Police investigating firearms incident at Waverley
Police are calling for information following a firearms incident at Waverley last night. Police attended a Waverley residence about 8.50pm after reports of a firearm being discharged. Offenders have fired three rounds at the house with two of them penetrating through the top of the windows into rooms that were occupied at the time. No…
Youth charged with attempted armed robbery
A youth has been charged following an attempted armed robbery at a business in Shorewell Park near Burnie. Approximately 3:30pm, on Wednesday 12 October, Burnie Police attended an attempted armed robbery at BWS on Wiseman Street, Shorewell Park. A male youth entered the store and demanded cash, while threatening staff with an apparent weapon. A…
Police investigating serious crash at Nunamara
Police are investigating a serious single vehicle crash at Nunamara this afternoon. Around 1.25pm police and emergency services attended a crash involving a Grey Nissan Qashqai on the Tasman Highway. The driver of the vehicle, an 83-year-old man from Scottsdale, and the passenger, a 78-year-old woman from Scottsdale, were transported to the Launceston General Hospital…
Police investigation ongoing in relation to Nugent-Buckland death
Police are continuing to investigate an incident in the Nugent-Buckland area yesterday where the body of a deceased person was located inside a vehicle. Acting Deputy Commissioner Adrian Bodnar said an investigation was ongoing to formally identify a person located deceased inside a Holden Colorado in bushland in the Buckland-Nugent area yesterday. This is expected…
Deceased person located in a vehicle in bushland in the Buckland-Nugent area
Police have this afternoon located the body of a deceased person in a vehicle in bushland in the Buckland-Nugent area. Around 11.45am, police received a report from a member of the public that a vehicle of interest – a blue/grey Holden Colorado – was travelling on the Arthur Highway at Sorell. Police acted on the…
Police investigation into New Norfolk shooting ongoing
Tasmania Police is continuing to investigate an incident where police were shot at following their response to a violent family violence incident at Triffetts Road, Glenfern, on Monday 26 September 2022. 33-year-old Brighton man, Robert George Greig, is wanted by police in relation to the shooting and remains a person of interest. “As part of…
Man in custody after absconding from Hobart Magistrates Court on Wednesday 28 September
Police have taken a man into custody this afternoon after he absconded from the Hobart Magistrates Court on Wednesday 28 September. The man was located at a Clarendon Vale address just after 2:30pm and arrested without incident. He has been charged with Escape Custody and will appear in an after hours court session after 5pm…
Fatal Crash – Inglewood Road, Oatlands
At 7:00pm on Saturday 8 October 2022, Tasmania Police and emergency services were alerted to a single motor vehicle crash on Inglewood Road Oatlands, involving a Subaru Forester. It appears that the driver of the vehicle, who was travelling east, has lost control of the vehicle on the gravel road, left the road, rolled and…
Woman charged with high range drink driving – Trevallyn
A 48 year-old Trevallyn woman will appear in the Launceston Magistrates Court next month charged with drink driving offences after a single vehicle crash on Saturday evening (8/10). Police allege the woman was the sole occupant of a black Holden utility which crashed on Bald Hill Rd, Trevallyn, shortly before 6pm. The vehicle mounted a…
Structure Fire at East Devonport 8 October
Police are investigating a deliberately lit structure fire in East Devonport overnight. Emergency services were called to the scene on Canning Drive about 12.30am, arriving to find the unoccupied residence well alight. Multiple units from Tasmania Fire Service attended and extinguished the fire. The building was significantly damaged. Fire investigators have determined it was deliberately…