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…
Firearm discharged into unoccupied Prospect unit
Police are currently investigating an incident in which an unoccupied unit in Chris Street Prospect Vale had shot fired at it at on the afternoon / early evening of Thursday 6 October. Investigations have found that a firearm of unknown calibre was used. No one was inside the home at the time of the incident.…
Woman charged, Patersonia wounding
A 22-year-old woman from Northern Tasmania has been charged with wounding over an incident between people known to each other in Patersonia yesterday evening. Police and emergency services were called to the incident about 5:15pm following an altercation. A man was taken to hospital with a wound to the leg. His injuries are not believed…
Charges laid over Gunn St arson
Police have charged two 18-year-old men with arson in relation to the house fire in Gunn Street, Devonport on Monday. One man was also charged with a further count of arson over a fire at the same residence on 28 September. They are due to reappear in court on 14 November 2022.
Police investigating Bridgewater crash involving trail bike
Police are seeking public information in relation to a trail bike involved in a crash at Bridgewater this afternoon. Around 2.45pm police were called to Albion Road in relation to a crash between a blue trail bike and a white Holden Commodore sedan. The trail bike was following the Commodore and crashed into it as…
North East Boating Incident
Shortly before midnight on 3rd October 2022, Tasmania Police received a call for assistance relating to two people who had fallen overboard from a 7.8 metre yacht which was anchored off shore of the North East corner of Badger Beach. One of the occupants of the yacht was able to get back onto the vessel…
Police investigating deliberately lit fire, Devonport
Police are investigating a deliberately lit structure fire in Devonport overnight. Emergency services were called to the scene on Gunn Street about 1am, 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 lit.…