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:
Police & Courts
86yo country town police station closes its doors for last time
The Clermont police station has been around for as long as most of the people in the tightknit town. But this week it was time for it to retire.
Dad hit stepdaughter with pipe after snapping over chicken
A Queensland father who lost his temper after ongoing bad behaviour was warned the bizarre reason he snapped doesn’t justify assaulting a child.
‘Breach of trust’: Worker used company card for personal spending spree
An employee at a Central Queensland cleaning and property maintenance business racked up a fraudulent personal spending spree on a company card.
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Man offered threesome in ‘amateur’ movie-style plot to steal gold bullion
A pair of ‘lame brain’ thieves tried to lure a Queensland man into a false sense of security by suggesting a threesome in a plot to steal thousands of dollars worth of gold bullion.
‘Like a nightmare’: Mother confronts monster who destroyed her child’s life
A brave Qld mother has delivered a powerful speech to the “sexual predator” who stole her 12-year-old daughter’s innocence online through his repeated deceit and depravity.
‘It’s you’: Dad’s ‘weird’ texts to 13-year-old girl
A fast food employee sent a young co-worker multiple sexualised videos and images, before claiming he was ‘just joking’ when she rebuffed his creepy advances.
Axe wielding druggie threatens stranger over $2k debt
A terrifying, meth-fuelled robbery unfolded when a man went to a home previously occupied by a person called ‘Nitro,’ who he claimed owed him $2000. DETAILS
Named: Sick sexual predator with baby rape videos deemed ‘low risk’
A serial sexual predator who openly admits he is aroused by young children, tried to groom them online and watches the worst kind of child abuse content every day has been labelled a “low risk” offender. TRIGGER WARNING
Drug dealing mum brought meth to court
A Qld mum who once brought meth to a courthouse has been found with cash, drugs, and more at her home.
Toyota Corolla, motorbike crash on busy roundabout
A busy Mackay road has been partially closed to traffic after a collision between a car and motorbike.
‘I’ve run over your missus’: Moment killer driver took second life
A drunk driver, who had already run over and killed a Victorian woman, tried to steal a Pajero from a Qld property, mowing down its owner and delivering her body to her devastated husband.
Missing Mackay man found
Missing Mackay man has been found following Queensland Police call out asking for urgent public assistance to help locate the man.
Secret recordings, tracking app: Cadet leader groomed, exploited teen
A married Army cadet leader claims he ‘fell in love’ with an underage teen becoming so infatuated he put a tracking app on the boy’s phone. TRIGGER WARNING
Original URL: https://www.thechronicle.com.au/news/queensland/mackay/police-courts/page/5