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July 2010

July

Saturday, 31
Evening Round up
Indecent assault charge, Cairns: Weapons cahrges, Innisfail:

Morning Round-up Second Edition
Update, fatal crash, Tinbeerwah; Armed robbery, Rosslea; Two armed robbery suspects face extradition, Tivoli; Indecent assault, Edge Hill

Final Child Abduction Alert, Tolga (near Mareeba)
The Queensland Police Service has located the 15-year-old boy and the 11-year-old girl who were taken from Tolga around 8pm on Thursday.

Morning Round up
Serious assault, Minden: Aircraft incident, Cape York: Fatal crash, Broadwater: Serious crash, Cannon Hill

Friday, 30
ALERT CANCELLED 31/7 - Update 1 - Child Abduction Alert, Tolga (Mareeba)
ALERT CANCELLED 31/7 - The Queensland Police Service is still seeking urgent public assistance to help locate a missing boy and girl from Mareeba.

ALERT CANCELLED 31/7 -Child Abduction Alert - initial alert, Mareeba
ALERT CANCELLED 31/7 -The Queensland Police Service is seeking urgent public assistance to help locate a 15-year-old boy and an 11-year-old girl who may be at risk after being taken from Tolga, near Mareeba around 8pm last evening.

Morning Round-up Second Edition
Clandestine laboratory located, Currumbin Waters; Clandestine laboratory located, Nanango; Dangerous driving causing death charges, Tinbeerwah

Morning Round-up
Armed Robbery, Townsville; Damage to police vehicle, Broadbeach; Fatal crash, Rosevale.

Thursday, 29
Afternoon Round-up
Graffiti charges, Bald Hills; Suspicious house fire, Shelly Beach; Serious crash, Mt Gravatt East

Morning Round up
Assault charges, Manly: Dsiturbance, Logan

Wednesday, 28
Evening Round-up
Attempted murder charge, Cooper Plains; Traffic incident, Bundaberg; Serious assault, Goodna

Police seek stolen vehicle in connection to break-ins
Police are seeking public assistance to help locate a car that was stolen from Parkwood earlier this week.

Morning Round-up
Grievous bodily harm, Mudgeeraba Attempted murder charge, Sunnybank Hills

Tuesday, 27
Afternoon Round-up
Attempted Burglary, Collingwood Park; Robbery, Spring Hill

Missing Man Slacks Creek
Police are appealing for public assistance to help locate a 39-year-old Slacks Creek man who has been missing since May 27.

Morning Round-up
Update: theft of car, Bundall House fire, Jimboomba:

Monday, 26
Afternoon Round-up
Charges laid - Pine Rivers; Theft of car - Bundall.

Morning Round-up
Break and enter charges, Aspley; Arson, Kirwan

Sunday, 25
Evening round-up
Missing man located, Atherton; Fatal crash, Ormeau

Afternoon Round-up Second Edition
Fatal traffic crash, Biloela; Armed robbery, Tivoli; Armed robbery, Thornlands

Afternoon Round-up
Charges, fatal crash, Moore Park Beach; Missing Gympie teenager located safe and well; Assault, Kelso (Townsville)

Fatal crash, North MacLean
Police are currently on the scene of a fatal single vehicle crash on the Mount Lindesay Highway at North MacLean, near Jimboomba.

Morning round-up
Attempted armed robbery charge, Manly; Sudden death, traffic crash, Nundah; Dangerous operation charges, Palm Beach

Saturday, 24
Missing teenager, Gympie
Police are appealing for public assistance to help locate a missing teenage girl.

Afternoon Round-up
Robbery with violence charges, Beenleigh Man stabbed, Redcliffe:

Armed robberies - Hemmant
Police are appealing for public assistance after two robberies in Hemmant earlier this week.

Morning round-up
Escaping custody charge, Townsville; Fatal crash, Bundaberg; Officer seriously assaulted, Toowoomba; Woman robbed, Bracken Ridge; Dep lib charges, Worongary

Friday, 23
Evening Round-up
Update, serious crash Kaimkillenbun (near Dalby): Update house fire, Brookwater

Escapee caught, Townsville
Police have arrested a 21-year-old man in Townsville this evening. Around 5.15pm police located the man in a car park of a fast food restaurant at Idalia in the southern suburbs of Townsville.

Morning round-up
Update on fatal traffic crash - Jimboomba; Attempted murder arrest - Fortitude Valley; House fire - Brookwater

Thursday, 22
Evening Round-up
Woman charged over use of social networking site, Sunshine Coast; Fraud arrest, Brisbane; Fatal traffic crash, Jimboomba; Update, missing man, Burleigh Heads

Fatal crash, Victoria Point
Police are currently on the scene of a fatal traffic crash on Bunker Road in Victoria Point.

Morning round up - second edition
Serious crash, Toowoomba: Update - fatal crash, Moorooka: Update- road closure, Caboolture

Fatal crash, Moorooka
Police and emergency services are currently at the scene of a fatal traffic accident at Beaudesert Road, Moorooka.

Morning Round-Up
Fatal traffic crash, Crowley Vale (near Dalby); Serious traffic crash, Kaimkillenbun (near Dalby); Update missing man, Morningside; Attempted armed robbery, etc

Missing Man, Morningside
Police are appealing for public assistance to help locate missing 76-year-old Holland Park man.

Wednesday, 21
Evening round-up
Man killed in explosion - Mackay; House fire arrest - Fairfield

Traffic enforcement campaign, South Brisbane District
Over the past 3 weeks police from the South Brisbane District Traffic Branch have conducted a traffic enforcement campaign targeting locations identified as having a significant number of traffic crashes.  These locations include the major traffic corridors and areas around intersections.

Morning round up Second Edition
Robbery, Fortitude Valley; Youths charged, Toowoomba; Traffic incident, Mackay

Morning Round-Up
Pedestrians struck by truck, Kangaroo Point; Armed robbery, car stolen, Birkdale

Tuesday, 20
Evening round up
Building fire, Burleigh Heads; Police officers injured, Camira; Armed robbery, Kingston

Armed robbery, Mackay
Police are investigating the armed robbery of a service station on Nebo Road, Mackay overnight.

Monday, 19
Evening round up
Fatal traffic crash, Marcoola; Fatal traffic crash, Mingela; Drug arrests, Gladstone

Morning Round up, Second Edition
Update, Armed robbery, Algester Appeal for witnesses, Assault, Geebung:

Taskforce Argos arrest man for grooming child online
A 23-year-old Surfers Paradise man has been charged following a Taskforce Argos operation over the weekend.

Morning round up
Fatal mountain bike crash, Daisy Hill State Forest; Robbery, Hemmant; Assault charges, Geebung

Sunday, 18
Evening Round-Up
Arson charge, Helensvale; Assault charges, Tugun

Afternoon Round-up
Drug laboratory charges - Kedron; House fire - Helensvale.

Morning round up
Assault charges, Normanton; Unarmed robbery, Beenleigh; Armed robbery, Algester

Saturday, 17
Evening Round-up
Stealing charges, Toowoomba; Bag snatch charges, Toowoomba

Morning Round up Second Edition
Police officer injured, Crestmead Armed robbery charges, Cairns Stabbing charge, Brisbane City:

Morning round up
House fire, Raceview; Wounding, Geebung

Friday, 16
Sponsorship policy highlighted
Police Commissioner Bob Atkinson today reminded all QPS staff about service policy relating to sponsorship after concerns were raised about a recent Police Charity Ball.

Escapee, Townsville
Police are investigating the escape of a 21-year-old man who was being escorted by Corrective Service Officers to the Townsville Hospital last night.

Afternoon Round-Up
Drug charges, Elanora;Attempted murder charges, Regents Park;Armed person and drug charges, Warner

Traffic incident, Clayfield
Police and emergency services are currently on the scene of traffic incident involving a car and a pedestrian on Sandgate and Wagner Roads, Clayfield.

Police Mounted Unit involved in crash
Investigations are continuing into a two vehicle traffic crash yesterday involving two horses and two officers from the Queensland Police Mounted Unit.

Murder charge, Alexandra Headlands
Murder charge, Alexandra Headlands

Thursday, 15
Missing man, Coolangatta
Police are appealing for public assistance to help locate missing 84-year-old Coolangatta man, Michael Lalos.

Search for man, escape custody, Townsville
Police are currently searching for a man who has escaped lawful custody in the Townsville area. The 21-year-old man was at Townsville hospital for an injury to his right hand when he fled from corrective services officers.

Evening Round up
Dangerous Operation of vehicle, Lawnton: Graffiti charges, Pacific Pines: Update, home burglary and stolen car, Albany Creek

Appeal for assistance, missing Quad Bike
Between midnight and 6.45am on Thursday the July 15, a property at Millstream via Ravenshoe was entered and a Polaris Quad Bike stolen.

Police officers removed from duty
Two police officers from South Eastern Region have been stood down from duty pending the outcome of an Ethical Standards Command investigation.

Update: armed robbery charges, Goodna
Update: armed robbery charges, Goodna

Morning Round-up
Burglary, Woodridge: Armed robbery in a home, Newtown: Burglary and stolen car, Albany Creek:

Wednesday, 14
Evening Round-up
Tractor incident, Japoonvale; House fire, Kelvin Grove

Missing man, Atherton
Police are appealing for public assistance to help locate missing 55-year-old Atherton man.

Morning Round-Up
Assault ocassioning bodily harm charge, Brisbane; Serious assault, Greenslopes

Tuesday, 13
Sexual assault, Calamvale
Police are investigating an alleged sexual assault on July 6 at Calamvale in Brisbane’s south.

Evening Round-up
Attempted child stealing, Springfield: Fraud charges, Brisbane

Fatal traffic crash, Shailer Park
Police are investigating a fatal traffic crash on Norton Drive at Shailer Park in Logan this afternoon.

Unlawful wounding, Coopers Plains
Police are investigating the unlawful wounding of a 23-year-old man just before 6 on Sunday evening.

Morning Round-up
Charges for car theft, New Farm: Robbery, Fortitude Valley: Armed robbery cahrges, Crestmead: Robbery charges, Caboolture

Monday, 12
Police search for callous thieves, Ipswich
Police are investigating a callous attack on a disabled man in Ipswich overnight.

Police target illegal prostitution during Townsville races
As part of the Queensland Police Service’s efforts to seek out and charge those who profit from, organise, and participate in illegal prostitution activities, nine people will face court following a four-day operation in Townsville.

Morning round-up
Fatal crash, Toowoomba:Attempted murder charge, West End:Robbery with violence, Capalaba:

Sunday, 11
Evening round-up
Fatal crash - Cairns; Robbery - Surfers Paradise

Morning Round-up, second edition
Murder charge, Landsborough; Charges, Caboolture; Attempted armed robbery, Nerang; Stealing, Toowoomba

Morning round-up
Serious crash - Camp Hill; Building fire - Woolloongabba; Armed robbery - Windaroo; Armed robbery arrest - Chermside

Saturday, 10
Evening Round-up
Attempted armed robbery, Goodna; Sexual assault charge, Surfers Paradise

Police officer stood down from duty, Metropolitan South Police Region
A Senior Constable from the Metropolitan South Region has been stood down from duty pending an investigation by the Ethical Standards Command.

Police praise crowd behaviour, Townsville
With crowds flowing into Townsville for the Sucrogen 400 V8 Supercar event District Officer Superintendent Noel Powers has praised the behaviour of race goers.

Update, wanted person, Caboolture
A 32-year-old Caboolture man is currently assisting police with their inquiries into several incidents which occurred in Toohey Road, Caboolture on Thursday morning.

Morning round up, second edition
Assault occasioning bodily harm charge, Brisbane; Off-duty officer assaulted, Beenleigh; Robbery, Mooroobool

Morning Round-up
Man injured, Townsville; House fire, Rosehill (Warwick)

Friday, 9
Update on armed man - Caboolture
Police are continuing their appeal to the public for their assistance to help identify the man involved in a car crash and car theft yesterday morning.

Afternoon round-up
Homicide investigation - Landsborough; Armed robbery - Browns Plains; House fire - Jimboomba

Morning Round-up Second Editon
Unlawful wounding, Redbank Plains; House fire, Archerfield

Morning Round-up
Stealing charge - Margate; Assault charge - Inala; Attempted armed robbery - Edmonton; Dangerous driving charge - Cairns; Suspicious death - Landsborough.

Thursday, 8
Evening Round-up
Update: fatal crash, Moranbah Update: crash and stolen vehicle, Caboolture Armed robbery, Clayfield Accidental death, Sandgate

Telephone scam warning
Police wish to advise the community to be extremely cautious when taking telephone calls from people claiming to be from consumer and government offices.

Morning Round-Up, Second Edition
Crash and stolen vehicle, Caboolture; Update - Missing swimmer, Bowen

Morning round up
Drug arrests, Ormeau; Traffic incident, Tugun; Traffic crash, Merrimac; Armed robbery, Browns Plains

Wednesday, 7
Stealing, Maroochydore
An 18-year-old man has been given a notice to appear (nta) in court after an alleged incident this afternoon in Maroochydore.

Afternoon Round-up
Unlawful wounding charge, Logan; Missing swimmer, Bowen

Morning Round-up Second Edition
Fatal quad bike crash, Blackwater; Armed robbery charges, Nambour; Armed robbery, Bundaberg; Assault charge, Coolangatta; Robbery charges, Brisbane

Morning Round up
Armed robbery, Slade Point (Mackay): Armed robbery, Annerley: Armed robbery, Lowood: Armed robbery, Upper Mount Gravatt

Update: homicide, Gracemere
Police are currently investigating the circumstances surrounding the death of an infant in Gracemere last night.

Homicide, Gracemere
Police are currently investigating the circumstances surrounding the death of an infant in Gracemere last night.

Tuesday, 6
Murder charge, Raceview
Murder charge, Raceview

Stolen rare vintage motorcycle, Highland Park
Police are investigating the theft of an extremely rare vintage motorcycle from a residence in Highland Park at the weekend.

Morning Round-up second edition
Armed robbery, Lawnton; Traffic crash, Rosenthal Heights (near Warwick);

Morning Round-up
Armed robbery, Camira: School fire, North Rockhampton:

Monday, 5
Evening Roundup
Assault charge, Coolum; Drug charges, Zillmere

Fatal crash - Binjour (near Gayndah)
Police and emergency services are currently on the scene of a fatal crash which has claimed the life of a woman at Binjour, halfway between Gayndah and Mundubbera, west of Maryborough.

Morning round-up - Second edition
Theft and further charges - Goodna; Stolen vehicle charges - Caboolture

Morning Round-up
Update: serious assault, Agnes Waters Burglary, Kangaroo Point

Sunday, 4
Evening Round-Up
Marine Incident, Gold Coast; Robbery, Eight Mile Plains

Afternoon Round-up
Single-vehicle crash - Bundaberg; Non-suspicious death, Hervey Bay; Unlawful wounding charge - Wynnum West; Burglary and assault charges - Burnett Heads.

Morning round-up, Second edition
Pedestrians struck by car, Surfers Paradise: Fatal crash, St George: Serious assault, Agnes Waters:

Morning Round-Up
Armed robbery, Inala; House fire, Stapylton

Saturday, 3
Morning Round-up , Second Edition
Appeal for witnesses, Aspley: Update – Attempted robbery charges, Mount Isa:

Morning Round-Up
Fatal traffic incident, Einasleigh; Fatal traffic crash, Tugun; House fire, Ormiston; Armed robbery, Wynnumm West; Stealing and drug charges, Surfers Paradise

Friday, 2
Evening round up
Incident, Tallebudgera Valley; Building fire, Westmar

Afternoon Round-up
Serious traffic incident, Goodna: Police vehicle rammed, Noosa Heads:

Police officers removed from duty
Two police officers have been removed from duty over unrelated matters.

Morning Round-up Second Edition
Disturbance, Ravenswood: Break and enter offences, Sunnybank:

Poisoning of tomato seedlings, Bowen
Police are appealing for public assistance with their investigations into the poisoning of tomato seedlings in Bowen.

NAIDOC WEEK CELEBRATIONS
On July 4, 2010 police from Mareeba District will be celebrating NAIDOC week and Every Day Counts.

Morning round up
Motorcycle crash, Macgregor Drink driving, Zillmere

Thursday, 1
Assault and attempted robbery, Mt Isa
Police are searching for a man who may be able to assist with their investigation into an assault and possible attempted robbery of a store in Mt Isa yesterday.

Morning Round-Up
Armed robbery, Browns Plains; Attempted armed robbery, Nundah; House fire, Lawnton; Indecent treatment charges, Brisbane

Last Updated: 04/05/2010