Fraud fail: Cleaner’s Powerball, cigarettes, perfume spending spree exposed
A Central Queensland cleaner has been sentenced for a fraudulent shopping spree – and her excuse for the splurge didn’t wash with a magistrate.
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104 offences: Teen from dysfunctional family turns to drugs and crime
A teen robber guilty of more than 100 crimes has convinced a judge not to record a conviction against him after his most recent violent offence.
‘Photographed by a cleaner’: Thief found asleep during break-in spree
A man who broke into homes and cars during a recent Central Queensland crime spree and used stolen credit cards to make purchases, is a “recidivist property offender,” a court has heard.
Young Domino’s car thief told ‘you’re part of the problem’
A young thief has been told “the community is really sick of” cars being stolen, while his young female alleged co-offender facing 12 charges was released on bail.
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Runaway driver elbows cop after highway foot chase
A woman wanted by police tried to escape by running across four lanes of highway traffic but the law caught up with her.
Selling 134kg of stolen ‘Rio Tinto’ copper a ‘dumb idea’: Court
A man who cashed in 134kg of copper, believed stolen from Rio Tinto Aluminium in Central Queensland, says a friend put him up to it.
Fireys probe suspicious fire that destroyed Queenslander
A devastating fire that destroyed a Central Queensland home is being treated as suspicious. LATEST UPDATES.
Habitual drug user busted with meth steals $800 bike
A drug user with a seven-page criminal record has been caught with methamphetamine and stealing a $849 bicycle from a worker in Rockhampton’s CBD.
Looking ‘for a fight’: Teen’s boob flash in street disturbance
NAMED: A Central Queensland teen flashed her chest at people standing on a residential balcony and called them out to fight her, a court has heard.
Footy coach, realtor’s ‘embarrassing’ DUI following reunion celebration
A Yeppoon real estate principal and female football coach is among a group of motorists who recently faced court over driving offences.
Wife’s murder case progresses to higher court
A woman accused of murdering her husband has had her matter committed to the Supreme Court as the case continues to progress.
Teen charged over Subway, taxi armed robberies
The teenage suspect in two armed robberies has been charged following a string of terrifying daylight robberies in Central Queensland.
Banned for five years: CQ’s most dangerous streets revealed
Police data has revealed more than 12,000 offences in the Rockhampton and Livingstone local government areas as one nightclub owner speaks out saying he is not surprised with up to 100 people banned from his bar. SEE HOW YOUR STREET RATES
‘Essential service’: Why illegal FIFO sex worker’s charges were dropped
Amid shifting sex work laws, a woman dobbed in during a visit to Queensland has faced a sympathetic magistrate who found her money was made in a “more difficult” way than “ordinary day jobs”.
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