Two Offenders Charged Out Of Incident Involving Injuries To Police Officer On Friday 8 November 2019
This media release is a supplementary media release – update to that issued yesterday relating to the stolen motor vehicle and Evade incident at Risdon Vale yesterday where the police officer was injured. A 16 year old Gagebrook youth has been charged with Motor Vehicle Stealing (x2), Burglary and Stealing and Possession of Stolen Property.…
Serious crash – Browns Creek Road, Bakers Beach
Approximately 4:30pm on Saturday 9th November, 2019, police and emergency services were called to the scene of a serious two vehicle crash between a 4WD and an off-road motorcycle on Browns Creek Road, Bakers Beach. The 25 year old male motorcycle rider was transported to the Launceston General Hospital by ambulance with serious but non-life…
Police seek public sightings of Nissan Pulsar driving erratically before it evaded police and hit a police officer in Risdon Vale
Police are seeking public sightings of a red Nissan Pulsar travelling between Brighton and Risdon Vale today before it struck a police officer and was intercepted on the East Derwent Highway. The red Nissan Pulsar, registration DM1145, was reported to police as stolen from Sorell overnight. Around 12noon today police observed the stolen Pulsar being…
Police retrieve missing hiker from central plateau
Police on board the Westpac Rescue Helicopter rescued a missing hiker from the Lake Mackenzie area on the state’s central plateau this afternoon. The 59-year-old Victorian hiker was reported missing to Tasmania Police last night by concerned relatives in Victoria after he failed to return his rental car and catch his flight home. The man…
WA Woman arrested and charged last night for Launceston murder
Police last night arrested and charged a 46-year-old woman in Bunbury, Western Australian on suspicion of the murder of a 71-year-old Launceston woman she had been living with. The body of 71-year-old woman, Veronica Corstorphine, was discovered by police at her address in Keane St, South Launceston on 29 October, with the murder now believed…
Emergency Beacon Activation – Cradle Mountain
Police are urging bushwalkers to be aware of weather conditions and forecasts following a rescue of two adults and an infant from the Overland Track at Cradle Mountain today. The stranded party were found to be extremely cold and wet, but not physically injured. Around 7.30am today police responded to an Emergency Beacon activated from…
Second man charged in relation to Aggravated Armed Robbery in Chigwell on 24 October
Police have arrested and charged the second offender involved in an armed robbery at a Chigwell residence on 24 October where a man was struck to the head and received a head wound. The 30-year-old man from Moonah was charged with Aggravated Armed Robbery and appeared before the Hobart Magistrates Court where bail was refused.…
Police call for information after man located deceased in water at Victoria Dock
Police are seeking public sightings of a man in the area around Victoria Dock in Hobart early this morning before he was located deceased in the water. “Around 4.30am police responded to a report of a man in distress in the water at Victoria Dock in Hobart,” said Acting Inspector Darren Latham. “A man jogging…
Outlaw motorcycle gang associates charged over alleged kidnapping
Three people linked to the Bandidos outlaw motorcycle gang have been charged over an alleged kidnapping on the north-west coast yesterday. A 30 year old Ambleside man (probationary Bandidos outlaw motorcycle gang member), a 36 year old Miandetta man (Bandidos outlaw motorcycle gang associate),a 22 year old Ulverstone man (Bandidos outlaw motorcycle gang associate)…
Police receive Commissioner’s Medals
More than 250 current and retired police as well as other DPFEM staff will be recognised for a combination of Commissioners Medals and Awards, National Medals and National Police Service Medals and clasps. Five police officers – Constables Nikki Mackintosh, Cameron Rennie, Phillip Vanderwal, Senior Constable Callum Herbert and Senior Constable Chris Williams –…