Drug, Liquor And Weapons Offences Rise
Drug offences have risen by 16 per cent, liquor offences by 13 per cent and Weapons Act offences by 12 per cent in the past year, Police Commissioner Ian Stewart said today.
Drug offences have risen by 16 per cent, liquor offences by 13 per cent and Weapons Act offences by 12 per cent in the past year, Police Commissioner Ian Stewart said today.
Firefighters remain on the scene at Knight Street, Kingaroy, where a grass fire started at 5:15pm this afternoon.
The anniversary of the death of former Yarraman police officer Snr Sgt Perry Irwin will be marked in Yarraman later this month.
Two drivers have been lucky to escape serious injury in two separate road crashes in the South Burnett.
A 22-year-old Kingaroy man will appear in court later this month on six charges after allegedly taking a mini-motorbike for a spin in Doonkuna Street.
Police are investigating a burglary that occurred at Bells Bridge, east of Kilkivan, on August 2.
The RACQ CareFlight Rescue helicopter flew into Manar Park near Boondooma on Saturday afternoon
A woman has been taken to hospital with minor injuries after a single-vehicle rollover on Silverleaf Road at Barlil this afternoon.
A request to lower the D’Aguilar Highway speed limit through Yarraman to 50km/h has been rejected
A 36-year-old Blackbutt woman will probably lose her car after an alleged incident in Knight Street, Kingaroy, in the early hours of Sunday morning.
A family reunion went horribly wrong for a West Australian man visiting his parents at Benair on Thursday night.
South Burnett magistrate Mark Bucknall will be dealing with his last local matters on Tuesday
A man who stole from parked cars and a home in Kingaroy earlier this month, and then stole a car, will serve seven months in jail after he pleaded guilty in Kingaroy Magistrates Court on Thursday.
Former Kingaroy resident Glen Brian Duggan will face trial in the Supreme Court in Brisbane following a committal hearing in Toogoolawah Magistrates Court today.
Police say it was just luck that no one was seriously injured in a spectacular three-car collision at the corner of Industrial Avenue and Kingaroy-Cooyar Road in Kingaroy about 9:30am today.
A woman who threw a pot of boiling water over another woman, causing burns to 10 per cent of her body, has been sentenced to two years jail after pleading guilty to a charge of assault causing grievous bodily harm.
A woman and a young child were lucky to escape serious injury when their car rolled and ended up on its roof in a ditch on the side of the D’Aguilar Highway near Coolabunia on Saturday night.
Two men have been charged – and police investigations are continuing – after a melee in the heart of the busy Kingaroy CBD on Friday afternoon, allegedly sparked by a Facebook feud.
Multiple ambulances were called this afternoon after a bus carrying schoolchildren and a car were involved in a traffic crash on Rossmore Road at Kilkivan about 3:30pm.
A man who admitted driving the getaway car in an attempted armed hold-up at Kingaroy’s McDonald’s Restaurant will serve a minimum four months behind bars.