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April 2010

April

Friday, 30

Missing woman, Innisfail

Police are currently searching for a 30-year-old woman who has been reported missing from Innisfail.

Morning round-up

Armed hold-up - Murrumba Downs; Armed hold-up - Browns Plains

Thursday, 29

Serious traffic crash, Atherton

Evening Round-up

Missing girl located, Bundaberg; Update, hit and run, Tolga

Afternoon Round-up

Possession of a knife, Sandgate Update: armed robbery, Logan Central:

Hit and run, Tolga

Police are appealing for information in relation to a hit and run traffic incident on the Kennedy Highway north of Tolga this morning.

Morning round up

Serious truck crash, Mount Nebo; House fire, Kamerunga (Cairns); Armed robbery, Logan Central; Robbery with violence, Fortitude Valley

Wednesday, 28

Break in/assault, Pimlico

Police are investigating an incident this morning at a hotel on French Street, Pimlico.

Morning round up

Serious assault on police, Carole Park; Armed robbery, Boondall; Serious assault on police, Woodridge; Building fire, Carole Park

Tuesday, 27

Evening Round-up

Clandestine laboratory, Rockhampton; Armed robbery, Broadbeach; Update - missing man, Tugun

Stolen truck, Bobcat and copper wire, Brendale

Police are appealing for witnesses after three separate overnight burglaries in the Brendale area, Brisbane north.

Police to re-visit West End festival in UMG homicide

Detectives investigating the murder of 22-year-old Bianca Girven will re-visit the West End festival on Wednesday night in an endeavour to garner further assistance from the public.

Morning Round-up Second Edition

Stealing, Toowong; Stealing, Everton Hills

Update: Fatal traffic incident, Alexandra Hills

Police are appealing to the public to help identify the woman

Fatal traffic incident, Alexandra Hills

Police are currently at the scene of a fatal traffic crash at Alexandra Hills.

Morning Round-up

Assault and robbery, Salisbury: Burglary and evade police, Palm Beach Burglary, Wynnum West Armed robbery, Maudsland

Monday, 26

April 26 - Evening Round-Up

Charges laid after standoff, Southport; Update - Missing man, Tugun

April 26 - Afternoon Round-up

Sexual assault, Yorkeys Knob; Update stand-off, Southport; Body located, Canoona

April 25 - Evening Round-up Second Edition

Drug charge, Miallo (Cairns); Fatal, Mirani (Mackay)

April 25 - Evening Round-up

Attempted murder charge, Carole Park; Dangerous operation of a vehicle, Charters Towers

April 25 - Afternoon Round-up

Missing elderly man, Tugun; Robbery, Fortitude Valley; Missing man located, Kin Kin

April 26 - Morning Round-up Second Edition

Murder charge, Canoona; Update: Missing man located, Kin Kin; Man's body located in Southport Broadwater; Stand-off, Southport; Missing man, Tugun

April 26 - Morning Round-Up

Robbery with violence, Calamvale House fire, Delta (Bowen

Sunday, 25

Morning Round-up

Arson of vehicles - Bundaberg; Suspicious fire - Kawungan (Hervey Bay); Assault police - Calliope River

Saturday, 24

ANZAC Day road closures

Police would like to advise the public of road closures ahead of tomorrow’s ANZAC Day Parade, which will commence at 10am at the intersection of George and Queen streets.

Morning Round-up Second Edition

Update - fatal jet ski crash, Scarborough; Youth struck by car, Carole Park; Update – fatal motorcycle traffic crash, Willawong; Update – fatal motorcycle crash, Mt Nebo; Update- serious crash, Nambour; Malanda fire

Morning round-up

Fatal jet ski crash - Scarborough; GBH charge - Macleay Island

Friday, 23

Evening round-up

Rape charges - Marsden; Attempted robbery - Lake Placid (Cairns); Fatal crash - The Gap

Afternoon Round-up

Serious traffic crash - Nambour; Assault - Eight Mile Plains; Operation Porous - Townsville.

Morning round-up

Drug charges following traffic operation - Broadbeach; Update fatal - Burbank

Thursday, 22

Fatal traffic crash, Burbank

Police are currently at the scene of a fatal car crash on Mount Cotton Road near Burbank Park at Burbank.

Afternoon Round-up

Update - Fatal crash - Currumbin; Update – Fatal house fire - Kallangur; Grievous bodily harm investigation - Cairns.

Morning Round-up

Attempted murder charge, Crestmead Drink drive charge, Trinity Beach

Wednesday, 21

Fatal single vehicle crash, Forest Lake

A 43-year-old man was killed this afternoon in a single vehicle motorcycle crash at Forest Lake.

Afternoon Roundup

Officer stood down - Brisbane; Appeal for witnesses – Fatal crash - Hatton Vale; UIL driver and speeding in school zone detection - Biloela

Fatal traffic crash, Warrego Highway at Hatton Vale

Fatal traffic crash - Warrego Highway at Hatton Vale

Morning Round-up Second edition

Robbery, North Ward (Townsville); Unlawful wounding, One Mile

Morning Round-up

Drug charges, Holloways Beach Armed robbery, Southport

Tuesday, 20

Break and enter – stolen car, Bulimba

Police have released images of man who they believe may be able to assist with the investigation into a break and enter and stolen car at Bulimba on March 2.

Morning Round-up

Drink driving - Mackay; Update – assault - Kirwan.

Monday, 19

Evening round-up

Missing man located - Mareeba; Arson of vessel - Holloways Beach (Cairns); Boy injured in bicycle crash - Birkdale

Afternoon Round-up

Update - Break and enter and assault - Kallangur; Assault - Kirwan.

Morning Round-up

Serious crash - Beerwah; Robbery and assault charge - Bargara.

Sunday, 18

Evening round-up

Attempted armed robbery charge - Thornside; Attempted armed robbery - Greenslopes

Sunshine Coast attempted murder, torture

Police have charged a man and woman with a range of offences, including attempted murder and torture, following the alleged sexual assault of a teenage girl on the Sunshine Coast hinterland on Friday evening/Saturday morning.

Licensing and display of firearms at RSL premises

The Queensland Police Commissioner Bob Atkinson and Returned & Services League of Australia (Queensland Branch) President Doug Formby, will establish a joint RSL/QPS process to deal with the licensing of display firearms at RSL premises.

Morning Round-Up

Serious crash-South Brisbane;Off-road traffic incident-Mount Isa; Taxi driver robbed-Brendale;Disturbance-Mareeba; Grievous bodily harm arrest-Cairns

Saturday, 17

Morning Round-Up Second Edition

Fall from building, Townsville; Wilful damage charges, Innisfail; Dangerous operation of a vehicle, Beenleigh

Morning round up

Update: Serious traffic crash, Elanora; Injury to police officer, Surfers Paradise; Robbery charge, Mount Gravatt East

Friday, 16

Police search for missing woman, Ipswich

Police are seeking public assistance to help locate a Riverview woman who was reported missing last night.

Missing girl, Bundaberg

Police hold concerns for the welfare of a 15-year-old girl missing from the Bundaberg area since September 2009.

Morning round up

Shed fire, Thornlands; Attempted armed robbery charge, Manly

Thursday, 15

Evening Round-up

Armed robbery, Cleveland: Serious crash, Currumbin:

Fatal traffic crash, Rockhampton

Comfits released following Kallangur assault

Detectives have released comfits of two men following an assault on a wheel-chair bound woman at Kallangur on Tuesday afternoon.

Attempted murder arrest, Acacia Ridge

Detectives yesterday charged a 48-year-old Acacia Ridge man with attempted murder, assault occasioning grievous bodily harm and arson following an Acacia Ridge house fire in January this year.

14 April Afternoon Round-up

Pedestrian struck by car, Crow’s Nest; Search for missing man continues, Mareeba

Morning round up

Update: Factory fire, Yatala; Armed robbery, Cleveland

Wednesday, 14

Evening Round-up

Update- search for missing man, Mareeba: Factory fire, Yatala:

Injury at health facility, Townsville

A 27-year-old Mundingburra man is in Townsville Hospital following an incident at a health facility yesterday afternoon which required police assistance.

Morning Round-up

Impersonate police, Springwood; Grievous bodily harm, Mooloolaba; Attempted armed robbery, Parkwood; Suspected arson, Maryborough;Break and enter and assault, Kallangur

Tuesday, 13

Evening Round-up

Serious crash, Thulimbah (Stanthorpe: Assault charge, Coorparoo

Personal Safety Strategy – Self defense

Police wish to remind the community to be aware of, and exercise, their right to safety.

Assault, Townsville

Police are continuing to appeal to the public for any information that could assist them in their investigation into the assault of a young girl in late March.

Comfit released, Upper Mount Gravatt assault

Police continue to appeal for public assistance and have released a comfit of a man they wish to speak to in relation to the assult of a 20-year-old woman at Upper Mount Gravatt last evening.

Queensland roads – no place to race

Queensland Police today joined forces with V8 Supercar champion, Craig Lowndes in a bid to encourage driver safety on Queensland roads.

Personal Safety Strategies – safety out and about

Police would like to remind the community to remain vigilant when walking or exercising in isolated areas such as bike paths or river walkways.

Sexual assault, Cranbrook

Police are appealing for public assistance in their investigation into a serious sexual assault that occurred at Cranbrook Park on August 6, 2009.

Morning Round-up

Update - tripel fatality, Gatton: Armed robbery charge, Manly: Woman assaulted, Upper Mount Gravatt

Monday, 12

Triple fatality, near Gatton

Police and Emergency Services are currently at the scene of a triple fatality at Crowley Vale near Gatton.

Afternoon Round-up

Assault and robbery, South Bank; Armed robbery arrest, Cairns; Assault and robbery, South Bank

Personal Safety Strategy - while exercising

Senior Sergeant Janelle Poole, Northern Region Crime Prevention Coordinator, would like to remind all members of the public to take a few small steps to ensuring their personal safety while exercising.

Sexual Assault, Condon

Police are appealing to members of the public for assistance in their investigation into a serious sexual assault of a 19-year-old woman on February 15.

Police appeal for assistance following three sexual assaults

Police have commenced a major investigation into three separate sexual assault incidents in and around Townsville.

False identities and get rich quick scheme result in $2.5million fraud

Fraud investigation

Morning Round-up

Woman assaulted, Toowoomba: Serious assault, Coorparoo

Sunday, 11

Evening round-up

Assault police charge - Mornington Island; Armed robbery charge - Northgate; Arson - Coomera; Robbery charge - Ipswich

Afternoon Round-up

Fatal crash - Aratula (near Boonah); Update – fatal motorcycle crash - Peachester.

Morning Round-up Third edition

Stabbing charge, Palm Beach Unlawful wounding, Fortitude Valley

Fatal traffic crash, Wongaling Beach

A 29-year-old man has died this morning following a traffic crash at Wongaling Beach (south of Mission Beach).

Morning Round-up Second edition

A man in his 60s died yesterday when a crop duster crashed into a sugar cane field on Clare Dalbeg Road at Ayr.

Morning round-up

Drink diver charged - Federal; Assault - Lawnton

Saturday, 10

EVENING ROUND-UP

Single-vehicle crash, Cairns; Serious crash, Sunnybank:

Morning Round-up

Armed robbery, Forestdale: Suspicious house fire, Redbank Plains Building fire, Rockhampton: Armed robbery, Riverhills Robbery charges, Nerang:

Friday, 9

Police Officer charged with public nuisanc

A Constable from Far Northern Region has been served with a notice to appear on one count of Public Nuisance following an incident in Kingaroy in late March.

Morning round-up

Sudden death - Surfers Paradise; Fatal - Dysart; Graffiti charge - Cleveland; Drug trafficking charge - Surfers Paradise

Thursday, 8

Evening Round-Up

Serious traffic crash, Bungadoo via Gin Gin; Disturbance, Woorabinda; Armed robbery arrest, Robertson

Afternoon Round-up

Fatal crash, Woolmar (near Kilcoy); Operation Lasso results, Sunshine Coast; Theft of cabling, Chapel Hill; Court appearance update, North Booval

Murder charge, North Booval

Two people have this afternoon been charged in relation to the death of a North Booval woman reported missing on Tuesday.

Morning Round-Up

Police continue investigation into Mt Gravatt murder; Fatal traffic crash, Boondall; Serious crash, Waterford; Fatal motorcycle crash, Reedy Creek; Car into house, Highfields (Toowoomba)

Wednesday, 7

Afternoon round-up

Fatal fire - Duignal (near Gin Gin); Serious crash - Mount Coolum; Robbery - Booval

Two charged in EFTPOS terminal skimming operation

Two people have been charged this morning as part of a joint police operation targeting an organised syndicate compromising EFTPOS terminals in New South Wales and Queensland.

Morning Round-Up

Update - cyclist dies after Rockhampton crash; Sudden death, Karalee

Tuesday, 6

Operation Ice Iguana – Redbank Plains

A joint investigation into a large altercation at Redbank Plains on March 14 where three people were injured has resulted in 21 people being charged with rioting.

Morning round-up

Armed robbery, Hervey Bay: Grievous bodily harm cahrge, Hervey Bay

Monday, 5

Evening round-up

Jet ski accident - Noosa Heads; Unlawful killing of animals - Toowoomba; Twelve people rescued - Gregory Downs (north-west Queensland); Robbery - Goodna

Impersonate police, Cornubia

Police are searching for a man who attempted to obtain money from a female motorist yesterday afternoon.

Afternoon Round-up

Serious crash, Sunnybank Hills; Unlawful wounding charge, Normanton; Arrest for theft of ATM, Montville; The Reunite Service, Crime Stoppers

Morning round-up

Drug charges, Toowoomba; Officer assaulted, Bray Park; Armed robbery, Arana Hills; Armed robbery, Warner; Rape arrest, Kirwan; Cyclist injured, Rockhampton

Sunday, 4

Woman dies in ultralight aeroplane crash, Marlborough

Police and emergency services are at the scene of an ultralight crash on a property off Tartrus Road Marlborough.

Afternoon Round-Up

Robbery with violence charge, Sunnybank; Attempted abduction charge, Windaroo; Update - charges following fatal crash, Gympie; Missing men located, Doomadgee;

Morning round up, second edition

Suspicious fire, Buddina; Assault charge, Cairns North; Police officer injured, Redlynch; Drink drive charge, Port Douglas; Boat rescue, Douglas Shoals

Morning round-up

Update on fatal crash - Tallegalla (near Rosewood); Attempted armed robbery - Southport; Armed robbery arrests - Currumbin Waters

Saturday, 3

Evening Round-up

Fatal traffic crash, Rosewood Stealing, Toowoomba Serious assault, The Hummock Lookout (near Bargara):

Afternoon Round-up

Assault and robbery - Wavell Heights; Serious crash - Redgate (near Murgon); Update – Serious crash - Deeral (Innisfail); Drug charges - Toowoomba.

Morning round-up second edition

Easter covert speed camera results; Armed robbery charge - Clayfield and West End; Appeal for witnesses - Ipswich

Assault charge, Roma Street

Response to the Courier Mail April 1 2010.

Morning Round-up