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June

Monday, 30

Double fatal, Charlton (west of Toowoomba; Armed Robbery, Moorooka; Fatal shooting, Rainbow Beach; Missing mother and baby, Logan (update)

Puppy Picassos lend a paw

Police puppies Eros and Edge from the Puppy Development Program at the Brisbane Dog Squad have designed their very own canvas to help raise much needed funds for families in need.

Police investigate two armed robberies—Acacia Ridge

Police are investigating whether two armed robberies that occurred at Acacia Ridge on the weekend are linked.

Appeal for woman and baby boy, Logan

Police are currently trying to locate Alexandra Orr, a 26-year-old Riverview woman and her new born baby after she prematurely left the Logan Hospital last night.

Morning Round-up Second Edition

Speeding and drinking driving arrest - Brisbane; Serious assault charges - Indooroopilly.

Drug charges, Surfers Paradise

Two men, 23 and 28, have been charged with possess a dangerous drug following an assault incident in Surfers Paradise on Saturday night.

Morning Round-up

Pursuit abandoned - Logan; House fire - Mareeba

Sunday, 29

Evening Round-up

Taxi driver assaulted, Bracken Ridge; Rape, Palm Island; Boating collision, Bribie Island

Seven road fatalities in one weekend shock police

Queensland Police are urging motorists to take extra care while driving after a horrific weekend on our roads, with seven lives lost over the weekend so far.

Afternoon round-up

Burglary charges - Molendinar; Diver struck by boat - Moreton Bay; Traffic crash - Mackay

Operation Pyramid - results

Police are concerned with the number of drivers caught under the influence of alcohol during a South East Region school holiday traffic blitz on Gold Coast this weekend.

Morning Round-up

Double fatal traffic incident, Sandy Creek (south of Mackay); Fatal traffic incident, near Dalby

Saturday, 28

Afternoon Round-up

Enter dwelling charge - North Rockhampton; Armed robbery BP service station - Acacia Ridge; Four charged - Nambour; Fatal - Gunalda; Teens charged - Gold Coast; Taxi theft and arson - Coopers Plains

Armed Robbery, Acacia Ridge

Armed Robbery, Acacia Ridge- Police are calling for public assistance after the armed robbery of Freedom Fuels Service Station at Acacia Ridge last night.

Morning Round-up

Fatal traffic incident, Kin Kin (north of Pomona)- Fatal traffic incident, Pimpama- Armed robbery, Toowoomba: Armed Robbery, Acacia Ridge: Robbery with violence, Wooloowin:

Friday, 27

Evening round-up

Pursuit - Mareeba; Arson arrest - Morningside

Missing boy located safe and well, Broadbeach

Police have located a six-year-old boy who was reported missing by his mother this afternoon.

Police to increase patrols of schools these holidays

Police will patrol schools during the school holidays as part of Operation Emblem in a bid to reduce incidents of school vandalism and break and enter offences.

Afternoon Round-up June 27

Armed robbery Narangba; Robbery Woodridge; Fraud warning; Robbery Brisbane City

Repeat driving offender caught, Labrador

A 38-year-old Varsity Lakes man has been caught allegedly drink driving and speeding despite having his license cancelled two days earlier.

Morning Round-up

House fire, Kallangur; House and shop destroyed by fire, Cania Gorge

Thursday, 26

Evening round-up

Fatal crash - Maryborough; Arson charges - Toowoomba; Charges linked hotel robberies - Ipswich and Hervey Bay

Afternoon round-up

Teen charged over gravestone damage - Rockhampton; Rape charge - Whitsunday

Man charged following police car ramming, Pimpama

A 30-year-old man has been charged with a string of driving offences after he allegedly rammed a police car on Monday afternoon.

Drink and drug drivers will be caught

Police are urging motorists not to drink and drive or drive under the influence of drugs or alcohol during this school holiday period or risk the chance of being caught.

Operation cold snap

Morning round-up

Single vehicle rollover - Clermont; Dangerous driving - Gladstone; Charges over trail bike incident - Yamanto; Fires - Toowoomba

Wednesday, 25

Armed robbery, Moorooka

Police are releasing security vision in an attempt to identify three men responsible for an overnight armed robbery at Moorooka.

Cannabis located, Cairns

Approximately 10 kilograms of cannabis was located and two people charged by the Cairns Drug Squad and Cairns Tactical Crime Squad thanks to assistance from the public.

Logan police catching bad drivers

Police from the Logan Traffic Branch issued 42 traffic infringement notices to motorists during an eight hour traffic enforcement operation in the Logan area today.

Man charged following assault, Broadbeach

A 22-year-old Broadbeach man has been charged with common assault and going armed in public to cause fear after an incident at a Broadbeach restaurant.

Drug charges, Surfers Paradise

A 33-year-old Surfers Paradise man will appear in the Southport Magistrates Court today to face multiple drug charges.

Industrial accident, Coopers Plains

A 41-year-old man is currently in intensive care at the RBH after an explosion involving a bitumen profiler.

Tuesday, 24

Evening Round-up

Assault, Redcliffe; Fatal traffic incident, Emerald; Armed robbery, Kingston

Friends donate restored bicycle to police museum

The Queensland Police Museum (QPM), through the Friends of Queensland Police Museum (FQPM), has received three generous donations today including a 1935 Hercules police bicycle presented by Commissioner Bob Atkinson.

Morning round-up

House fire - Durack; Building fire, Victoria Point

Monday, 23

Evening Round-up

Serious crash - Toowoomba; Sudden death - Stafford; Child cyclist hit by car - Inala; Fire - New Farm

Afternoon Round-up

Missing person, Inala,Damage to headstones, South Rockhampton

Morning Round-up

Search and rescue - Glasshouse Mountains (Sunshine Coast); Attempted armed robbery - Red Hill; Stealing - Booval; Four-vehicle crash - Keperra; Pursuit - Townsville; Car into a shop - Goodna; Two assault and robberies - South Bank

Sunday, 22

Evening round-up

Fatal motorcycle crash - Greenbank; Two vehicle crash - Murgon

Afternoon Round-up

Missing woman - Coorparoo; House fire - Kallangur; Police plead with motorists - Mt Isa; Fatal motorcycle crash - Mt Glorious; Fatal motorcycle crash - Yatala; Appeal for witnesses - attempted abduction - Springfield.

Morning Round-up

Armed robbery - Glades (Ipswich); Rape charges - Maryborough; Armed robbery - Brisbane City; House fire - Toorbul; Fatal crash - Miami; Pursuit charges - Warwick; Taser presentation diffuses situation - Acacia Ridge; Break and enter - Cleveland.

Saturday, 21

Afternoon Round-up

Burglary and assault - North Ward (Townsville); Fatal workplace incident - Broadbeach

Morning Round-up

Serious assault - Brisbane City; Fatal crash - Mooloolaba

Friday, 20

Afternoon Round-up

Update - Double fatal crash - Cardwell; Drug charges - Bardon; Drug production charges - Verrierdale (near Maroochydore); Murder charges - Bundaberg.

Update on the location of a baby girl at Worongary

Investigations into the cause of death of the new born baby girl which was located by police this morning is ongoing.

Tickets selling fast for Police Pipes and Drums “Echoes of Edinburgh” Concert

Police Minister Judy Spence today reminded audiences that time is running out to pre-purchase tickets for Queensland Police Pipes and Drums (QPPD) gala fundraising concert "Echoes of Edinburgh" at Brisbane City Hall on Friday, June 27.

Thursday, 19

Evening Round-up

Theft of clothing - Deception Bay; Attempted abduction - Springfield; Double fatal - Cardwell

Sunnybank couple charged with murder and torture

Police have today charged a 30-year-old woman and 28-year-old man from Sunnybank with two counts each of murder and torture.

Morning Round-up second edition

Attempted Robbery - Burleigh Head; Man apprehended by police dog - Eight Mile plains; Missing person Gary Michin - Ferny Grove

Morning Round-up

Attempted armed robbery - Rockhampton; Rape charges - Earlville (Cairns).

Wednesday, 18

Man arrested for syringe robberies

A 30-year-old Hawthorne man will appear in Brisbane Magistrates Court tomorrow charged over the alleged robbery of nine businesses in Brisbane’s southside this month.

Afternoon Round-up

Home invasion, burglary - Port Douglas; Missing person - Inala; Helicopter crash - False Cape via Gordonvale; Single vehicle crash - Nambour.

Morning Round-up

Armed robbery - East Brisbane; Armed robbery - Moorooka; Stealing charge - Toowoomba; Assault charge - Pacific Pines.

Tuesday, 17

Queensland police band celebrates 50 years entertaining

In 1958 Elvis Presley joined the Army; Johnny O’Keefe had his first hit; Michael Jackson was born; Intel developed the first microchip and a small group of Queensland police officers formed the first Queensland Police Pipes & Drums (QPPD).

Morning round-up second edition

Fears for missing woman - Hervey Bay; Search resumes - Wellington Point; Drugs and weapons charges - Daisy Hill; Kidnapping charges - Grovely/Mitchelton; Grievous bodily harm arrest - Aurukun

Couple charged Sunnybank Hills

A 28-year-old man and a 30-year-old woman will appear in the Brisbane Magistrates Court this morning charged with failing to provide the necessities of life.

Exercise Medusa testing disaster management

A simulated disaster will exercise police, emergency services and disaster response groups in the Southern Police Region today. The exercise is part of an ongoing training regime designed to ensure compliance with the Disaster Management Act and to promote successful interaction between agencies.

Morning round-up

Suspicious deaths - Sunnybank Hills; Assault and unlawful use of motor vehicle - Mitchelton; Armed robbery - Toowoomba; Traffic crash - Charleville; Man charged with traffic offences - Coolangatta

Assistance to locate man's family, Ashmore

Police are seeking assistance to locate the family of an elderly man who was located at Ashmore this morning.

Monday, 16

Concerns for missing man, Wellington Point

Police are conducting a search for a 43-year-old man at Wellington Point after the man’s vehicle was found today.

Morning Round-up, second edition

Passenger falls from car, Herberton;Taser deployment, Salisbury:

Chemist break and enter charges, Gold Coast

A 39-year-old man has been charged with 16 break and enters of chemists spanning across the Gold Coast and Northern New South Wales.

Morning round-up

Serious traffic crash - Maroochydore; Man injured after fall - Goodna; Armed robbery - Hillcrest

Sunday, 15

Evening Round-up

Base-jumping incident - Wallaman Falls (near Ingham); Serious motorcycle crash - Samford Valley; Robbery with threatened violence - Coopers Plains; Arson - Hawthorne.

Morning Round-up, second edition

Assault charge - Palm Beach; Drink-driving charge - Mudgeeraba; Large disturbance - Garbutt (Townsville)

Morning round-up

Armed robbery - Carina; Suspicious fire - Booval; Fatal - Loganholme

Saturday, 14

Afternoon Round-up

Two car crash - Loganholme; Rape - Earlville (Cairns); Armed robbery - Redbank Plains; Arson charge - Balmoral.

Morning Round-up, second edition

Armed robbery - East Brisbane; Serious crash - Coominya; Assault police - Fortitude Valley; Unlawful wounding charges - Holland Park

Morning Round-up

Fire - Southport; Single vehicle crash - Banyo; Serious assault police - Woodend (Ipswich).

Friday, 13

Evening round-up

Operation Golf Cortex charge; Bus driver detected drink driving - Boondall; Taxi theft and arson - Coopers Plains; Robbery with violence - Clontarf

Stalking charge, Gold Coast

A 67-year-old Pimpama man has been charged with stalking following the alleged stalking of a 33-year-old Southport woman between April 13 and June 14.

Weapon charge, Benowa

Operation Black Friday, a joint operation involving detectives from Surfers Paradise Criminal Investigation Branch and Taskforce Hydra, has uncovered an illegal firearm.

Morning round-up second edition

Grievous bodily harm charges, Acacia Ridge, Robbery, Roma Street Parklands:,Robbery, Roma Street Parklands:, Armed robbery, Brisbane,Armed robbery, Rockhampton

Man charged following incident, Surfers Paradise

A 44-year-old Mermaid Beach man will face Southport Magistrates Court today charged with affray following an alleged bashing in Surfers Paradise on June 11.

Morning Round-up

Armed robbery - Redbank Plains; Murder charges - Vincent (Townsville); Armed robbery - Annerley; Attempted murder charges - Nundah.

Thursday, 12

Evening round-up

Teens charged - Helensvale; Armed robbery - Moorooka; Sudden death - Vincent (Townsville)

Fatal traffic crash, Cooroy

A 52-year-old woman was killed this afternoon in a head-on collision at Cooroy.

Two men charged with armed robbery

Two 17-year-old Greenbank men have been charged with robbery whilst armed following an alleged armed robbery of a Foodworks store on June 8.

Afternoon Round-up

Armed robberies, Moorooka,Armed man, Bald Hills:Assault police arrest, Murgon

Morning round-up second edition

Car and pedestrian crash, Forest Lake,Safe stolen, Alexandra Headlands,Drug arrests, Redcliffe

Morning round-up SER

Robbery, Helensvale; Operation Whitetail 7; and Sexual assault charge, Labrador

Update, fatal crash Rockhampton

Morning Round-up

Double fatality - Rockhampton; Serious assault police - Blackwater.

Wednesday, 11

Fatal Motorcycle Crash, Charters Towers

A man has been killed this afternoon in a traffic crash at Charters Towers. About 4.40 the Broughton man was riding along Bluff Road at Millchester, when his motorcycle collided with a car.

Hand Grenade, Scarborough

The hand grenade located at Shea Street, Scarborough is now being transported by the army to be detonated in a safe place. The cordoned off areas from the intersections of Scarborough and Shea streets; Shea and Matthew streets; and Griffith Road and Lucas Street are now being re-opened by police.

Afternoon Round-up

Hand grenade located - Scarborough; Operation Golf Cortex update.

Suspicious death, Bundaberg

Mobile Police Facility arrives in South Brisbane

Brisbane police dismayed at speeding motorists

Traffic police from Brisbane’s Metropolitan North Region have expressed dismay and frustration at the results of a recent speed camera deployment on one of Brisbane’s major roads.

Learn to ‘Drink Rite’ and stay safe on our roads

Police from the Narangba Police Beat will conduct a ‘Drink Rite’ event at the Narangba Valley Tavern on July 4 from 6pm.

Morning Round-up second edition

Serious assault police - Fortitude Valley; Drug charges - Mundingburra; Armed robbery arrest - Rockhampton

Morning Round-up

Armed Robbery - Rockhampton; Armed Robbery - Everton Hills

Armed robbery, Everton Hills

Tuesday, 10

Pedestrian injured, Mansfield

Police are investigating a serious crash on Broadwater Road in Mansfield around 3.30 this afternoon involving a bus and a 5-year-old male pedestrian.

Suspicious death, Bundaberg

Police are treating the death of a woman, who was located at Bundaberg this afternoon, as suspicious.

Afternoon round-up

Update - crash Malanda; Operation Golf Cortex update; Unlawful wounding charge - Victoria Point

Morning Round-up

Search and Rescue - Glasshouse Mountains, Attempted Armed Robbery - Raceview

Monday, 9

Afternoon Round-up

Serious crash - Tully; Fatal traffic crash - Ayr; Serious motorcycle crash - Malanda

Morning Round-up

Armed Robbery - Regents Park; Armed robbery, deprivation of liberty - Murrumba Downs; Serious assault charges - Mooloolaba; Drink driving charge - Kedron; Rape charges - Bracken Ridge - Update

Sunday, 8

Evening Round-up - June 8

Rape arrest, Bracken Ridge; Suspected arson, Bowen.

Afternoon Round-up, second edition

Fatal - Upper Coomera; Sexual assault - Mermaid Waters

Afternoon Round-up

Update, Operation Pyramid, Gold Coast Traffic operation; Assault police arrest, Brisbane; Located missing person, Ferny Hills

Morning Round-up second edition

Officer injured - Fortitude Valley; Fatal - Kallangur; Update - Child pornography arrests, Serious motorcycle crash - Hamilton; Armed man - Oxley

Morning Round-up June 8

Arrest after hit and run - Meadowbank; Assault police - Ipswich; Fatal crash - Advancetown; Armed Robbery - Morayfield; Serious assault police - Coolangatta

Saturday, 7

Evening Round-up

Drugs and chemicals found in car, Alexandra Hills - Truck roll-over, Emerald:

Afternoon round-up

Update - Child pornography arrests; Update - Missing man Ferny Grove; Hit and run - Meadowbrook; Assault charge - Burleigh Heads

Morning round-up

Armed robbery - Noosa; Robbery with violence - Kelvin Grove

Friday, 6

Afternoon Round-up

Attempted armed robbery - Bundaberg; Fatal traffic crash - Narangba.

Man issued with a Notice to Appear for weapons offences, Miami

A 58-year-old Mermaid Waters man has been issued with a Notice to Appear following a string of alleged weapons offences.

Queen's Birthday long weekend North Coast Region

Police are appealing to motorists to take care on all roads within the North Coast Region during the Queen’s Birthday weekend.

Missing man, Ferny Hills

Police are continuing to search for a missing 58-year-old Ferny Hills man who was last seen by his wife yesterday afternoon.

Traffic alert – ‘Ride for Daniel’

Motorists are advised that thousands of motorcyclists are expected to take part in a 110km ride on the Sunshine Coast on Sunday, June 8, as part of an awareness day for Daniel Morcombe.

Break and enter, Palm Beach

Police are currently investigating the break and enter of a Leyte Avenue, Palm Beach home on June 3.

Cairns arrest for rape of child

A 25-year-old Cairns man will appear in court today for the deprivation of liberty and rape of a five-year-old girl.

Missing man located safe and well, Logan

Mr Leonidas Loutides has been found safe and well this morning.

Police search for missing Kingston man

A search of the Logan Central area is currently underway for a missing 80-year-old man.

Morning Round-up

Truck rollover - Mundubbera; Attempted abduction - Goodna; Search for missing man - Ferny Hills; Boat arson - Noosaville.

Man arrested over Brisbane and North Coast robberies

Police have charged a 27-year-old Caboolture man in relation to a spate of robberies in Brisbane and on the North Coast.

Thursday, 5

South Eastern Region Road Safety Queen’s Birthday long weekend traffic operation

Police are appealing for motorists to take extra care on South Eastern Region roads during the coming Queen’s Birthday long weekend.

Morning Round-up second edition

Car into house - Labrador; Break and enter charges - West End Police Station

Morning round-up

Murder charge - Brisbane; Two charged over armed robberies - Lawnton

Wednesday, 4

Robbery, Harbour Town

Police are currently investigating the theft of a large sum of money from a foreign exchange store at Harbour Town this morning.

Suspicious death, Highgate Hill

Police are treating the death of a woman in her 20s at Highgate Hill overnight as suspicious.

Tuesday, 3

Police officer suspended from duty

A police officer from the Mackay District has been suspended from duty pending the outcome of an investigation into an assault-related matter.

Morning round-up

Arson - Redcliffe; Rape - Bellbowrie

Monday, 2

Evening Round-up

Footage released, armed robbery - Coopers Plains; Rape charge - Stanthorpe; Armed robbery - Holland Park West; Serious crash - Capalaba West

Morning Round-up Third Edition

Missing bushwalker found - Townsville; Missing motorcycle riders located - Finch Hatton (Mackay); Traffic reminder.

Chinese community targeted by overseas scammers

Police wish to warn Queensland’s Chinese community to be wary of an overseas competition scam.

Morning Round-up, second edition

Pedestrian hit by car - Mudgeeraba; Drug trafficking arrest - Mackay; Search for missing motorcyclists - Finch Hatton (Mackay)

Exercise Tinaroo 2008 sparks a multi-agency response

Police and other government agencies are gearing up for Exercise Tinaroo 2008, aimed at testing responses to rescue scenarios.

Morning Round-up

Update on bus driver assault - Runaway Bay; Serious crash - Chinchilla; Armed robbery - Moorooka; Search for missing bushwalker - Townsville; Home invasion - Carole Park

Sunday, 1

Update – fatal shooting involving police, Southport

Ethical Standards Command officers have interviewed the two male police officers involved in the fatal shooting involving police overnight

Operation Trapdoor nabs hoons in Southport

Gold Coast police conducted Operation Trapdoor in Southport last night, and despite heavy rain they still detected a number of people breaking traffic laws.

Evening Round-up

Burglary - Gladstone; Charges to be upgraded - Airlie Beach; Robbery charges - Bracken Ridge; Police officer assaulted - Townsville

Assault, Runcorn

Police are searching for a man after he assaulted a 25-year-old woman about 11.30 last night.

Morning Round-up

Robbery with violence - Milton; Serious crash - Lawnton; Fatal crash - Waterford West; Accidental death - Hamilton Island; Fatal farm incident - Condamine; Missing New Zealand citizen - Canungra; Oaks Race Day wrap-up - Eagle Farm

Last updated 30/05/2008