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September 2010

September

Thursday, 30
New Assistant Commissioners announced
Commissioner Bob Atkinson has today announced five new Assistant Commissioners for the Queensland Police Service.

Udate, traffic crash, Bajool (near Rockhampton)
An unidentified body has been found in the wreckage of a traffic crash involving two heavy vehicles south of Rockhampton.

Six arrested over Ipswich armed robberies
Detectives from the Ipswich Criminal Investigation Branch have arrested and charged six people in relation to four recent armed robberies in the Ipswich area.

Morning Round-up Second Edition
Assault and robbery, Forest Lake; Clandestine laboratory located, Bundaberg; Robbery with violence, Fortitude Valley

Morning Round up
Fatal traffic crash, Cairns; Fatal traffic crash, Ipswich

Wednesday, 29
Murder charge, Burleigh Heads
Gold Coast detectives today charged a man with murder following the investigation into the disappearance of a 63 year-old Burleigh Heads woman.

Morning Round-Up
Police vehicle rammed, Gympie; Break and enter, Woree

Tuesday, 28
Evening Round-up
Serious traffic crash, Albion; Theft from person, Beenleigh; Fatal traffic crash, Agnes Water

Fatal single vehicle crash, Helidon
A woman believed to be in her 20’s died this afternoon

Missing man, Taigum, found
A 91-year-old Taigum man who went missing yesterday afternoon has been found safe and well.

Morning Round-up
Armed robbery charges, Townsville; Attempted robbery, Mackay.

Monday, 27
Afternoon round up second edition
Missing person, investigation; Update, murder, Camp Hill; Armed robbery, West Ipswich

Afternoon Round-up
Deprivation of liberty charge, Cairns North; Clandestine laboratory located, Eight Mile Plains; Armed robbery, Townsville; Attempted armed robbery, Darra

Morning Round Up
Armed robbery, Capalaba Traffic crash, Marlborough

Sunday, 26
Appeal for assistance - Fire, Bethania
Police are appealing for public assistance with investigations into a fire that caused substantial damage to a shopping complex at Bethania early on Saturday morning.

Police target drugs in Operation Purgatory
Police conducted a successful major operation last night targeting illegal drugs in Surfers Paradise and Broadbeach.

Morning Round-up
Serious crash, Glasshouse Mountains: Update- Fatal crash, Lytton: Wilful damage, Rockhampton

Homicide investigation Camp Hill
Police are investigating the death of a man in Camp Hill this morning.

Saturday, 25
Evening Round-up
Fatal traffic crash, Lytton: Serious traffic crash, Tieri

Afternoon Round-up
Burglary - Wynnum West; Police assault charges - Labrador; Update - Stolen vehicle charges - Kirwan.

Morning Round-up
Stolen vehicle - Kirwan; Robbery with violence - Bundamba; Fire - Bethania.

Friday, 24
Burglary, Spring Hill
Police are searching for a man who broke into a news agency on Upper Edward Street early this morning before assaulting a staff member

Officer dismissed, Central Region
A 37-year-old female Sergeant from the Central Police Region was dismissed from the Queensland Police Service yesterday.

Morning Round-up, second edition
Burglary, Spring Hill; Traffic Operation, Fortitude Valley; Traffic arrest, Colesseum;

Morning Round Up
Armed robbery charges, Gold Coast

Thursday, 23
Officer stood down, South Eastern Region
A 38-year-old male constable from South Eastern Region has been stood down from duty today following allegations involving the inappropriate use of his Service firearm.

Operation Spring Break continues in the Central Region
Police would like to thank Central Region communities for their efforts this September holidays in keeping the roads fatality free during the ongoing Operation Spring Break which continues until October 4.

Afternoon Round-up Second edition
Double fatality - Mt Carbine; Serious head on crash - Marcoola; Grievous bodily harm charge - Gold Coast.

Afternoon Round-up
Armed robbery - Bray Park; Serious assault - Toowoomba.

Attempt to kill police dog, Banyo
A man is facing charges following an incident at Banyo during which it will be alleged he attempted to kill a police dog.

Wednesday, 22
Evening Round Up
Update - Missing man, Cairns; Armed Robberies, Gold Coast.

Afternoon Round Up
Car on fire, Mount Isa; Update - fatal crash, Morayfield; Live chat with Detective Superintendent Brian Hay

Break-in at high school in Boonah
Police are seeking any assistance with an investigation into a break-in at a high school in Macquarie Street, Boonah, between 1am and 5am today.

Fatal traffic incident, Morayfield
A young boy has died in hospital after being struck by a vehicle this morning.

Morning Round-Up
Burglary and robbery charges, Gold Coast; Robbery, Townsville.

Tuesday, 21
Evening Round-up
Going armed charge, Dinmore: Armed robbery, Eight Miles Plains: Unlawful wounding, Rockhampton:

Break and enter, stolen vehicle investigation, Springfield
A police car was damaged yesterday afternoon after officers went to Springfield to investigate reports of a stolen vehicle and suspicious activity.

Update: North Stradbroke Island
As the September holiday police operation continues on North Stradbroke Island it is hailed as an improvement on previous years, evidenced by a reduction in the overall number of offences.

Morning Round-up Second Edition
Man charged over alleged stabbing, Surfers Paradise: Armed robbery arrest, Palm Beach

Morning Round-Up
Update, traffic crash, South Brisbane; House fire, Haigslea

Monday, 20
Afternoon Round-up
Traffic crash, South Brisbane: Serious crash, Owanyilla (Maryborough area): Update- burglary, Holland Park: Update- Fatal crash, Kennedy Highway; Update- Armed

Officer charged with drink driving, Northern Region
A 40-year-old male senior constable from Northern Region was charged with drink driving (0.103%) this morning.

Far North police disappointed with drivers’ attitudes
Police in the Far North are disappointed with the number of drink drivers caught in the region since the launch of Operation Spring Break.

Wet weather driving
Police urge motorists to drive with caution on the State’s wet roads following recent heavy rainfalls and a spate of traffic crashes and reports of motorists getting stuck in flooded roadways.

Fatal crash, Kennedy Highway
A far north Queensland man aged in his 40’s died this morning as the result of a two vehicle crash on the Kennedy Highway between Mareeba and Atherton.

Police praise behavior of tourists visiting Stradbroke Island
Police praise behavior of tourists visiting Stradbroke Island

Police warn of fake Microsoft scam
Police from the Fraud and Corporate Crime Group are issuing a warning to the public following a dramatic increase in reports of a fake Microsoft scam currently targeting Queensland victims.

Morning Round-up
Shed fire, Ingham: Robbery, Collingwood Park: Arson charges, Cardwell:

Sunday, 19
Abduction alert cancelled, Ipswich
Police are no longer searching for the alleged victim of an alleged abduction at Leichhardt earlier today.

Abduction, Ipswich
Police are appealing for public assistance to help locate the driver of a Land cruiser wagon who is believed to have hit a woman at Leichhardt earlier today.

North Stradbroke Island September holidays - Day One
Police are praising the efforts of youth and parents in the early stages of the September holidays celebrations on North Stradbroke Island.

Morning Round-up Second edition
Update - serious traffic crash, Somerse;Serious assault charges, Normanby; Assault charges, Broadbeach; Armed robbery, Elanora

Morning round-up
Armed robbery, Palm Beach: Fire, Cardwell:

Saturday, 18
Morning Round-up Second edition
Fatal traffic crash, Elimbah; Armed robbery, Palm Beach; Traffic crash, Glenvale;Serious traffic crash, Cape Tribulation;Drug charges, Surfers Paradise

Morning Round-up
Armed robbery, Innisfail: Robbery charge, Whitfield

Friday, 17
Comfit released, Stretton sexual assault
Detectives investigating the sexual assault of a 17-year-old woman have released a comfit of a man officers believe will be able assist them with their inquiries.

Afternoon Round-up
Stolen truck and trailer - Coopers Plains; Stolen car - Oxenford; Missing person investigation; Sexual Assault, Stretton:

Operation Spring Break, Central Region
Speeding motorists and drink drivers will be targeted during Operation Spring Break which will run in the Central Region until October 4.

Morning Round Up Third Edition
Update fatal crash, Charters Towers; Heavy vehicle theft, Salisbury

Morning Round-up Second Edition
Fatal crash, Chambers Flat; Pedestrian death, Charters Towers; Stabbing, Surfers Paradise

Morning Round-up
Armed robbery, Palm Beach; Appeal for witnesses, fatal crash, Forest Glen; Armed robbery charge, Woree

Thursday, 16
Evening Round-up
Search and rescue, Mackay: Arrest, Southport: Attempt robbery charge, Yeronga: Building fire, Fortitude Valley:

Major drug trafficking operation closes today
Police from State Crime Operations Command, South Eastern Region and Central Region have this morning closed a major operation, which has focused on the trafficking of methylamphetamine, MDMA (ecstasy), cocaine, cannabis and anabolic steroids.

Fatal Bruce Highway
A 20-year-old Beerwah man has died following a motorbike crash on Eudlo Creek Bridge on the Bruce Highway at 6.30am today.

Police target illegal prostitution during Operation Ice Recharge
Six people have been charged following the closure of an operation focused on illegal prostitution activities in the Brisbane area.

Morning Round-up
Armed robbery, Gympie; Major traffic operation, Palmview

Wednesday, 15
Afternoon Round-up
Clandestine laboratory located, Seventeen Mile Rocks: Serious traffic crash, Palm Cove:

Morning Round-up
Robbery with violence, Auchenflower; Single vehicle rollover, Nanango

Tuesday, 14
Officer issued with Notice to Appear, North Coast Region
A 39-year-old male senior constable from North Coast Region has been issued with a notice to appear for one count of stealing.

Robbery, Ipswich
Police are asking for public assistance to indentify two men following the robbery of an Ipswich golf club around 6.45 last night.

Monday, 13
Evening Round-up
Update, fatal crash, Ambrose (near Mt Larcom; Man charged following Rockhampton shooting; Armed robbery, Ipswich; Robbery with violence charge, Stafford

Update – Search and rescue, Mackay
Police will today continue their helicopter and foot search of the islands north east of Mackay after the extensive air search for the missing 21-year-old Irish tourist was suspended overnight.

Fatal traffic crash, near Ambrose (Gladstone)
A man has died and four others injured following a two vehicle crash near Ambrose this afternoon.

Public assistance sought, Tully
Police are appealing to the local community to help locate 52-year-old Graham Potter.

Sexual assault, Wynnum
Police are investigating a sexual assault in Primrose Park on Wynnum North Road, around midday yesterday.

Morning Round-up
Man shot, Rockhampton Fire, Upper Mount Gravatt Serious traffic crash, Marlborough: Attempted murder charge, Ipswich

Sunday, 12
Evening Round-up
Man charged, Rockhampton; Search and rescue, Mackay; Missing Man, Tieri

Charges, serious assault, Cairns
Cairns police have charged a teenage boy following the investigation into the alleged serious assault of a 20-year-old woman at Cairns on September 7.

Operation Unite Bravo
More than 1000 police across the state were involved in targeting alcohol-fuelled crime, violence and anti-social behaviour as part of Operation Unite Bravo.

Morning Round-up
Update, fatal traffic crash, Morganville; Serious traffic crash, Dinmore; Assault police, drink driving, Cairns; Attempted theft, Mooloolaba; Traffic crash, car into pool, Nerang

Saturday, 11
Evening Round Up
Body found, Karalee (Ipswich); Search for missing man, Tieri' Search and Rescue, Mackay

Afternoon Round-up
Break and enter, Holland Park; Serious traffic crash, Somerset; Fatal traffic crash, Morganville

Update: Missing woman, Tolga
Police are continuing the search for missing 79-year-old woman, Hildegard Falkenberg, and are appealing for public assistance.

Morning Round-up Second Edition
Fatal traffic crash, Manly West; Armed robbery, Wishart; Suspicious fires, Gold Coast; Update, air and sea search, Mackay

Morning Round Up
Serious traffic incident, Cedar Vale; Search and rescue, Mackay

Friday, 10
Evening Round-up
Search for missing man, Tieri: Offences against children, Cairns Update: Unlawful wounding, Sheldon Attempted robbery, Townsville

Officer suspended, South Eastern Region
A 38-year-old male constable from South Eastern Region has been suspended from duty today as a result of a Crime and Misconduct Commission investigation.

Missing woman, Tolga
Police are appealing for public assistance to help locate a 79-year-old Tolga woman last seen on Monday, September 6.

Sexual assault charge, Condon
A 26-year-old Cairns man has been charged following the alleged sexual assault of a 19-year-old woman on February 15.

Morning Round-Up, Second Edition
Update - body found, Baralaba; Armed robbery, Springwood

Morning Round Up
Body found, Baralaba; Arrest, Sheldon

Thursday, 9
Evening round-up
Armed robbery, Kingston: Unlawful wounding, Hamilton: Search for missing man continues, Baralaba: Fatal crash update, South Brisbane: Charges for injury to child, Aitkenvale: Burglary, Caloundra:

Fatal traffic crash, South Brisbane
Police are currently on the scene of fatal crash at Merivale Street in South Brisbane.

Morning Round-up Second edition
Attempted armed robbery, Sunnybank: Unlawful wounding, Palm Island:

Major drug trafficking operation closes today
Police from State Crime Operations Command and across the South-East have today closed a major operation focused on the trafficking of methylamphetamine and cocaine across South-East Queensland.

Morning Round up
Unarmed robbery, South Brisbane Missing person, Baralaba

Wednesday, 8
Update, serious assault, Cairns
Police investigating the serious assault of a 20-year-old woman in Cairns yesterday are again appealing for public assistance.

Unlawful wounding, Sheldon
Police are currently investigating the assault of a man at Sheldon early this morning.

Operation Unite Bravo
Police from Australia and New Zealand will unify again this year for Operation Unite Bravo to combat issues of alcohol misuse, violence and anti-social behaviour.

Road closures, Townsville CBD gas leak
Townsville Police have closed several inner city roads and pedestrian through-fares following a gas leak.

Morning Round-up Second Edition
Fatal traffic crash, Coen; Stolen vehicle, Queensland; Search missing woman, Jindalee

Fatal crash at Bowenville
There has been a fatal accident involving a truck and a car on the Warrego Highway 2km west of Bowenville.

Discipline decision for SERT officers
Internal charges have been substantiated against the police officers involved in a naked run around a QPS vehicle at traffic lights in Brisbane last September.

Murder charge, Palm Beach
A 52-year-old man has been charged with murder following the death of a 57-year-old woman in a house at Palm Beach yesterday afternoon.

Morning Round Up
Arrest, Kowanyama; Armed robbery, Nerang; Arrest for unlawful wounding, Logan

Tuesday, 7
Evening Round-Up
Serious traffic crash, Coen; Update, fatal traffic crash, Toowoomba; Update, missing person, Baralaba; Drug charges, Bundaberg

Afternoon Round-up
Update: fatal crash, Walloon; Man charged over theft of vehicles, Warwick

Fatal crash, Larapinta
A two-year-old boy tragically died this morning after the vehicle he was travelling in collided with a tree at Larapinta.

Appeal for assistance, Cairns serious assault
Police investigating the serious assault of a woman in North Cairns overnight are appealing for public assistance.

Fatal traffic crash, Glenwood
Police and emergency services are currently at the scene of a fatal traffic crash which occurred at Glenwood this morning

Morning Round-up Second Edition
Man charged over 1999 rape and torture, Ipswich; Update: missing man, Baralaba; Fatal traffic crash, Toowoomba; Update, fatal crash Eight Mile Plains

Serious assault, Cairns
Police would like to advise Cairns High School at North Cairns will be closed today.

Morning Round-Up
Armed robbery, Clayfield; Serious traffic crash, Bracken Ridge

Monday, 6
Missing person, Baralaba
Police and Emergency Services are currently searching for a man who went missing while attempting to cross the Dawson River this evening.

Arrest for robbery with violence Alexandra Hills
Police have arrested and charged a 31-year-old Alexandra Hills man in relation to the alleged assault and robbery of a taxi driver on the weekend.

Emergency situation revoked Enoggera
Police have revoked the emergency situation that was declared under the Public Safety Preservation Act following the discovery of a suspicious package at Enoggera this afternoon.

Emergency situation declared, Enoggera
Police have declared an emergency situation under the Public Safety Preservation Act following the discovery of a suspicious package at Enoggera this afternoon.

Morning Round-up Second Edition
Assault, Cleveland; Assault charges, Manoora

Armed robbery, Nerang
Police are investigating the early morning armed robbery of a fast food outlet at Nerang.

Morning Round-Up
Robbery with violence, Alexandra Hills; Armed robbery, Kingston

Sunday, 5
ESC Investigation, Brisbane
Water Police and other agencies conducted a search last night after two men were seen entering the Brisbane River at Kangaroo Point.

Morning Round-up 2nd Edition
Unlawful wounding, Ipswich; Assault and robbery, Fortitude Valley.

Morning Round-Up
Update, armed robbery, Glenore Grove; Fire, Ascot; Unlawful wounding, Brisbane; Armed robbery, Spring Hill; Suspicious fire, Miami; Suspicious fire, Reedy Creek

Saturday, 4
Evening Round-up
Fatal crash, Carina: Robbery, Bundaberg: Traffic crash, Delta (Bowen):

Afternoon Round-up
Armed robbery, Inala: Assault and robbery at Parammatta Park, Cairns:

Morning Round-up Second Edition
Attempted murder charge, Bracken Ridge; Assault police, Caboolture

Morning Round-up
Serious traffic crash, Sunshine Coast; Unlawful wounding, Doomadgee

Friday, 3
Appeal for next of kin, Rockhampton
Police are appealing for public assistance in finding the next of kin of an Eli Waters man who is currently in ICU at the Rockhampton Base Hospital.

Morning Round-up
Appeal for witnesses to traffic crash, Eight Mile Plains; Arson investigation, Brisbane City; Fatal traffic crash, Giru

Motorists warned about Riverfire disruptions
This weekend’s Riverfire spectacular will cause a number of roads and bridges in the Brisbane CBD to be closed to allow the event to take place on the Brisbane River.

Stabbing, Bilinga
Police have charged an 18-year-old Coolangatta man after an alleged stabbing in Bilinga

Thursday, 2
Evening Round-Up
Serious traffic crash, Eight Mile Plains; Unlawful liquor possession, Mornington Island; Assault charge, Maroochdore; Drug charges, Kingaroy

Stolen Vehicles, Robina and Burleigh Heads
Stolen Vehicles, Robina and Burleigh Heads

SER Afternoon Round-up
House fire, Burleigh Waters; Update, missing Burleigh Heads woman; Property found, Beenleigh

Incident involving police dog, Goodna
An eight-year-old boy was taken to the Mater Children’s Hospital this morning after he was bitten by a police dog.

Be a part of Crime Prevention Month
Making homes and neighbourhoods safer is everyone’s responsibility said Queensland Police Commissioner Bob Atkinson, who today urged people to get involved in Crime Prevention Month.

Wednesday, 1
Burglary, Noosaville area
Police are investigating a series of burglaries in the Noosaville and Tewantin area over the past few months.

Morning Round-up
Armed robbery, Gailes: Armed robbery, Glenore Grove: Armed robbery, Wacol:

Last Updated: 28/06/2010