Mechanic makes bail bid after ‘very persistent’ DV breaches
A Central Queensland businessman, who already had a suspended sentence hanging over his head when he was arrested for further alleged domestic abuse, has applied for bail.
Police & Courts
‘Dragged by the hair’: Man allegedly threatened to kill woman with chainsaw
The identity of a man who allegedly threatened to kill a woman with a chainsaw can be revealed along with the reasons for his successful freedom bid.
‘Likely lose his job’: Tanked ‘taxi’ driver’s day of madness
Drunk on rum, this Queensland driver kept “taxiing” mates around, but his service came to a quick end when he nearly crashed into a cop car.
Police pull guns on drunk mum with knife threatening staff for not calling taxi
An alcoholic mum-of-two said she was trying to do the right thing before she turned on pub staff with a steak knife and threatened to stab them.
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Show-off’s brazen burnouts right in front of cops
A man who mouthed off in front of police before performing numerous burnouts has been hit with multiple charges. FULL CRIME WRAP
‘There was blood’: Man allegedly strikes woman’s head with mug
A Central Queensland man has allegedly struck a woman to the back of the head with a mug, causing an open laceration.
Drug user’s sad childhood marred by suicide, ecstasy and homelessness revealed
Rockhampton man Curtis Welsh is clean of drugs for the first time since he was 26 years old. But the pathway to sobriety was not planned.
‘Not organic’: Woman complains to police about $20 bag of weed
A 66-year-old woman who bought marijuana outside a service station took it to her local police station claiming it was not the “normal, organic, natural blend” she usually smokes.
Codewords, hospital setup, phone taps: How prison drug smuggle came undone
A sinister plot to smuggle drugs, including methamphetamine, into a Central Queensland jail came crashing down after corrections officers reviewed phone calls. See the transcripts.
Bad blunder puts mining engineer’s job ‘at risk’
A Central Queensland mining engineer could lose his job after a shocking series of events unfolded that got him into double trouble with the law, a court has heard.
Dad’s brutal assault on partner after cheating accusations
A Central Queensland father, whose son died in 2021 after suffering meningitis, attacked his partner of 16 years after accusing her of cheating on him.
Anti-crime protest member fronts court for his own illegal conduct
One of the 100-odd fed-up Rockhampton residents who attended a rally and then roamed the streets of a crime-ridden suburb as they tried to take a recent crime wave into their own hands has fronted court.
Dad involved in violent armed robbery turns to trafficking meth
A father involved in the armed robbery of a pub in Central Queensland trafficked methamphetamine and marijuana to support his addiction and pay off his drug debt.
‘Stop calling my daughter a sl–’: Dad faces court after blow-up
A father has been given a jail sentence in Gladstone court for what he did after a woman called his daughter “a sl–”.
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