as police investigate.
Four injured in two-car crash on highway corner
Police are investigating a crash at an intersection of the Warrego Highway in the state’s southwest. UPDATES.
Speedway driver kept racing, partied after causing boat crash which killed fisho
Cruel parallels about the agony a fatal boat crash victim’s family endured while watching the man responsible live out the milestones and adventures of which their beloved young son and brother was robbed, have been laid bare. *Distressing
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Sister wants answers after crash victim’s release days before tragedy
The teenage victim of a shocking crash involving a stolen car in Toowoomba had wanted to start a fresh life in Tasmania away from bad influences but had been thwarted by authorities, her distraught sister says.
Police refuse to amend charges of alleged recycling centre fraudster
An update has been provided to court on a former Containers for Change employee accused of stealing more than $95,000 from the not-for-profit recycling organisation.
‘Shocking’ number of Qld juveniles lumped into residential care
Nearly 1700 children were housed by the state in a year for a total cost over $700 million, with one child costing nearly $2 million.
‘Beyond salvageable’: Devastation as historic winery turns to ashes
Forensic police have combed the crime scene for evidence to determine the cause of the blaze that destroyed a historic southwest Queensland winery. INVESTIGATION UPDATES:
Community rallies around family of young man killed in car crash
Friends are rallying around the prominent Goondiwindi family of a teenager who died after he crashed into a power pole just moments before crossing the border into Qld.
Qld postcodes where kid crims can now live with ankle trackers
Queensland will expand its trial of GPS trackers to three more cities, allowing juvenile offenders to live in the community. SEE WHERE
Police seek extradition of teens for string of alleged violent burglaries
Darling Downs detectives are on their way to NSW to speak with two 16-year-old boys who are wanted in connection to a dozen alleged violent robberies and burglaries, after they were pulled out of an allegedly stolen vehicle
Man assaulted, cops rammed in spate of alleged home invasions
Police are searching for a group of offenders who forced entry to multiple homes and businesses, belting one victim over the head and throwing a pot plant at another, before ramming officers’ vehicles to avoid capture.
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