A toilet fire, assault of police, stealing and a visit from the Brisbane Water Police were all part of another week of police activity on the Southern Downs and Granite Belt. See the full crime wrap here.
Southern Downs police have battled another week of alleged traffic and drug offending in the region, with an investigation now underway into an alleged assault that occurred in a Warwick park. Full details here.
The powerful union boss, who declared First Nations people were over represented in crime stats, insists he was sharing the views others were “too frightened” to share.
Queensland councils have launched their own war on juvenile crime, putting the blowtorch on “utterly useless’’ government-funded programs.
From a pregnant woman who started using drugs at 16 to a former-postman who claimed he used drugs as a coping mechanism, here is the latest list of people sentenced in court for drug offences.
The father was using hydroponic tents on his property at The Summit to grow marijuana plants weighing nearly 10kg, with a police raid uncovering a significant amount of other drug paraphernalia.
The 29yo said frustrations over Mother’s Day visits were the catalyst to a series of statuses designed to ‘get back at him’, but claims she didn’t know she was doing anything wrong.
‘F—ing c–t, I’m going to kill you’: The Stanthorpe man claimed it was these threats that sparked the brutal outburst, with multiple forceful blows to the face leaving his victim with serious facial injuries.
The man had already been given a medicinal marijuana prescription for his chronic pain, but claimed its steep cost forced the green thumb to grow his own secret stash in Stanthorpe instead.
The Warwick court heard the man had already been given a medicinal marijuana prescription for his chronic pain, but claimed its steep cost forced the green thumb to grow his own secret stash instead.
The Stanthorpe mother was left red-faced after her expensive ‘warning shot’ to the couple landed her a court appearance and a hefty fine.
A motorcycle rider wants action on young people roaming the city streets after he was twice nearly knocked off his motorcycle by the same group of youths. See the encounter.
The Stanthorpe man was more than three times the legal limit when he sped off after a late night argument with his girlfriend, before swerving onto the wrong side of the road into the path of a woman’s car.
New data has revealed which town on the Southern Downs is a red-hot target for break-ins every year. What’s more is the surprising trend behind the figures.
Original URL: https://www.thechronicle.com.au/news/queensland/stanthorpe/police-courts/page/28