Dangerous Driving Incident Claremont- Request For Public Assistance
Police are seeking assistance from the public in relation to a vehicle being driven in a dangerous matter at approximately 7pm on 01/02/2017 on Main Road Claremont. The white Nissan Pulsar is described as being approximately a 1992-1994 model and was reported to have been driving at high speed overtaking dangerously as it travelled on…
Police Officer to Face Assault Charge
A 38 year old police officer from the North-West will be proceeded against by summons for allegedly committing a common assault contrary to section 35(1) of the Police Offences Act 1935. The assault is alleged to have occurred on 11 June 2016, whilst the officer was responding to an incident during the course of his…
Trevor Street Ulverstone Burglary – Request For Public Information
Police are appealing for information from the public in regards to a burglary that occurred in Trevor Street, Ulverstone. Between Friday 27 January 2017 and Monday 30 January 2017 a locked shipping container on private property (close to the Bass Highway) was unlawfully entered and several tools were stolen. Police wish to speak with anyone…
Dangerous Driving Incident Glenorchy – Request For Public Assistance
Police are seeking assistance from the public following an incident of dangerous driving in the Glenorchy area today. At around 2:20pm this afternoon, a Nissan Pulsar with no registration plates was involved in a high speed and dangerous driving incident in the area of Brent Street and Chapel Street, Glenorchy. The vehicle is believed to be…
Police renew call for information over stolen firearm
Detectives from the Devonport CIB are renewing a call for information relating to the stealing of a firearm from an unlocked vehicle on 6 October 2016. The vehicle was parked in the Kempling Street Carpark, Devonport at the time of the theft. Investigators wish to speak to the driver of a white Mitsubishi Triton,…
Update – Manslaughter Charge – Fatal Crash Involving Motorcycle On 14 Oct 2016
A 37 year old Rosetta woman has today been arrested and charged with Manslaughter by police crash investigators. The arrest relates to a two vehicle fatal crash involving a motorcycle which occurred at approximately 11pm on Friday, 14 October 2016, on the Brooker Highway just north of the junction of Elwick Road, Glenorchy. The rider…
Man to face court on attempted murder charges
At about 9.15pm on Sunday 29 January 2017 Police responded to an emergency call at a Launceston address. At the address a 20 year old man from Hobart was arrested and a 63 year man was conveyed to the Launceston General Hospital with serious head injuries and lacerations. Police recovered a small axe at the…
House destroyed in blaze at Dilston
At about 3.40am on Saturday 28 January 2017 Police and Fire crews were alerted to a house fire at an unoccupied residence in the Northern township of Dilston. When units from Tasmania Fire Service and Police arrived the building was well alight and the fire took several hours to bring under control. The house has…
Police forensically examine Newnham address in search for missing man
Northern detectives and forensic officers are today examining a Newnham address as the search for missing Mowbray man Bradley Breward, 22, continues. Police continue to hold grave concerns for the welfare and safety of Mr Breward, who was last seen by friends after celebrating New Year’s Eve in the Launceston CBD and Newnham. …
Serious two vehicle crash – Midland Highway, Oatlands
At 7.30am on 26 January 2017, police and emergency services personnel attended the scene of a two vehicle crash on the Midland Highway at the southern entrance to Oatlands. Preliminary investigations revealed that a silver Holden SUV travelling north was performing a right hand turn into Oatlands when it collided with a red Toyota sedan…