With school holidays coming to an end, returning to school is always an exciting time for our students and community. In the weeks prior to returning to school however, empty schools provide an opportunity for criminal activity – becoming targets for unlawful entry, arson, stealing, graffiti and property damage offences. All of these have the […]
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Update 3 – Homicide, Kelvin Grove
Detectives investigating the death of Robert Frescons have charged two more men with murder overnight. Police were called to an address on Hunter Street around 3pm and the body of a man was discovered. A 21-year old man was arrested and charged yesterday with one count of murder. Two other men, a 23-year-old Broadbeach man […]
Update – Sudden death, Kelvin Grove
Detectives are continuing to investigate after the body of a man was found at a residence in Kelvin Grove yesterday. Officers were called to a unit on Hunter Street around 3pm after the body of a 33-year-old man was located by people known to him. Investigators have interviewed a number of people and all efforts […]
78 new officers sworn into service at Oxley graduation
Minister for Police and Minister for Corrective Services, the Honourable Mark Ryan MP and Commissioner Ian Stewart yesterday welcomed 78 new police officers to the Queensland Police Service (QPS), in an induction ceremony held at the QPS Academy, Oxley campus. Graduating as First Year Constables (FYC), the new officers have completed 25 weeks of intensive […]
Fraud charges, Chermside
Detectives from the North Brisbane Criminal Investigation Branch investigating allegations of fraud, forgery and falsifying records at a Chermside medical facility have charged a man. It will be alleged between March and November last year the 50-year-old Carindale man accessed the records of four patients to obtain their name, address and health care information to […]
Update 4 – Bus assaults, North Brisbane
The man charged following investigations into two alleged assaults on Brisbane buses in December last year has been arrested in relation to two additional assaults. It will be alleged a 16-year-old was assaulted in an unprovoked incident at Ashgrove and a 65-year-old woman attacked in a separate incident at Red Hill. A 39-year-old Aspley man […]
PSPA declared, Kallangur
Police have made an emergency declaration under the Public Safety and Preservation Act in Kallangur. The PSPA was declared shortly after midday after the execution of a search warrant at a residence uncovered what are believed to be explosive material. The scene is still being rendered safe, as the nature of the potentially volatile substances […]
Man charged with drink driving on a scooter, Fortitude Valley
Police have charged a man with drink driving after he was allegedly riding a Lime scooter in the Fortitude Valley Safe Night Precinct on Saturday night. It will be alleged that police stopped a 43-year-old Newstead man in James Street after he was riding the scooter on the road, without a helmet and failed to […]
Police charge man over romance scam
Police are issuing an urgent warning to the public following an investigation which has uncovered a disturbing development in romance and online scams. Last night, the Queensland Police Service’s Financial and Cyber Crime Group charged a 32-year-old Durack man following an investigation sparked after a victim contacted police. Operation Swift commenced following information received from […]
Robbery, Nundah
Detectives are appealing for witnesses after a man was assaulted at his Nundah house this morning and had his car stolen. The 55-year-old man was asleep around 4.45am at his Oxford Street residence when he has heard a noise downstairs. The man went outside when he observed a man, who is not known to him, […]