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Media Release Summary

February 2010

 

February

Sunday, 28
Evening round up
Update, Truck rollover, Landsborough Highway, McKinlay; Burglary, Mount Louisa

Afternoon Round-up
Rape charges - Toowong; Truck rollover - Landsborough Highway - McKinlay; Call for witness to a speeding incident - Clear Island Waters.

Police officer stood down, Bellbowrie
A First Year Constable from Metropolitan North Region has been stood down as a result of being issued with a notice to appear for drink driving.

Tsunami warning, Queensland
Queensland Police would like to remind the public of the current Tsunami warning that is in place on the eastern seaboard of Australia.

Morning round up
Fatal traffic crash, Dunmore; Serious traffic crash, East Brisbane; Injury to member, Sandgate

Saturday, 27
Evening round up
Attempted robbery - North Ipswich; Assault charges - Rockhampton;

Afternoon round up
Grievous bodily harm, Maroochydore; Serious traffic crash, Palmview; Assault charge, Proserpine; Armed robbery, Moorooka

Morning round up
Factory fires, Biggera Waters; Serious traffic crash, Burleigh Waters; Armed robbery, Townsville; Bomb hoax charge, Mount Coot-tha

False reports circulating, Biloela
Police would like to advise the community of Biloela that false reports are circulating in relation to an alleged incident at a skate park on Rainbow Street occurring earlier this evening.

Friday, 26
Homicide investigation, Surfers Paradise
Police are investigating the death of a 45-year-old Gold Coast man who died following an assault earlier this month.

Stealing, Fortitude Valley
Police are appealing for public assistance in relation to a stealing offence on Friday October 23 last year.

Morning round up
Unarmed robbery with violence, Slacks Creek; House fire, Homebush

Thursday, 25
Afternoon Round-up Second Edition
Operation Hotel Pursuit results, Toowoomba; Suspicious activity, Willowbank

Afternoon Round-up
Armed robbery charge, Cannonvale; Armed robbery, Browns Plains; Burglary, Rochedale South

Wednesday, 24
Missing man located, Sunshine Beach
Missing man located, Sunshine Beach

Major Incident Management Training, Southern Region
Media Opportunity - Major Incident Management Training, Southern

Suspicious activity, Willowbank
Suspicious activity, Willowbank

Stealing, Garden City
Police are investigating the theft of a floor safe from Garden City Shopping Centre on Sunday, February 21.

Afternoon Round-up
Armed robbery, Elanora; Fatal crash, Coomera

Missing man, Sunshine Beach
A ground and air search is underway for an elderly man missing in the Sunshine Beach area.

Tuesday, 23
Murder charge, Bundaberg
Police have charged a 19-year-old Bundaberg man with murder in relation to the death of an 8-year-old child located on February 22.

Comfit released, sexual assault, Condon
Police have released a comfit of a man they believe will be able to assist with their investigation into a sexual assault of a woman at Condon on February 15.

Monday, 22
Homicide investigation, Bundaberg
Police have commenced a homicide investigation following the discovery of the body of a young girl at Bundaberg this morning.

Murder charge, Eastern Heights
Police charged a 56-year-old Eastern Heights man with murder at a bedside hearing today.

Three missing canoeists located, Mitchell River
Three missing canoeists located - Mitchell River

Morning Round-up Second Edition
Update - Search for missing boy - Cooroibah (Sunshine Coast); Date correction - Wilful exposure - Gracevillel; Shootings - Forest Lake; Drug-related charges - Bells Bridge; House fire - Robina;

Morning round-up
Search continues for missing toddler, Cooroibah; Third man dies after cliff fall, Point Cartwright; Serious single vehicle crash, Miles; Serious single vehicle crash, Bowenville; Search for three missing canoeists, Mitchell River near Mount Molloy

Sunday, 21
Evening Round-up
Wounding - Moranbah; Search for missing boy - Cooroibah (Sunshine Coast).

Wilful exposure, Graceville
Wilful exposure, Graceville

Morning Round-up Second edition
Update – Point Cartwright cliff fall - near Buddina; Missing man located - Rockhampton; Three vehicle crash - Coomera.

Morning round-up
Update – Point Cartwright cliff fall, near Buddina; Pedestrian struck and killed - Rochedale; Unlawful wounding of taxi driver - Ferny Hills

Saturday, 20
Evening roundup
Men fall over cliff, Point Cartwright; Armed robbery, Cooroy; Three charged with arson, Loganlea

Missing Man Rockhampton
Police are seeking assistance to locate a missing 80-year-old man in the Rockhampton area.

Afternoon Round-up
Robbery - Springwood; Single vehicle crash - Toowoomba; Armed robbery - Aspley.

Morning Round-up Second edition
Update - Fatal crash - Gympie; Break and enter - Eagleby; Update - Robbery with violence - Boronia Heights.

Morning roundup February 20
Fatal crash, Langsure (Gympie); Robbery with violence, Boronia Heights; Arrest over stolen pharmaceuticals, Salisbury:

Friday, 19
Evening round-up
Wilful damage of 28 vehicles - Herston; Death ascertained to be non-suspicious - Gladstone

Afternoon Round-up
Child drowning - Rosewood; Break and enter charges - Coolum; Car theft and arson charges - Maroochydore; Armed robbery - Little Mountain;

Morning roundup February 19
Sudden death investigation, Gladstone; Clandestine Laboratory, North Mackay

Thursday, 18
Evening round-up
Death investigation, Eastern Heights: Death, Ogmore: Disturbance, Browns Plains: Missing woman located, Biggera Waters

Death investigation, Eastern Heights
Police are investigating the circumstances surrounding the death of a woman at Eastern Heights this afternoon.

MEDIA RELEASE FOR WEDNESDAY FEBRUARY 17: Fatal traffic crash, Tinbeerwah
Two teenagers tragically lost their lives this afternoon following a head-on collision at Tinbeerwah.

Afternoon Round-up for Wednesday February 17, 2010
Serious assault, Fortitude Valley; Missing bushwalkers located, Mount Barney; Fatal, Burleigh Heads; Shooting charges, Bundaberg. ROUND-UP for Feb 17, 2010

Fatal crash, Chatsworth
A man died this morning following a single vehicle crash near Chatsworth via Gympie.

Victims of fraud targeted again by scammers
Police are issuing a warning regarding a new scam targeting victims who have already lost thousands of dollars.

Wednesday, 17
Arrests over Palm Beach man’s death on January 27, 2010
Members of the Gold Coast Criminal Investigation Branch, Southern Investigative Group and State Crime Operations Command, Homicide Squad have today closed operation Ice Excalibur, the investigation into the death of a 56-year-old man at Palm Beach on January 27 this year.

Missing woman, Rockhampton
Police are appealing for public assistance to help locate missing 31-year-old woman, Stacey Ann Somerfield.

Robberies, Deception Bay
Police have released images of a man who may be able to assist with investigations into two robberies at Deception Bay.

Morning roundup February 17
Man drowns in lake, Petrie; Armed robbery, Little Mountain; Drug arrests, Mundoo; Armed robbery arrests, Westcourt.

Tuesday, 16
Evening roundup
Flood victims rescued, Taroom; Missing bushwalkers, Mount Barney

Afternoon Round-up
Wet weather warning - Brisbane and surrounding suburbs; Body located - Leichhardt River; Cannabis arrests - Ducklo (Dalby).

Morning Round-up
Sexual assault - Condon; Serious crash - Magnetic Island; Serious crash - Roma.

Monday, 15
Evening Round-up
Search for missing woman, Biggera Waters Fatal crash, Bulimba: Man missing in Leichhardt River, Mt Isa

Afternoon Round-up
Pharmacy break-in, Logan Central; Food store robbery, Bethania; Armed robbery, Daisy Hill; Armed robbery, Deception Bay

Death investigation, Shorncliffe
Police are investigating the circumstances surrounding the death of a 12-year-old boy this morning.

Morning Round-up
Serious traffic crash, Coolum Serious assault, Surfers Paradise: Pharmacy burglary, Logan Central

Sunday, 14
Evening round-up
Robbery, Elliott Heads: Rescue from flood waters, Mt Isa.

Afternoon Round-up
Serious traffic crash, Townsville; Traffic incident, Deagon; Drug arrest, Broadbeach Waters; Fatal crash, Stanthorpe

Morning Round-up Second Edition
Conspiracy to murder charge, Townsville; Bridge climb charges, Brisbane; Robbery, Wooloowin

Morning Round-up
Robbery, Lutwyche Robbery, Inala: House fire, Mt Gravatt East

Saturday, 13
Evening Round-up
Fatal crash, Glenden; Serious crash, Gunalda.

Morning Round-up Second edition
Assault charges - Goodna; Serious crash - Darra.

Morning Round-up
Robbery with violence, Raceview Street disturbance, Loganlea:

Friday, 12
Morning Round-up
Robbery, Runcorn: Swimmers stranded, Josephine Falls (Innisfail): Chemical spill on highway, Wandoan: Search and rescue, Airlie Beach:

Thursday, 11
Afternoon Round-up
Meth lab arrest - Ayr; Assault charges - Brisbane City; Single vehicle crash - Pomona;

Wednesday, 10
Evening Round-Up
Fatal house fire, Alpha; Stealing, Currumbin

Afternoon Round-up
Missing woman, house fire, Alpha; Man arrested, Toowong

Monday, 8
Fatal crash, Millaa Millaa
An off-duty police officer located a crashed vehicle containing a deceased male driver at Millaa Millaa in far north Queensland this afternoon.

Aiding a suicide charge, Clayfield
Police have charged a 48-year-old Mount Nebo man this evening with aiding a suicide.

Afternoon Round-up
Charges upgraded to murder, Rockhampton; Murder charges, Gladstone

Morning Round-up Second Edition
Unlawful wounding charges, Brisbane; Adverse weather, Central and South East Queensland;Appeal for witnesses, fatal crash, Glasshouse Mountains

Morning round-up
Armed robbery - Tugun; Ram raid - Acacia Ridge

Sunday, 7
Evening roundup February 7
Woman dies in floodwater, Usher falls, Bouldercombe; Serious traffic crash, Quinalow; Rescue of stranded motorist, Helensvale.

Morning Round-up Second Edition
Fatal crash - Mt Isa; Fatal crash - Kuttabul; House fire - Morayfield; Local flooding in Brisbane Ipswich and Gold Coast;

Morning round-up
Fatal crash - Emu Creek (near Bowen); Boy dies in flood waters - Junction View (near Toowoomba); Suspicious fire - Carrara; Armed robbery - Labrador; Armed robbery - Elanora; Non-suspicious house fire - Condamine (near Miles)

Saturday, 6
Afternoon Round-up
Unlawful wounding charges - Macleay Island; Grievous bodily harm charges - Burleigh Headsp; Serious assault of police officer and taser deployment, Deception Bay.

Morning Round-Up
Fatal crash, Glasshouse Mountains; Double fatal, Lakeland Downs; Sudden death, Bungalow; Attempted murder charge, Zillmere; ...MORE

Friday, 5
Afternoon Round-up
Burglary charges - Gatton; Fatal boat crash - Somerset Dam.

Thursday, 4
Evening Round-up
Robbery with violence - Enoggera; Fatal crash - Tingalpa.

Fatal crash, Elimbah
Police are currently at the scene of a fatal two vehicle crash on Mansfield Road at Elimbah.

Afternoon round up
Building fire - Cairns; Robbery with violence - Toowong:; Robbery with violence - West End (Brisbane).

Morning Round-up Second Edition
Attempted murder charge - Pullenvale; Update - serious traffic crash - Runcorn.

Morning Round-up
Rescue - Rosedale (Gladstone); Turtles get a police escort - Scarborough.

Wednesday, 3
Armed robbery, Springwood
Police have released images of the overnight armed robbery of a Springwood service station.

Royal Children’s Hospital visits Police Headquarters
Children and their families from the Royal Children’s Hospital have spent the morning away from hospital to visit Queensland Police Headquarters.

Morning Round-up Second Edition
Assault charges - Greenbank; Assault charges - Chelmer; Update – Elderly woman critically injured - Rockhampton; Armed robbery - Springwood.

Morning Round-up
Update - wounding - Fortitude Valley; Break and enter - Fernvale.

Tuesday, 2
Suspicious death, Gladstone
Police are treating the death of a Gladstone man last Saturday as suspicious following the outcome of a post mortem examination today.

Afternoon Round-up
Serious crash near Fernvale; Update – house fire, Grosvenor near Eidsvold; Update – Attempted armed robbery, Heritage Park

Gladstone road closures and traffic hazards
Police are appealing for motorists and residents in the Gladstone area to take care on water affected roads and put their personal safety first.

Luxury boat rebirthing operation closes
Three people have been charged following the dismantling of a well-organised boat re-birthing syndicate operating on the Gold Coast.

Morning Round-up Second edition
Drug charges - Townsville; Attempted armed robbery - Heritage Park.

Morning Round-up
Truck rollover - Gin Gin; House fire - Eidsvold; Serious crash - Runcorn.

Monday, 1
Missing man, Wamuran
Police are appealing for public assistance to help locate an elderly man missing from Wamuran.

Police officer suspended
A Constable from South Eastern Region has been suspended from duty today pending the outcome of a Crime and Misconduct Commission investigation.

Afternoon Round-up
Break and enter, Fernvale: Images available - Armed robbery, Woodridge Update fatal crash, Grasstree Beach

Search continues for missing Malanda man Mark Bambling
Police continue to search for missing Malanda man Mark Bambling and have renewed their appeal for public assistance.

Fatal traffic crash, Grasstree Beach
Police are currently at the scene of a fatal traffic crash at Grasstree Beach (near Sarina).

Morning Round-Up
Disturbance, Townsville; Armed robbery, Woodridge

Last Updated: 29/01/2010