Category: Queensland Police News Updates – South Brisbane

The community is invited to attend the next ‘Behind the Crime’ presentation held by Community Supporting Police Inc. and the QPS.
The presentation will be on crimes linked by ballistics evidence and will presented by Senior Constable Peta Radnidge of the QPS Ballistics Unit and Detective Senior Sergeant Tony Parsons of the QPS Firearms and Cannabis Team.
See how Ballistics test firearms, the unlawful possession of firearms and who QPS partners with in those investigations, and a case study of ballistics efforts that assisted in the investigation into a Gold Coast shooting.

Date:
Friday, March 23

Time:
6.45pm for 7pm start

Location:
Brisbane Girls’ Grammar School
Gehrmann Theatre
Gregory Terrace, BrisbaneParking available within school grounds and on the street

Cost:
$25 per adult
$20 adult student/adult concession (children are not permitted)

Payment methods:

Pay online using credit card or Paypal payment, please go to http://csp.asn.au/store/ and follow the links.
For cheque or money order payments, please post to Community Supporting Police, PO Box 209, Strathpine Centre, Qld

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Yesterday, police from Morningside Child Protection Investigation Unit located and charged a 13-year-old boy believed to be involved in a number of unarmed robberies which occurred in October 2017 at Musgrave Park.
A 13-year-old Slacks Creek boy was charged with four robbery offences. It is believed he was the last offender who was involved in the robberies to be charged.
If you have information for police, contact Policelink on 131 444 or provide information using the online form 24hrs per day.
You can report information about crime anonymously to Crime Stoppers, a registered charity and community volunteer organisation, by calling 1800 333 000 or via crimestoppersqld.com.au 24hrs per day.

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Detectives are investigating after a 34-yeaar-old man was robbed while walking on a footpath in Upper Mount Gravatt last night.
Around 10pm the man was walking near a shopping centre on Logan Road when he was confronted by three men.
One of the men pushed him over before stealing a backpack which contained a sum of cash.
The three men then fled the area on foot.
No one was injured as a result of the robbery.
The men are described as being Caucasian in appearance, about 175cm tall with two being of a slim build.
Investigations are continuing.
If you have information for police, contact Policelink on 131 444 or provide information using the online form 24hrs per day.
You can report information about crime anonymously to Crime Stoppers, a registered charity and community volunteer organisation, by calling 1800 333 000 or via crimestoppersqld.com.au 24hrs per day.

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Police are appealing to the public for assistance in locating the man pictured to assist in inquiries in relation to a wounding incident on Saturday night in Sunnybank Hills.
Officers were called to Farne Street following reports of a disturbance between a large group people around 11.50pm, February 17.
On arrival, police found four people who had been injured, and a man was transported to hospital with minor lacerations to his stomach area.
The other three people did not require medical treatment.
A 41-year-old Runcorn man has been charged with one count of affray and is due to appear in the Brisbane Magistrates Court on March 8.

If you have information for police, contact Policelink on 131 444 or provide information using the online form 24hrs per day.
You can report information about crime anonymously to Crime Stoppers, a registered charity and community volunteer organisation, by calling 1800 333 000 or via crimestoppersqld.com.au 24hrs per day.

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Police have charged five teenagers after they allegedly threatened a man with a hammer and knife in Sunnybank and stole his vehicle yesterday.
It will be alleged around 2pm a man stopped his vehicle in Mulgowie Street when he was approached by four males who threatened him with a hammer and knife and demanded the keys to his car. The man complied and the boys fled in the car, a Mercedes-Benz E400.
Around 4.30pm the stolen vehicle crashed into a parked car on Callum Street in Acacia Ridge.
The teenagers fled the scene on foot however two were located by police nearby.
Two of the boys where observed to flee in a Mitsubishi Magna that had been stolen on February 16 from a residence in St Lucia and was been driven by a fifth teenager.
POLAIR was tasked to track the car from the Logan Motorway at Parkinson and it has travelled east onto the

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Detectives investigating the alleged armed robbery of a hotel in Kedron on February 8 have charged a man.
It will be alleged at 3.42am, three men, two armed with a firearm and the other with a machete entered the hotel on Gympie Road.
Once inside the men threatened a staff member and security guard making demands for money.
Staff have complied with their demands and handed over cash.
The two members of staff were not physically injured.
A 23-year-old Mansfield man has been charged with one count each of armed robbery, attempted arson and unlawful use of a motor vehicle.  He will appear at the Brisbane Magistrates Court today, February 16.
Investigations are continuing.

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Police are investigating a serious traffic crash that occurred this afternoon in Archerfield.
Officer were called to the intersection of Boundary Road and Stockwell Place at 3.10pm after reports a motorbike and a truck has collided.
The man riding the motorbike suffered life threatening injures and has been taken to the Princess Alexandra Hospital in a critical condition.
The Forensic Crash Unit is investigating.
If you have information for police, contact Policelink on 131 444 or provide information using the online form 24hrs per day.
You can report information about crime anonymously to Crime Stoppers, a registered charity and community volunteer organisation, by calling 1800 333 000 or via crimestoppersqld.com.au 24hrs per day.

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Forensic Crash Unit officers are investigating a fatal, four-vehicle traffic crash at Burbank early this morning.
Preliminary inquiries indicate at 6.30am, two vehicles travelling eastbound on Mount Cotton Road were involved in a traffic incident when one of the vehicles crashed into the rear of the other.
As a result, two vehicles travelling westbound have collided with the vehicles involved in the crash.
The male driver, and sole occupant of the one of the eastbound vehicles, a 28-year-old man, suffered life-threatening injuries and passed away at the scene.
Four people involved in the incident were transported to the Princess Alexandra Hospital for treatment to minor injuries.
Police are appealing for anyone who was travelling in the area at the time to contact them. Anyone with relevant dash cam vision is also asked to contact police.
Investigations are continuing.
If you have information for police, contact Policelink on 131 444 or provide information using the online form 24hrs

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Police have charged a man after he was allegedly found inside a house at Coorparoo yesterday afternoon.
It will be alleged at 3.10pm a woman returned to her Rome Street residence and located a man inside the house. He pushed past the woman, who then yelled to a male relative for help.
The man then attempted to hit the woman with a glass bottle before running out the house. He began to ride away on a bicycle however was stopped by the male relative. A struggle ensured and with assistance from members of the public, the man was held until police arrived.
A 45-year-old Logan man has been charged with one count each of robbery with personal violence, enter dwelling, serious assault of a person over 60, burglary, possession of a dangerous drug and possession of implements for house breaking. He will appear at the Brisbane Magistrates Court today, February 15.

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In recent weeks a number of homes in the Moorooka, Salisbury and Tarragindi areas have been entered into and had property stolen. Offenders have entered homes mostly through closed but unlocked doors and windows during the day and night.
Thieves appear to be targeting vehicles, stealing car keys left in obvious places in the home.
To reduce the chances of becoming a victim of burglary and vehicle theft:

DO NOT leave car keys or valuables in obvious places in view
DO NOT leave garage remotes or house keys inside vehicle
If you leave your vehicle at home place keys in discreet location
Lock your windows, doors and garage
Lock internal doors from the garage into the house
Install key locks or security grills on windows & deadlocks on doors
Install finger guards on security doors that are not always key-locked
Do not leave keys in locks on windows and doors

If you have information for police, contact Policelink on 131 444

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