Officer charged after alleged drink driving incident
A 36 year old male Constable from the western region has been charged with drink driving arising from an on-duty incident that occurred on Sunday 27 October 2019. The officer was subject to a breathanalysis that returned a positive reading of 0.052%. The officer has been restricted to non-operational duties and is not permitted…
Alleged off duty assault
A 29 year old male Constable from the northern region will be charged with assault arising from an off-duty incident that occurred on Saturday 6 July 2019. The incident occurred during a sporting event and involved another player. The officer remains on operational duty and has been summoned to appear in the Launceston Magistrates…
Motorists urged to slow down for East Tamar roadworks
Motorists have been urged to slow down for roadworks following an incident on the East Tamar Highway at the Mowbray Connector. Sergeant Terry Reaney, of Northern Road and Public Order Services, said that a motorcyclist was detected travelling at 119kmh through the roadworks to construct a new roundabout recently. The speed limit has…
Police investigating aggravated burglary at Broadmarsh property
Police are investigating an aggravated burglary at a property in Broadmarsh reported to police last night, and are seeking public sightings of a stolen black king-cab Mazda BT50 utility and/or a small grey and red excavator. “Police last night received a report of an aggravated burglary at a house on Elderslie Road between 14 October…
Fatal motorcycle and utility crash on Steele Street, Devonport
At around 10:27am on Sunday the 27th day of October 2019, Police were alerted to a crash between a motorcycle and a utility towing a caravan on Steele Street, Devonport. The motorcycle has been driven eastbound on the Don road just prior to where it meets Steele Street. The rider of the motorcycle was a…
Launceston Motorcycle rider detected speeding 70km/h above limit
Police this morning arrested a Launceston man after he was intercepted riding his motorcycle 70km/h above the speed limit in Trevallyn. Around 9:45am, police performing speed reduction duties on the West Tamar Highway detected the man travelling at 140km/h in the 70km/h speed zone. The 20-year-old Launceston man was intercepted by police, had his bike…
Search ongoing for man missing on Tasman Peninsular
Police are continuing to search the Tasman Peninsular area today for a man who became lost in bushland near Roaring Beach early this morning. Around 1.30am, police received a report of a 44-year-old man who had strayed into bushland in the Roaring Beach area. Police have been searching the area since early this morning utilising…
Man charged after Aggravated Armed Robbery – Chigwell
Tasmania Police arrested a 25-year-old man from Risdon Vale after an armed robbery in Chigwell last night where a man was struck to the head and received a head wound. He was charged with Aggravated Armed Robbery and detained to appear in the Hobart Magistrates Court today. Investigations have revealed that two men, one of…
New Town man detected driving 45km/h above the speed limit at Risdon Cove
A 23 year old New Town man has received an infringement notice after police detected him driving at 45km/h above the speed limit at Risdon Cove this morning. Police were conducting mobile speed checks and detected the man travelling at 115km/h in a 70km/h speed zone on the East Derwent Highway in the vicinity of…
Firearms Incident – Killarney Road, Bridgewater
At approximately 9pm on Wednesday 23 October 2019, police were called to attend Killarney Road, Bridgewater in response to reports of gun shots. When they arrived it was discovered that a number of shots had been fired into the front of a house and that the person(s) responsible had fled. Police believe that the shots…