November 2, 2021
A 27-year-old Ballogie man has been charged with lighting fires and assaulting police after an alleged incident at Ballogie on October 16.
Police will allege that about 8:50am, the man took an apparatus from the Ballogie Fire Station during a training exercise.
He then allegedly used the apparatus to light a series of fires in the vicinity of Pryors Road, Ballogie.
When confronted by rural fire officers, the man allegedly used the apparatus to assault the firefighter.
Police were called and it is further alleged the man assaulted a police officer during his arrest.
The man has been charged with unauthorised lighting of fires, serious assault and assaulting police.
He is due to appear in Kingaroy Magistrates Court on November 29.
